Historical Events In 1970

Sep 29   Edward Everett Horton, actor/narrator (Bulwinkle Show), dies at 84 in the year 1970.   

Sep 30   Patrick Aherne, actor (Bwana Devil, Botany Bay), dies at 69 in the year 1970.   

Oct 01   Hans Poser, composer, dies at 52 in the year 1970.   

Oct 02   Alfred Julius Swan, composer, dies at 79 in the year 1970.   

Oct 02   On this day in history plane carrying Wichita State U football team crashes killing 30   

Oct 04   On this day in history george Frederick McKay, composer, dies at 71   

Oct 04   On this day in history herbert Schmidtz makes highest parachute jump from a tower by leaping from a 1,984 ft TV mast in Tulsa, Oklahoma   

Oct 04   Jan Stenerud of Kansas City Chiefs kicks 55-yard field goal in the year 1970.   

Oct 04   Janis Joplin died from a drug overdose. She was 27 in the year 1970.   

Oct 05   In the year 1970 pBS becomes a network   

Oct 05   In the year 1970 quebec seperatists kidnap British trade commissioner James Cross   

Oct 08   Jean Giono, French writer (Hussard Sur le Toit), dies at 75 in the year 1970.   

Oct 08   In the year 1970 soviet author Alexander I Solzhenitsyn awarded Nobel Prize for Lit   

Oct 09   In the year 1970 cambodia becomes the Khmer Republic.   

Oct 09   Jean Giono, writer, dies on this day in history.   

Oct 09   Khmer Republic (Cambodia) declares independence in the year 1970.   

Oct 10   On this day in history adam Rapacki, Polish minister of Maritime (1956-68), dies at 60   

Oct 10   On this day in history fiji gains independence from Britain (National Day)   

Oct 10   The October Crisis in Canada on this day in history.   

Oct 11   Anis Fuleihan, composer, dies at 69 in the year 1970.   

Oct 13   In the year 1970 angela Davis arrested in NYC   

Oct 13   Julia Culp, mezzo-soprano, dies at 90 on this day in history.   

Oct 15   On this day in history collapse of Westgate Bridge, Melbourne kills 35 and injures 17   

Oct 16   On this day in history anwar Sadat elected president of Egypt, succeeding Nasser   

Oct 19   On this day in history unica Zorn, writer, dies at 54   

Oct 20   Patrick Wymark, actor (Skull, Tomb of Ligeia), dies at 44 on this day in history.   

Oct 21   777 Unification church couples wed in Korea in the year 1970.   

Oct 21   Caledonian Airways takes over British United Airways on this day in history.   

Oct 21   In the year 1970 john T Scopes, US teacher (Scopes "monkey trial" 1925), dies at 70   

Oct 22   René Schneider, Chilean general/supreme commander, murdered on this day in history.   

Oct 23   On this day in history gary Gabelich sets auto speed record 622.4 mph (1,002 kph)   

Oct 24   Nancy Walker creates Ida Morgenstein role on Mary Tyler Moore Show on this day in history.   

Oct 24   On this day in history richard Hofstadter, US historian, dies at 54   

Oct 24   Salvador Allende Gossens elected president of Chile in the year 1970.   

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Jan 02   Aleksandr Shimin, hockey goaltender (Team Kazakhstan Oly-1998) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 02   In the year 1970 birth of anthony Stuart, cricketer (Australian ODI pace bowler, hat trick 1997)   

Jan 02   Glenn Cadrez, NFL linebacker (Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of royce Clayton, Burbank CA, infielder (SF Giants, St Louis Cardinals)   

Jan 02   In the year 1970 birth of robert Fertitta, American opera singer   

Jan 02   In the year 1970 birth of sanda LadoÅŸi, Romanian singer   

Jan 03   James Brown, NFL tackle (NY Jets) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   In the year 1970 birth of tony Farmer, NBA forward (Charlotte Hornets)   

Jan 02   Piotr Rytel, composer, dies at 85 in the year 1970.   

Jan 03   On this day in history death of gladys Aylward, British missionary in China; portrayed by Ingrid Bergman in The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (b. 1902)   

Jan 04   In the year 1970 death of jean-Étienne Valluy, French general (b. 1899)   

Jan 05   In the year 1970 death of joseph A Yablonski, candidate for United Mine Workers pres, murdered   

Jan 07   Robert [Harriot] Barrat, actor (Bad Lands, Go West), dies at 81 in the year 1970.   

Jan 08   Georges Guibourg, French performer (b. 1891) died on this day in history.   

Jan 10   In the year 1970 pavel Ivanovich Belyayev, USSR, cosmonaut (Voskhod II), dies at 44   

Jan 12   Blanche Stuart Scott, US pilot, dies at 84 in the year 1970.