Historical Events In 1970

Sep 29   On this day in history edward Everett Horton, actor/narrator (Bulwinkle Show), dies at 84   

Sep 30   In the year 1970 patrick Aherne, actor (Bwana Devil, Botany Bay), dies at 69   

Oct 01   On this day in history hans Poser, composer, dies at 52   

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

Oct 02   Plane carrying Wichita State U football team crashes killing 30 on this day in history.   

Oct 04   In the year 1970 george Frederick McKay, composer, dies at 71   

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

Oct 04   On this day in history jan Stenerud of Kansas City Chiefs kicks 55-yard field goal   

Oct 04   In the year 1970 janis Joplin died from a drug overdose. She was 27.   

Oct 05   PBS becomes a network in the year 1970.   

Oct 05   Quebec seperatists kidnap British trade commissioner James Cross in the year 1970.   

Oct 08   On this day in history jean Giono, French writer (Hussard Sur le Toit), dies at 75   

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

Oct 09   Cambodia becomes the Khmer Republic in the year 1970.   

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

Oct 09   In the year 1970 khmer Republic (Cambodia) declares independence   

Oct 10   In the year 1970 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 on this day in history.   

Oct 13   On this day in history angela Davis arrested in NYC   

Oct 13   On this day in history julia Culp, mezzo-soprano, dies at 90   

Oct 15   Collapse of Westgate Bridge, Melbourne kills 35 and injures 17 in the year 1970.   

Oct 16   In the year 1970 anwar Sadat elected president of Egypt, succeeding Nasser   

Oct 19   In the year 1970 unica Zorn, writer, dies at 54   

Oct 20   In the year 1970 patrick Wymark, actor (Skull, Tomb of Ligeia), dies at 44   

Oct 21   On this day in history 777 Unification church couples wed in Korea   

Oct 21   On this day in history caledonian Airways takes over British United Airways   

Oct 21   John T Scopes, US teacher (Scopes "monkey trial" 1925), dies at 70 on this day in history.   

Oct 22   On this day in history rené Schneider, Chilean general/supreme commander, murdered   

Oct 23   Gary Gabelich sets auto speed record 622.4 mph (1,002 kph) in the year 1970.   

Oct 24   Nancy Walker creates Ida Morgenstein role on Mary Tyler Moore Show in the year 1970.   

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

Oct 24   Salvador Allende Gossens elected president of Chile on this day in history.   

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

Jan 02   Anthony Stuart, cricketer (Australian ODI pace bowler, hat trick 1997) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 02   In the year 1970 birth of glenn Cadrez, NFL linebacker (Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32)   

Jan 02   Royce Clayton, Burbank CA, infielder (SF Giants, St Louis Cardinals) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 02   On this day in history 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 in the year 1970.   

Jan 03   Tony Farmer, NBA forward (Charlotte Hornets) was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 03   Gladys Aylward, British missionary in China; portrayed by Ingrid Bergman in The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (b. 1902) died in the year 1970.   

Jan 04   Jean-Étienne Valluy, French general (b. 1899) died in the year 1970.   

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

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

Jan 08   In the year 1970 death of georges Guibourg, French performer (b. 1891)   

Jan 10   Pavel Ivanovich Belyayev, USSR, cosmonaut (Voskhod II), dies at 44 in the year 1970.   

Jan 12   On this day in history blanche Stuart Scott, US pilot, dies at 84