Page 14: Historical Events In 1970

Oct 26   "Doonesbury" comic strip debuts in 28 newspapers in the year 1970.   

Oct 28   Baby Huey, [James Ramey], vocalist (Baby Huey & Babysitters), dies on this day in history.   

Oct 28   NBA Cleve Cavaliers 1st home game, lose to San Diego 110-99 in the year 1970.   

Oct 28   US/USSR sign an agreement to discuss joint space efforts on this day in history.   

Nov 01   Bhola cyclone in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) killing =500,000 people in the year 1970.   

Nov 01   Discotheque in Grenoble France burns, all exits padlocked and 142 die in the year 1970.   

Nov 02   Richard Cushing, US cardinal to Boston, dies at 75 in the year 1970.   

Nov 03   Peter II Karadjordjevic, last king of Yugoslavia (1934-45), dies at 57 in the year 1970.   

Nov 03   Salvador Allende inaugurated as President of Chile in the year 1970.   

Nov 08   Tom Dempsey of New Orleans Saints kicks NFL record 63 yard field goal on this day in history.   

Nov 09   In the year 1970 general Charles de Gaulle,former leader of the 'Free French'army and President of France from 1958 to 1969,died   

Nov 09   Trial of Seattle 8 anti-war protesters begins on this day in history.   

Nov 09   On this day in history william L Dawson, (Rep-D-Ill), dies at 84   

Nov 10   Charles DeGaulle, general/president France (Free French), dies at 79 on this day in history.   

Nov 10   Luna 17, with unmanned self-propelled Lunokhod 1, is launched in the year 1970.   

Nov 12   Charles de Gaulle is buried in Paris in the year 1970.   

Nov 13   On this day in history bhola cyclone in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) killing =500,000 people   

Nov 13   Cyclone kills estimated 300,000 in Chittagong Bangladesh on this day in history.   

Nov 13   On this day in history lt Gen Hafez al-Assad becomes PM of Syria following military coup   

Nov 13   VP Spiro Agnew calls TV executives "impudent snobs" in the year 1970.   

Nov 14   DC-9 crashes in West Virginia, 75 killed in the year 1970.   

Nov 14   Marshall U football team wiped out in air crash at Kenova WV on this day in history.   

Nov 17   Naunton Wayne, actor (Dead of Night), dies at 69 in the year 1970.   

Nov 17   Russia lands Lunokhod 1 unmanned remote-controlled vehicle on Moon in the year 1970.   

Nov 18   Hal Dickinson, singer (Modernaires), dies at 56 in the year 1970.   

Nov 18   In the year 1970 russia lands self propelled rover on the Moon   

Nov 19   Golden Gate Park Conservatory becomes a Cal state historical landmark on this day in history.   

Nov 21   On this day in history nY Knicks 1st game against Cleve Cavalier, Knicks win 102-94 at MSG   

Nov 21   The rarest of Ford Mustangs--the Boss 351--debuted at the Detroit Auto Show in Detroit, Michigan in the year 1970.   

Nov 23   In the year 1970 secretary of Defense Melvin Laird discloses the November 21U.S. raid on the North Vietnamese prison camp at Son Tay. The raid was conducted almost flawlessly, but no prisoners of war were found in the camp. They had been moved earlier to other locations.   

Nov 23   Yusuf Bin Ishak, president of Singapore 1965-70, dies at about 60 on this day in history.   

Nov 24   In the year 1970 evgeny Karlovich Tikotsky, composer, dies at 76   

Nov 25   On this day in history yukio Mishima, Japanese author/nationalist (Harakiri), dies at 45   

Nov 26   On this day in history b O Davis Sr, 1st black general, dies at 93 in Chicago   

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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   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   Sanda LadoÅŸi, Romanian singer was born in the year 1970.   

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

Jan 03   Tony Farmer, NBA forward (Charlotte Hornets) was born in the year 1970.   

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

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

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

Jan 05   On this day in history death of joseph A Yablonski, candidate for United Mine Workers pres, murdered   

Jan 07   On this day in history robert [Harriot] Barrat, actor (Bad Lands, Go West), dies at 81   

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

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

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