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Born :07/20/1970?, 1st baby born on Alcatraz Island
Born :04/29/1970Andre Agassi, US, tennis pro (US & French Open finalist-1990)
Born :12/17/1970Benedictine, [St Bernard]; becomes heaviest known dog (137 kg)
Born :06/30/1970Brian Bloom, actor (As the World Turns)
Born :02/12/1970Bryan Roy, soccer star (Ajax)
Born :01/27/1970Carlos Javier Bernardo, prince
Born :06/26/1970Chris O'Donnell, actor (School Ties)
Born :08/25/1970Claudia Schiffer, Rheinbach Germany, super model (Elle, Rolling Stone)
Born :01/27/1970Dario Brose, Queens NY, US soccer halfback (Olympic-92)
Born :08/31/1970Debbie Gibson, Brooklyn NY, singer (Only in My Dreams)
Born :04/11/1970Delroy Pearson, rocker (Five Star-Between the Lines)
Born :11/11/1970Derry Brownson, rock keyboardist (EMF-Unbelievable)
Born :09/29/1970Emily Lloyd, London England, actress (Wish You Were Here)
Born :03/26/1970Evan Richards, LA Calif, actor (Frankie-Mama Malone)
Born :04/16/1970Fran Robinson, Calif, actress (Lauren-Charlie & Company)
Born :05/15/1970Frank de Boer, soccer star (Ajax)
Born :05/16/1970Gabriela Sabatini, Argentina, tennis player (Olympic-silver-1988)
Born :04/16/1970Gabriella Sabatini, tennis player
Born :06/24/1970Glenn Medeiros, singer (Someday Love)
Born :09/04/1970Ione Skye, [Leitch], Hertfordshire England, actress (Say Anything)
Born :06/28/1970Jack Stephen Burton, actor (Chris-Out of this World, Days of Our Life)
Born :06/15/1970Janie Eickhoff, Long Beach Calif, US cyclist (Olympic-92)
Born :12/12/1970Jennifer Connelly, Bkln Heights NY, actress (Labyrinth, Rocketeer)
Born :09/04/1970Jennifer Nakken, Cedar City Utah, Miss Utah-America (1991)
Born :08/17/1970Jim Courier, tennis champ
Born :02/24/1970Jonathan Ward, Balt Md, actor (Doug-Charles in Charge, Beans Baxter)
Born :05/17/1970Jordan Nathaniel M Knight, Mass, rocker (New Kids-Hangin' Tough)
Born :11/15/1970Karin Von Breeschoteen, Rotterdam Holland, Playmate (Sept, 1989)
Born :02/26/1970Katie O'Neill, LA Calif, actress (Together We Stand)
Born :01/13/1970Keith Coogan, actor (Adv in Babysitting, Hiding Out)
Born :01/13/1970Keith Mitchell, Palm Springs Calif, actor (Jeffrey-Waltons, Gun Shy)
Born :10/02/1970Kelly Ripa, actress (Hayley Vaughan-All My Children)
Born :09/25/1970Kerri Kendall, San Diego Ca, playmate (Sep, 1990)
Born :10/12/1970Kimberly Hoskins, Yuma Arizona, Miss Arizona-America (1991)
Born :10/12/1970Kirk Cameron, Panorama City Calif, actor (Mike-Growing Pains)
Born :12/12/1970Kirk Cameron, actor (Mike-Growing Pains, Teen Wolf II)
Born :06/13/1970Lance Ringnald, Des Moines Iowa, US gymnist (Olympic-92)
Born :03/29/1970Lara Flynn Boyle, actress (Twin Peaks)
Born :11/11/1970Lee Parkin Starsky, daughter of Ringo
Born :05/25/1970Lindsay Greenbush, LA, twin actress (Carrie-Little House on Prairie)
Born :04/19/1970Luis Miguel, Vera Cruz M‚xico, spanish singer
Born :08/18/1970Malcolm Jamal Warner, Jersey City NJ, actor (Theodore-Cosby Show)
Born :07/17/1970Mandy Smith, England, rocker (I Just Can't Wait) wife of Bill Wyman
Born :09/27/1970Mark Caldero, Okla City, vocalist (Color Me Badd-I Want to Sex You Up)
Born :11/16/1970Martha Plimpton, actress (Goonies, Mosquito Coast)
Born :08/19/1970Matthew Perry, actor (Sydney)
Born :02/26/1970Meeno Peluce, Amsterdam Netherlands, actor (Bad News Bears)
Born :03/09/1970Melissa Rathburn-Nealy, US soldier (Iraqi POW)
Born :09/18/1970Michela Rocco, Udine Italy, Miss Italy (1987)
Born :11/15/1970Mirjam Von Breeschoteen, Rotterdam Holland, Playmate (Sept, 1989)
Born :07/14/1970Missy Gold, Great Falls Mont, actress (Katie-Benson)
Born :05/28/1970Morgan Fox, Prince George BC, playmate (Dec, 1990)
Born :05/22/1970Naomi Campbell, London England, model/girlfriend of Mike Tyson
Born :05/14/1970Natasha Ryan, LA Calif, actress (Amy-Ladies' Man)
Born :07/18/1970Patrick Dancy, TV rocker (Guys Next Door-I Was Made For You)
Born :02/01/1970Pauly Shore, comedian (Encino Man)
Born :11/18/1970Phil Buckman, Queens NY, actor (Slash-Drexell's Class)
Born :03/08/1970Rhett Harty, Pasedena CA, US soccer player (Olympic-92)
Born :04/13/1970Rick Schroder, SI NY, actor (Ricky-Silver Spoons, Champ, Earthling
Born :08/23/1970River Phoenix, Madras Ore, actor (Little Nikta, Stand By Me)
Born :07/23/1970Sam Waters, Camp Springs Md, singer (Color Me Badd-Want to Sex You Up)
Born :02/16/1970Saskia Linssen, Venlo Holland, playmate (Jun, 1991)
Born :11/25/1970Saskia Sibilo, Miss Suriname (1990)
Born :10/09/1970Savannah, porno star
Born :03/30/1970Secreteriat, race horse, triple crown (1973)
Born :12/23/1970Shannon Noelle DePuy, Lynchburg Va, Miss Virg-America (1991-top 10)
Born :05/25/1970Sidney Greenbush, LA, twin actress (Carrie-Little House on Prairie)
Born :06/14/1970Simone Fleurice Eden, Arcadia Ca, playmate (Feb, 1989)
Born :07/24/1970Stephane Adams, NJ, playmate (Nov, 1992)
Born :06/28/1970Steve Burton, Indianapolis Ind, actor (Jason-General Hospital)
Born :07/13/1970Steven J Brown, Hackensack NJ, guitarist (Trixter-Give It To Me Good)
Born :05/24/1970Thomas Alden Page, Glenridge NJ, rocker (New Kids-Hangin' Tough)
Born :10/20/1970Tiffany, [Renee Darwisch], rocker (I Think We are Alone Now)
Born :04/--/1970Uma Thurman, Boston Mass, actress (Baron Munchausen)
Born :04/10/1970Wesley Barnett, St Joseph Mo, Oly weightlifter (Pan Am-silver-1987)
Born :12/19/1970Zac Foley, rock bassist (EMF-Unbelievable)




Died :06/05/1970"Jopie" Pengel, [Johan A], premier Suriname (1963-69), dies
Died :05/04/19704 students, at Kent State University killed by Ohio National Guard
Died :06/21/1970Achmed Sukarno, PM of Indonesia (1945-67), dies at 68
Died :02/17/1970Agnon, [SJ Czaczkes], Hebrews writer (Guest Comes Overnight), dies
Died :01/19/1970Albert M„hll, German writer, dies at 76
Died :09/02/1970Allan Walker, actor/writer (Red Buttons Show), dies at 64
Died :07/27/1970Antonio de Oliveira Salazar, dictator of Portugal (1932-68), dies
Died :01/16/1970Arm˜n Pane, Indonesian writer (Djinak-djinak merpati), dies
Died :03/15/1970Arthur Adamov, French playwright, dies
Died :04/27/1970Arthur Shields, actor (Your Show Time), dies at 73
Died :11/26/1970B O Davis Sr, 1st black general, dies at 93 in Chicago
Died :07/19/1970Barry Wood, singer (Your Hit Parade), dies at 61
Died :02/02/1970Bertrand Russell, philosopher, MP, dies at 99 in Merioneth
Died :01/12/1970Blanche Stuart Scott, US pilot, dies at 84
Died :04/04/1970Byron Foulger, actor (Capt Nice, Petticoat Junction), dies at 70
Died :06/11/1970Camille Bombois, French circus/painter, dies at 87
Died :12/28/1970Charles "Sonny" Liston, heavyweight boxer champ (1962-64)
Died :11/10/1970Charles DeGaulle, general/president France (Free French), dies at 79
Died :12/23/1970Charlie Ruggles, actor (Ruggles, Aesop-Bullwinkle Show), dies at 84
Died :09/11/1970Chester Morris, actor (Diagnosis: Unknown), dies at 69
Died :02/24/1970Conrad Nagel, actor (Celebrity Time), dies at 73
Died :01/18/1970David McKay, Mormon president, dies at 96
Died :08/30/1970Del Moore, actor/announcer (Cal-Bachelor Father), dies at 53
Died :04/28/1970Ed Begley, actor (Mr Koppel-Leave it to Larry), dies at 69
Died :01/27/1970Ed Ford, comedian (Can You Top This?), dies at 72
Died :03/01/1970Ed[uard] Hoornik, writer/poet (Na jaren), dies at 59
Died :09/29/1970Edward Everett Horton, actor/narrator (Bulwinkle Show), dies at 84
Died :06/07/1970Edward M Forster, England, writer (Maurice, A passage to India), dies
Died :09/25/1970Erich M Remarque, [Kramer], German writer (Im West nieces Neues), dies
Died :03/11/1970Erle Stanley Gardner, US writer (Perry Mason), dies at 80
Died :06/11/1970Frank Laubach, Benton Pa, taught reading through phonetics, dies
Died :06/11/1970Frank Silvera, actor (High Chaparral), dies at 55
Died :09/28/1970Gamal' Abd al-Nassar, Egypt Pres (1953-70), dies of heart attack at 52
Died :07/30/1970George Szell, Hungarian/US conductor (Cleveland Orch), dies at 73
Died :08/10/1970Gino Torretta, quarterback (Heisman Trophy 1992)
Died :04/26/1970Gypsy Rose Lee, stripper/actress (Pruitts of S Hampton), dies at 56
Died :09/21/1970G˜sbert Friedhoff, architect (Wibautstrat tax office), dies
Died :06/03/1970H G Hjalmar Schacht, pres Germany Kingdom bank/minister of Eco, dies
Died :11/18/1970Hal Dickinson, singer (Modernaires), dies at 56
Died :07/04/1970Harold Vanderbilt, America Cup winner (1930, 34, 37), dies at 85
Died :04/23/1970Herb Shriner, host/humorist (Herb Shriner Show), dies at 51
Died :06/04/1970Hjalmar Schcacht, [Horace Greeley], Nazi minister, dies
Died :04/30/1970Inger Stevens, actress (Katy-Farmer's Daughter), commits suicide at 35
Died :04/30/1970Jacob Presser, historian/writer (Doom), dies
Died :11/28/1970Jan Drda, Czech author (Nema Barikada), dies at 55
Died :10/04/1970Janis Joplin, rock singer (Down on Me), dies at 27 of a drug overdose
Died :06/05/1970Jay Irving, cartoonist (Draw Me a Laugh), dies at 69
Died :10/08/1970Jean Giono, French writer (Hussard Sur le Toit), dies
Died :07/02/1970Jessie Street, Australian civil rights activist, dies
Died :09/18/1970Jimi Hendrix, rock guitarist (Purple haze), dies at 27 in London
Died :05/29/1970John Gunther, author/host (John Gunther's High Road), dies at 68
Died :04/11/1970John H O'hara, US journalist/writer (Pal Joey, Rage to Live), dies
Died :01/14/1970John J "Johnny" Murphy, US baseball pitcher (NY Yankees), dies
Died :09/28/1970John Roderigo Dos Passos, US writer (Manhattan Transfer), dies
Died :10/21/1970John T Scopes, US teacher (Scopes "monkey trial" 1925), dies at 70
Died :12/29/1970John de Mol, accordianist/entertainer, dies
Died :06/04/1970Jopie [Johan A) Pengel, premier Suriname, dies
Died :01/05/1970Joseph A Yablonski, candidate for United Mine Workers pres, murdered
Died :05/22/1970Joseph W Krutch, US writer (Measure of Man), dies at 76
Died :04/07/1970Josina Machel, wife of Mozambique's 1st pres Samora Machel, dies
Died :12/28/1970L Mendel Rivers, (Rep-D-SC), dies at 65
Died :07/07/1970Louise Harrison, mother of Beatle George, dies
Died :10/08/1970Lucien Goldmann, Romanian/French sociologist/philosopher, dies
Died :07/18/1970Lucien H d'Azambuja, French astronomer (chromosphere of Sun), dies
Died :01/30/1970Malcolm Keen, actor (Uncle Chris-Mama), dies at 82
Died :04/08/1970Marie V Felix, Prince of Luxemburg, dies
Died :07/07/1970Marjorie Rambeau, actress (Primrose Path, Torch Song), dies at 80
Died :02/25/1970Mark Rothko, abstract expressionist (Green on Blue), dies at 66
Died :06/04/1970Menasha Skulnik, comedian (Menasha the Magnificent), dies at 78
Died :05/23/1970Nydia Westman, actress (Going My Way, Young Mr Bobbins), dies at 68
Died :11/03/1970Peter II Karadjordjevic, last king of Yugoslavia (1934-45), dies
Died :07/14/1970Preston Foster, actor (Waterfront, Gunslinger), dies at 69
Died :04/16/1970P‚ter Veres, Hungarian minister of defense, dies
Died :10/31/1970P l Szab¢, Hungarians farmer/writer (Isten Malmai), dies
Died :02/19/1970Ralph Edward Flanders, (Sen-VT), dies at 89
Died :11/02/1970Richard Cushing, US cardinal to Boston, dies at 75
Died :10/24/1970Richard Hofstadter, US historian, dies at 54
Died :02/06/1970Roscoe Karns, actor (Capt Shafer-Hennesey), dies at 78
Died :03/31/1970Semjon Timosjenko, Russ marshal/inspector-general (WW II), dies at 75
Died :06/29/1970Stefan Andres, German writer (Wir sind Utopia), dies at 64
Died :07/07/1970Sylvester Wiere, comedian (Wiere Brothers-Ford Festival), dies at 60
Died :03/16/1970Tammi Terrell, singer, dies at 23 of a brain tumor
Died :03/15/1970Tarjei Vesaas, Norse author/novelist/writer (Isslottet), dies at 72
Died :09/03/1970Vince Lombardi, football coach, dies in Washington DC at 57
Died :05/21/1970Vinton Hayworth, actor (Gen Schaeffer-I Dream of Jeannie), dies at 63
Died :05/09/1970Walter P Reuther, US worker's union leader/president CIO, dies
Died :03/06/1970William Hopper, actor (Paul Drake-Perry Mason), dies at 55
Died :11/09/1970William L Dawson, (Rep-D-Ill), dies at 84
Died :11/25/1970Yukio Mishima, Japanese author/nationalist (Harakiri), dies




Special :12/27/1970"Hello, Dolly!" closes on Broadway after a record 2,844 performances
Special :09/19/1970"Mary Tyler Moore" show premiers
Special :09/21/1970"Monday Night Football" on ABC premiers (Jets beat Browns 31-21)
Special :03/18/1970-25) US Postal begins strike
Special :09/04/1970-5) 29.0 cm rainfall at Workman Creek, Arizona (state record)
Special :03/28/19701,300 die when 7.1 quake destroys 254 villages (Gediz Turkey)
Special :07/04/1970100 injured in race rioting in Asbury Park NJ
Special :03/13/1970100 year Beehive anniversary ends in brawl in Amsterdam
Special :05/20/1970100,000 march in NY supporting US policies in Vietnam
Special :05/09/1970100,000s demonstrate against Vietnam War
Special :09/24/19701st Automated return of lunar sample by Luna 16
Special :07/02/19701st Boeing 747 to land in Brussels Belgium
Special :04/22/19701st Earth Day held internationally to conserve natural resources
Special :06/30/19701st baseball game at Cincinnati's Riverfront Stadium
Special :01/22/19701st commercial Boeing 747 flight, NY to London in 6« hours
Special :08/07/19701st computer chess tournament
Special :11/01/19701st regular season Giants-Jets game, Giants win 22-10 at Shea
Special :12/16/19701st successful landing on Venus (USSR)
Special :05/02/19701st woman jockey at Kentucky Derby (Diane Crump)
Special :07/03/1970200,000 attend Atlanta Pop Festival
Special :11/12/1970240 KPH cyclone hits East Pakistan (Bangladesh); 3-500,000 die
Special :02/10/197026.4 cm percipitation falls on Mount Washington NH
Special :02/24/197029 Swiss Army officers die in avalanche (Reckingen, Switzerland)
Special :03/05/19703 SDS Weathermen killed when bomb explodes in NYC townhouse
Special :07/30/197030,000 attend Powder Ridge Rock Festival, Middlefield Ct
Special :07/17/197030,000 attend Randall's Island Rock Festival, NYC
Special :08/03/19704 day NFL strike ends
Special :08/07/19704, including presiding judge, killed in courthouse shootout in San
Special :04/29/197050,000 US & South Vietnamese troops land in Cambodia
Special :03/26/1970500th nuclear explosion announced by the US since 1945
Special :07/29/19706 days of race rioting in Hartford Ct
Special :05/31/19707.75 Earthquake aftershocks hit Peru; 50-70,000 die
Special :04/16/197070 die in a snow crush (France)
Special :10/21/1970777 Unification church couples wed in Korea
Special :12/24/19709 Jews are convicted in Lenningrad of h˜acking a plane
Special :06/19/1970A Nikolayev & V Sevastyanov return after 18 days in Soyuz 9
Special :02/19/1970AL Cy Young winner Denny McLain suspended for bookmaking
Special :07/05/1970Air Canada DC-8 crashes 7 miles from Toronto's airport killing 109
Special :03/02/1970American Airlines' 1st flight of a Boeing 747
Special :10/13/1970Angela Davis arrested in NYC
Special :10/16/1970Anwar Sadat elected president of Egypt, succeeding Gamal Abdel Nasser
Special :04/11/1970Apollo 13 launched to Moon; unable to land, returns in 6 days
Special :04/17/1970Apollo 13 limps back safely, Beech-built oxygen tank no help
Special :05/22/1970Arab terrorists kill 9 children & 3 adults on a school bus
Special :07/18/1970Arthur Brown arrested for stripping on stage in Palemo Sicily
Special :08/04/1970Asteroid #2993 discovered
Special :05/31/1970At 03:23 PM, Yungay Peru levelled by earthquake (50-70,000 die)
Special :01/23/1970Australia's 1st amateur radio satellite (Oscar 5) launched (Calif)
Special :10/15/1970Baltimore Orioles beat Cin Reds, 4 games to 1 in 67th World Series
Special :03/10/1970Barbra Striesand records "The Singer" & "I Can Do It"
Special :10/03/1970Baseball umpires call their 1st strike
Special :01/04/1970Beatles last recording session at EMI studios
Special :05/13/1970Beatles movie "Let it Be" premiers
Special :02/26/1970Beatles release "Beatles Again" aka "Hey Jude" album
Special :05/08/1970Beatles release "Let it Be" album
Special :03/06/1970Beatles release "Let it Be" in UK
Special :04/11/1970Beatles' "Let It Be," single goes #1 & stays #1 for 2 weeks
Special :05/20/1970Beatles' "Let it Be" movie premiers in UK
Special :02/28/1970Bicycles permitted to cross Golden Gate Bridge
Special :10/02/1970Billy Martin named manager of Det Tigers
Special :09/03/1970Billy Williams ends then longest NL consecutive streak at 1,117 games
Special :08/29/1970Black Panthers confront cops in Phila (1 cop killed)
Special :07/12/1970Blues-Rock singer Janis Joplin debuts in Kentucky
Special :06/24/1970Bobby Murcer ties record of 4 consecutive HRs
Special :08/24/1970Bomb kills 1 at U of Wisconsin's Army Math Research Center in Madison
Special :05/10/1970Boston Bruins sweep St Louis Blues for Stanley Cup
Special :05/10/1970Brave's Hoyt Wilhelm pitches in his 1,000th game, loses to Cards 6-5
Special :06/30/1970Brazil beats Italy 4-1 in soccer's 9th World Cup at Mexico City
Special :06/21/1970Brazil wins last Jules Rimet Trophy, soccer championship
Special :10/15/1970Bridge over Yarra River in Melbourne crashes; killing 35
Special :05/27/1970British expedition climbs south face of Annapurna I
Special :04/01/1970Bud Selig becomes CEO of Milwaukee Brewers
Special :01/31/1970C Kowal discovers asteroid #1876 Napolitania
Special :09/24/1970C U Cesco discovers asteroid #1958 Chandra
Special :10/21/1970Caledonian Airways takes over British United Airways
Special :07/03/1970Calif Angels Clyde Wright no-hits Oakland A's, 8-0
Special :01/01/1970Charles "Chub" Feeney becomes president of baseball's National League
Special :03/01/1970Charles Manson's album "Lie" is released
Special :06/23/1970Charles Rangel defeats Adam Clayton Powell in Democratic primary
Special :07/31/1970Chet Huntley retires from NBC, ends "Huntley-Brinkley Report"
Special :02/18/1970Chicago 7 defendants found innocent of inciting to riot
Special :04/24/1970China PR launches its 1st satellite transmitting song "East is Red"
Special :06/14/1970Cincinatti Red Stockings loses 1st game after winning 130 straight
Special :08/14/1970City University of NY inaugurates open admissions
Special :12/06/1970Cleve Cavaliers 1st NBA home victory, beating Buffalo Braves 108-106
Special :11/12/1970Cleve Cavaliers 1st NBA victory (11th game), beating Portland 105-103
Special :11/02/1970Cleve Cavaliers lose by biggest margin-54 pts (Phila 141-87)
Special :10/14/1970Cleve Cavaliers lose to Buffalo Braves in their 1st game 107-92
Special :03/25/1970Concorde makes its 1st supersonic flight (700 MPH/1,127 KPH)
Special :12/31/1970Congress authorizes Eisenhower dollar coin
Special :01/09/1970Constitution of Singapore enacted
Special :05/14/1970Cops kill 2 students in racial disturbance (Jackson State U, Miss)
Special :08/09/1970Crimean Astrophysical Obs discovers asteroid #2949 Kaverznev
Special :11/13/1970Cyclone kills estimated 300,000 in Chittagong Bangladesh
Special :08/16/1970Dave Stockton wins PGA golf tournament
Special :09/15/1970Decca awards Bing Crosby a 2nd platinum disc for selling 300 million
Special :07/15/1970Denmark beats Italy 2-0 in 1st world female soccer championship
Special :03/13/1970Digital Equipment Corp introduces PDP-11 minicomputer
Special :11/01/1970Discotheque in Grenoble France burns, all exits padlocked & 142 die
Special :01/19/1970Dutch bishops says he is in favor of married priest
Special :08/01/1970EAA Convention moves from Rockford Ill to Oshkosh, Wi
Special :03/01/1970End of US coml whale hunting
Special :12/02/1970Environmental Protection Agency begins (Dir: William Ruckelshaus)
Special :05/12/1970Ernie Banks hits his 500th home run
Special :09/05/1970Estimated 15 cm (6") of rainfall, Bug Point, Utah (state record)
Special :03/15/1970Expo '70 opens in Osaka, Japan
Special :03/31/1970Federal bankruptcy court allows Seattle Pilots to be sold to Milwaukee
Special :12/15/1970Ferryboat capsized in Korean Strait drowning 261
Special :10/10/1970Fiji gains independence from Britain (National Day)
Special :11/01/1970Fire on Saint-Laurent-du-Ferryboat, France, 144 die
Special :06/26/1970Frank Robinson hits 2 grand slams as Orioles beat Senators 12-2
Special :04/25/1970Freda Payne releases "Band of Gold"
Special :03/24/1970French cartoonist Pi‰t ends "Sjors & Sjimmie" strip
Special :03/04/1970French submarines "Eurydice" explode
Special :04/24/1970Gambia becomes a republic within Commonwealth
Special :10/23/1970Gary Gabelich sets auto speed record 622.4 mph (1,002 kph)
Special :12/17/1970Gdansk, Poland shipworkers strike
Special :09/04/1970George Harrison releases "My Sweet Lord" single
Special :11/27/1970George Harrison releases 3 album set "All Things Must Pass"
Special :11/30/1970George Harrison releases hist triple album set "All Things Must Pass"
Special :11/19/1970Golden Gate Park Conservatory becomes a Cal state historical landmark
Special :03/26/1970Golden Gate Park Conservatory made city landmark
Special :01/31/1970Grateful Dead members busted on LSD charges
Special :05/23/1970Grateful Dead's 1st perfomance outside of US (England)
Special :02/23/1970Guyana becomes a republic (National Day)
Special :01/08/1970H Potter & A Lokalov discovers asteroid #2975
Special :05/17/1970Hank Aaron becomes 9th player to get 3,000 hits
Special :05/14/1970Harry A Blackmun appointed to Supreme Court
Special :06/09/1970Harry A Blackmun becomes a Supreme Court Justice
Special :05/12/1970Harry A Blackmun is confirmed as a justice on Supreme Court
Special :11/18/1970Heavyweight Joe Frazier KOs Bob Foster in Detroit
Special :02/24/1970Heintje Simons (14) wins 7 gold records
Special :08/03/1970Hurricane "Celia" becomes most expensive Gulf storm in history
Special :09/13/1970IBM announces System 370 computer
Special :05/25/1970Indiana Pacers beat LA Stars in 3rd ABA championship, 4 games to 2
Special :09/28/1970Intrepid (US) beats Gretel II (Aust) in 22nd America's Cup
Special :07/16/1970Iraq's constitution goes into effect
Special :04/07/1970J A Bruwer discovers asteroid #1794 Finsen
Special :03/04/1970Jacksonville is 1st college basketball team to avg 100+ pts per game
Special :02/17/1970Jeffrey McDonald slices up his wife & daughter
Special :06/19/1970Jim Bouton's controversial "Ball Four" is published
Special :08/11/1970Jim Bunning becomes 2nd (Cy Young) to win 100 games in both leagues
Special :08/04/1970Jim Morrison arrested for drunkenness
Special :06/07/1970Jockey Willie Shoemaker passes Johnny Longden with his 6,033 win
Special :02/16/1970Joe Frazier KOs Jimmy Ellis for undisputed heavyweight boxing crown
Special :04/01/1970John & Yoko release hoax they are having dual sex change operations
Special :10/19/1970John Frazier kills Ohta's declares WW 3 has begun
Special :12/11/1970John Lennon releases an album that contains songs with word "fuck"
Special :01/17/1970John M Burgess installed as bishop of Protestant Episcopals (Mass)
Special :02/17/1970Joni Mitchell's final concert (Royal Albert Hall)
Special :03/18/1970KAEC TV channel 19 in Lufkin, TX (ABC) suspends broadcasting
Special :02/15/1970KAMU TV channel 15 in College Station, TX (PBS) begins broadcasting
Special :09/21/1970KAPP TV channel 35 in Yakima, WA (ABC) begins broadcasting
Special :01/04/1970KC Chiefs beat Oakland Raiders 17-7 in AFC championship game
Special :05/31/1970KDUB TV channel 40 in Dubuque, IA (ABC) begins broadcasting
Special :11/01/1970KGTF TV channel 12 in Agana, GU (PBS) begins broadcasting
Special :02/28/1970KIIN (now KUN) TV channel 12 in Iowa City, IA (PBS) 1st broadcast
Special :11/23/1970KNCT TV channel 46 in Belton/Killeen, TX (PBS) begins broadcasting
Special :05/02/1970KOAI (now KNAZ) TV channel 2 in Flagstaff, AZ (NBC) 1st broadcast
Special :06/05/1970KPAX TV channel 8 in Missoula, MT (CBS) begins broadcasting
Special :01/05/1970KPTS TV channel 8 in Hutchinson-Wichita, KS (PBS) begins broadcasting
Special :08/01/1970KTSD TV channel 10 in Pierre, SD (PBS) begins broadcasting
Special :05/12/1970KTVM TV channel 6 in Butte, MT (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting
Special :02/24/1970KVDO TV channel 3 in Salem, OR (IND) begins broadcasting
Special :10/30/1970KVEW TV channel 42 in Kennewick, WA (ABC) begins broadcasting
Special :09/27/1970Ken Boswell sets 2nd baseman record of 85 games without an error
Special :06/16/1970Kenneth A Gibson elected 1st black mayor of Newark, NJ
Special :10/09/1970Khmer Republic (Cambodia) declares independence
Special :05/08/1970Knicks beat Lakers, 113-99 for their 1st NBA championship
Special :08/03/1970L Chernykh discovers asteroid #2140 Kemerovo
Special :07/03/1970L Chernykh discovers asteroid #3702
Special :04/01/1970L Chernykh discovers asteroid 1805 Dirikis, 1957 Angara & 1976 Kaverin
Special :11/24/1970L Kohoutek discovers asteroid #1861 Komensky
Special :07/20/1970LA Angel Bill Singer no-hits Phillies, 5-0
Special :02/07/1970LSU's "Pistol" Pete Marovich scores 69 pts in losing cause
Special :10/01/1970Last game at Philadelphia's Connie Mack Stadium, Phils-2 Expos-1
Special :01/--/1970Lesotho suspends constitution
Special :07/21/1970Libya orders confiscation of all Jewish property
Special :08/31/1970Lonnie McLucas, a Black Panther activist, convicted
Special :11/13/1970Lt Gen Hafez al-Assad becomes PM of Syria following military coup
Special :09/20/1970Luna 16 lands on Moon's Mare Fecunditatis, drills core sample
Special :09/21/1970Luna 16 leaves Moon
Special :11/10/1970Luna 17, with unmanned self-propelled Lunokhod 1, is launched
Special :08/03/1970Mairiam Hargrave of Yorkshire, passes her driving test on 40th try
Special :02/13/1970Man-eating tiger is reported to have killed 48, 80 km from New Delhi
Special :11/14/1970Marshall U football team wiped out in air crash at Kenova WV
Special :01/03/1970Marxist government takes over in Congo
Special :04/02/1970Meghalaya becomes autonomous state within India's Assam state
Special :05/22/1970Mel Stottlemyre sets record by walking 11, but wins 2-0
Special :04/25/1970Melanie releases "Lay Down"
Special :03/30/1970Miles Davis Bitches Brew released
Special :01/04/1970Minn Vikings beat Cleve Browns 27-7 in NFC championship game
Special :04/03/1970Miriam Hargrave of England passes her drivers test on 40th try
Special :05/15/1970Mississippi Highway Patrol kills 2 at Jackson State College
Special :10/28/1970NBA Cleve Cavaliers 1st home game, lose to San Diego 110-99
Special :03/18/1970NFL selects Wilson as official football & scoreboard as official time
Special :07/14/1970NL wins 8th straight All Star Game, 5-4 in 12 inn (Riverfront, Cin)
Special :11/21/1970NY Knicks 1st game against Cleve Cavalier, Knicks win 102-94 at MSG
Special :04/22/1970NY Met Jerry Grote sets record of 20 put outs by a catcher
Special :04/22/1970NY Met Tom Seaver strikes out last 10 Padres, for a total of 19
Special :03/04/1970NY Rangers set then NHL record of 126 games without being shut-out
Special :02/27/1970NY Times (falsely) reports US army has ended domestic surveillance
Special :12/23/1970NY World Trade Center reaches highest point (411 m)
Special :08/08/1970NY Yankees honor Casey Stengel, retiring his number 37
Special :05/14/1970NYC local newspaper "Our Town" begins publishing
Special :01/04/1970NYC transit fare rises from 20› to 30›, new larger tokens used
Special :10/24/1970Nancy Walker creates Ida Morgenstein role on Mary Tyler Moore Show
Special :05/04/1970National Guard kills 4 at Kent State in Ohio
Special :05/21/1970National Guard mobilized to quell disturbances at Ohio State U
Special :02/15/1970Nationalists disrupt UN session on Congo
Special :09/30/1970New American Bible published
Special :03/16/1970New English Bible published
Special :01/19/1970Nixon nominates G Harold Carswell to the Supreme Court
Special :10/21/1970Nobel prize of peace awarded to Norman E Borlaugh
Special :12/10/1970North American Soccer League awards NY & Toronto franchises
Special :03/05/1970Nuclear non-proliferation treaty went into effect
Special :09/21/1970Oakland A's Vida Blue no-hits Minn Twins, 6-0
Special :06/20/1970Oriole's Brooks Robinson get his 2,000 career hit, a 3 run HR
Special :10/05/1970PBS becomes a network
Special :09/06/1970Palestinians seize 3 jetliners
Special :08/15/1970Patricia Palinkas becomes 1st woman pro football player (Orlando)
Special :04/09/1970Paul McCartney announces official split of Beatles
Special :12/31/1970Paul McCartney files a lawsuit to disolve Beatles
Special :08/09/1970Peruvian Airlines jet carrying 45 US exchange students explodes
Special :02/02/1970Pete Maravich becomes 1st to score 3,000 college basketball points
Special :03/17/1970Peter O'Malley becomes CEO of LA Dodgers
Special :05/24/1970Peter Queen quits Fleetwood Mac to join a religious cult
Special :08/28/1970Phillies Larry Bowa steals home for 2nd time in 1970
Special :06/12/1970Pitts Pirate Dock Ellis no-hits San Diego Padres, 2-0
Special :07/16/1970Pitts Pirates replaces Forbes Field with 3 River Stadium
Special :10/02/1970Plane carrying Wichita State U football team crashes killing 30
Special :09/22/1970Pres Nixon requests 1,000 new FBI agents for college campuses
Special :06/22/1970Pres Nixon signs 26th amendment (voting age lowered to 18)
Special :04/01/1970Pres Nixon signs bill limiting cigarette advertisements on 1/1/71
Special :01/10/1970Preview Center Opens
Special :05/04/1970Pulitzer prize awarded to Erik H Erikson (Gandhi's Truth)
Special :10/05/1970Quebec seperatists kidnap British trade commissioner James Cross
Special :05/12/1970Race riots in Augusta Georgia; 6 blacks killed (5 by cops)
Special :11/07/1970Race riots in Daytona Beach Florida
Special :06/16/1970Race riots in Miami Florida
Special :01/01/1970Revised calendar for Western (RC) Church goes into effect
Special :09/25/1970Ringo releases his "Beaucoups of Blues" album
Special :03/27/1970Ringo releases his 1st solo album "Sentimental Journey"
Special :06/23/1970Rocker Chubby Checker arrest for marijuana pocession
Special :04/20/1970Ron Hill's 2:10:30 at Boston, sets new US marathon record
Special :07/18/1970Ron Hunt gets hit by a pitch for a record 119th time
Special :11/17/1970Russia lands Lunokhod 1 unmanned remote-controlled vehicle on Moon
Special :11/18/1970Russia lands self propelled rover on Moon
Special :11/04/1970Russian nuclear physicist Sacharov forms Committee for rights of man
Special :05/23/1970SD Padres beat SF Giants 17-16 in 15 innings
Special :07/08/1970SF Giant Jim Ray Hart is 8th to get 6 RBIs in an inning (5th)
Special :03/13/1970SF city employees begin 4-day strike
Special :12/22/1970SS Commander Franz Stangl of Treblinka, sentenced to life in prison
Special :10/24/1970Salvador Allende Gossens elected president of Chile
Special :11/03/1970Salvador Allende inaugurated as president of Chile
Special :05/11/1970Sammy Davis Jr weds Altovise
Special :04/08/1970Senate rejects Nixon's nomination of Carswell to Supreme Court
Special :06/24/1970Senate votes overwhelmingly to repeal Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Special :04/22/1970Senators beat Yankees 2-1 in 18 innings
Special :12/12/1970Small Astronomy Satellite Explorer 42 launched to study X-rays
Special :07/30/1970Smirnova discover asteroid 1835 Gajdariya, 2032 Ethel & 2349 Kurchenko
Special :01/05/1970Soap Opera "All My Children," premiers on ABC
Special :03/30/1970Soap opera "Somerset" premieres
Special :08/02/1970Songwriter Sammy Cahn marries Tita Curtis in Calif
Special :12/15/1970Soviet Venera 7 is 1st spacecraft to land on another planet (Venus)
Special :10/08/1970Soviet author Alexander I Solzhenitsyn awarded Nobel Prize for Lit
Special :06/01/1970Soyuz 9 launched into Earth orbit for 18 days
Special :02/01/1970Stalled commuter train rammed by express in Argentina, 139 die
Special :11/24/1970Stanford's QB Jim Plunkett wins Heisman Trophy
Special :01/11/1970Super Bowl IV-KC Chiefs-23, Minnesota Vikings-7
Special :06/30/1970T Smirnova discovers asteroid #2139 Makharadze
Special :04/27/1970T Smirnova discovers asteroid #2469 Tadjikistan
Special :08/04/1970T Smirnova discovers asteroid #2575 Bulgaria
Special :08/28/1970T Smirnova discovers asteroid #2616 Lesya
Special :07/12/1970Tanzania signs contract with China for building Tanzam-railway
Special :06/07/1970The Who's Tommy is performed at NY's Lincoln Center
Special :07/12/1970Thor Heyerdahl crosses Atl Ocean in "Ra" docks in Barbados
Special :05/17/1970Thor Heyerdahl crosses Atlantic on reed raft Ra
Special :06/21/1970Tiger shortstop Cesar Gutierrez goes 7 for 7 in 12 inn game
Special :11/08/1970Tom Dempsey of New Orleans Saints kicks NFL record 63 yard field goal
Special :06/04/1970Tonga (formerly Friendly Islands) declares independence from UK
Special :06/21/1970Tony Jacklin wins US Open golf tournament
Special :08/11/1970Tony Perez becomes 1st to hit a HR in red seats at Riverfront
Special :11/09/1970Trial of Seattle 8 anti-war protesters begins
Special :01/19/1970UCLA fires Angela Davis for being a communist
Special :09/12/1970US LSD professor Timothy Leary escapes from Calif jail
Special :03/17/1970US casts their 1st UN Security Council veto (Support England)
Special :08/31/1970US defeats German FR for tennis' Davis Cup
Special :06/29/1970US ends 2 month military offensive into Cambodia
Special :01/23/1970US launches 2nd generation weather satellite, ITOS 1
Special :06/11/1970US leaves Wheelus AFB Libya
Special :03/12/1970US lowers voting age from 21 to 18
Special :01/02/1970US population is 293,200,000; Black population: 22,600,000 (11.1%)
Special :04/30/1970US troops invade Cambodia
Special :10/28/1970US/USSR sign an agreement to discuss joint space efforts
Special :09/12/1970USSR launches Luna 16; returns samples from lunar Sea of Fertility
Special :02/19/1970USSR launches Sputnik 52 & Molniya 1-13 communications satellite
Special :03/30/1970USSR wins its 8th straight world hockey championship
Special :12/04/1970Unemployment in US increases to 5.8%
Special :11/13/1970VP Spiro Agnew calls TV executives "impudent snobs"
Special :08/17/1970Venera 7 launched by USSR for soft landing on Venus
Special :10/03/1970WAPT TV channel 16 in Jackson, MS (ABC) begins broadcasting
Special :01/03/1970WHAG TV channel 25 in Hagerstown, MD (NBC) begins broadcasting
Special :07/18/1970WJCL TV channel 22 in Savannah, GA (ABC) begins broadcasting
Special :08/31/1970WKMJ TV channel 68 in Louisville, KY (PBS) begins broadcasting
Special :02/01/1970WMAA TV channel 29 in Jackson, MS (PBS) begins broadcasting
Special :04/15/1970WMGZ TV channel 16 in Mayaguez, PR ([M]) begins broadcasting
Special :03/16/1970WNIN TV channel 9 in Evansville, IN (PBS) begins broadcasting
Special :04/15/1970WPSJ TV channel 14 in Ponce, PR ([P]) begins broadcasting
Special :02/05/1970WSCV TV channel 51 in Ft Lauderdale, FL (IND) suspends broadcasting
Special :06/04/1970WSMW TV channel 27 in Worcester, MA (IND) begins broadcasting
Special :04/05/1970WSNS TV channel 44 in Chicago, IL (IND) begins broadcasting
Special :06/22/1970WSWO TV channel 26 in Springfield, OH (ABC) suspends broadcasting
Special :09/17/1970WSWP TV channel 9 in Grandview, WV (PBS) begins broadcasting
Special :03/08/1970WTCI TV channel 45 in Chattanooga, TN (PBS) begins broadcasting
Special :02/28/1970WUTR TV channel 20 in Utica-Rome, NY (ABC) begins broadcasting
Special :12/21/1970WUTV TV channel 29 in Buffalo, NY (IND) begins broadcasting
Special :03/07/1970WXOW TV channel 19 in La Crosse, WI (ABC) begins broadcasting
Special :10/29/1970WYEA (now WLTZ) TV channel 38 in Columbus, GA (NBC) 1st broadcast
Special :12/24/1970Walt Disney's "Aristocats" is released
Special :03/01/1970White govt of Rhodesia declares independence from Britain
Special :07/18/1970Willie Mays hits # 3,000
Special :08/01/1970Willie Stargell (Pirates) ties record of 5 extra base hits in a game
Special :04/12/1970Yankees dedicate plaques to Mickey Mantle & Joe DiMaggio
Special :12/28/1970Yemen Arab Republic (North Yemen) adopts constitution
Special :05/06/1970Yuchiro Miura of Japan skies down Mt Everest

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