1970

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1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday in the Gregorian calendar.

Events

1978 Ford Pinto

• January 12 – The Nigerian Civil War ends.
• February 1 – The Benavidez rail disaster near Buenos Aires, Argentina kills 236.
• February 14 – The Who record the iconic live rock album Live at Leeds.
• March 1 – Rhodesia declares itself a republic.
• April 29 – The United States invades Cambodia.
• May 4 – Kent State Shootings: Four students at Kent State University in Ohio are killed by National Guardsmen while protesting against the United States invading Cambodia.
• May 31 – A major earthquake hits southern Peru, killing tens of thousands of people.
• June 24 – The United States Senate repeals the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution of 1964.
• June 28 – U.S. ground troops withdraw from Cambodia.
• July 1 – The disputed Territories of Pakistan-administered Kashmir split to form Azad Kashmir and Gilgit Baltistan both of which are autonomous special areas of Pakistan.
• September 11 – The Ford Pinto introduced.
• September 21 – Monday Night Football debuts on ABC.
• October 18 – Anwar el-Sadat officially becomes president of Egypt.
• October 30 – Monsoon halts Vietnam War.
• November 3 – Salvador Allende becomes president of Chile.
• December 1 – Luis Echeverría becomes president of Mexico.
• The first IMAX theatre opens in Japan

Births

Kevin Smith in 2012

• January 29 – Heather Graham, American actress
• January 31 – Minnie Driver, British actress
• February 28 – Daniel Handler, American writer (Lemony Snickets: A Series of Unfortunate Events)
• March 5 – John Frusciante, American musician (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
• March 18 – Queen Latifah, American singer, actress and model
• April 30 – Wael Dahdouh, Palestinian journalist
• May 18 – Tina Fey, American screenwriter and actress
• May 27 – Joseph Fiennes, English actor June 1 Alex Lalas Popular football player Alison Hinds Queen of Soca popular female soca artiste Of Barbados
• June 3 – Susan Abulhawa, Palestinian-American writer and Human rights activist
• June 22 - Steven Page, Canadian singer (Barenaked Ladies)
• July 8 – Beck, American singer
• July 23 – Charisma Carpenter, American actress
• August 2 – Kevin Smith, American movie director
• August 8 – Pascal Duquenne, Belgian actor
• August 12 – Kristopher Schau, Norwegian singer
• August 13 – Alan Shearer, English football player
• August 20 – John Carmack, American video game creator
• August 31 - Debbie Gibson, American singer
• September 9 – Macy Gray, American singer and actress
• October 2 – Kelly Ripa, American actress and talk show host
• October 8 – Matt Damon, American actor
• October 9 – Steve Jablonsky, American movie and television composer
• October 15 – Pernilla Wiberg, Swedish skier
• October 25 - Ed Robertson, Canadian singer and guitarist (Barenaked Ladies)
• October 28 – Greg Eagles, African-American actor
• October 29 – Phillip Cocu, Dutch footballer
• October 29 – Edwin van der Sar, Dutch footballer
• December 12 – Jennifer Connelly, American actress
• December 18 – Rob Van Dam, American professional wrestler
• December 24 – Sascha Fischer, German rugby player
• December 29 – Glen Phillips, American singer and guitarist

January

Max Born

• January 5 – Max Born, German physicist (b. 1882)

February

• February 2 – Bertrand Russell, Welsh philosopher and mathematician (b. 1872)
• February 27- Marie Dionne, one of the Dionne Quintuplets (b. 1934)

March

• March 30 – Heinrich Brüning, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1885)

April

• April 28 – Ed Begley, American actor (b. 1901)

May

• May 12 – Nelly Sachs, German writer (b. 1891)

June

Sukarno

• June 21 – Sukarno, first President of Indonesia (b. 1901)

July

• July 24 - Beatrice Roberts, American actress (b. 1901)
• July 27 – António de Oliveira Salazar, 12th President of Portugal (b. 1889)

August

• August 10 – Alexander Gode, German-American linguist (b. 1906)

September

Jimi Hendrix

Gamal Abdel Nasser

• September 3 – Vince Lombardi, American football coach (b. 1913)
• September 5 – Jochen Rindt, German racecar driver (b. 1942)
• September 18 – Jimi Hendrix, American guitarist (b. 1942)
• September 25 – Erich Maria Remarque, German writer (b. 1898)
• September 28 – Gamal Abdel Nasser, President of Egypt (b. 1918)
• September 29 - Edward Everett Horton, American actor (b. 1886)

October

Janis Joplin

• October 4 – Janis Joplin, American rock singer (Mercedes Benz) (b. 1943)

November

Charles de Gaulle

• November 4 – Friedrich Kellner, German writer (b. 1885)
• November 9 – Charles de Gaulle, President of France (b. 1890)

December

• December 30 – Sonny Liston, American boxer (b. 1932)

Nobel Prizes

• Nobel Prize in Physics won by Hannes Alfvén, Swedish electrical engineer, plasma physicist, and Louis Néel, a French physicist
• Nobel Prize in Chemistry won by Luis Federico Leloir, Argentine physician and biochemist
• Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine shared by Sir Bernard Katz, Ulf von Euler, and Julius Axelrod for their work on neurotransmitters
• Nobel Prize in Literature won by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Russian writer
• Nobel Peace Prize won by Norman Borlaug, American biologist and humanitarian
• Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences – Paul Samuelson

Movies released

• Airport, starring Burt Lancaster and Dean Martin
• The Aristocats, an animated movie by Walt Disney Productions
• Love Story, winner of Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama
• MASH, winner of Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or comedy
• Patton, winner of 7 Academy Awards
• Tora! Tora! Tora! about the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941
• Woodstock

Hit songs

The Carpenters in 1972

• "(They Long to Be) Close to You" – Carpenters
• "Maybe I'm Amazed" – Paul McCartney
• "After Midnight" – Eric Clapton
• "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" – Diana Ross
• "American Woman" – The Guess Who
• "Amos Moses" – Jerry Reed
• "Border Song (Holy Moses)" – Aretha Franklin
• "Bridge Over Troubled Water" – Simon and Garfunkel
• "Call Me" – Aretha Franklin
• "Can't Stop Loving You" – Tom Jones
• "Cecilia" – Simon and Garfunkel
• "Celebrate" – Three Dog Night
• "Close To You " – Carpenters
• "Come And Get It" – Badfinger
• "Come Together /Something " – The Beatles
• "Cupid " – Johnny Nash
• "Does Anybody Really Know What Time it is" – Chicago
• "Down on the Corner" – Creedence Clearwater Revival
• "El Condor Pasa" – Simon and Garfunkel
• "Eli's Coming" – Three Dog Night
• "Everybody's Out of Town" – B.J. Thomas
• "Fire and Rain" – James Taylor
• "For You Blue" – The Beatles
• "Hand Me Down World" – The Guess Who
• "Heaven Help Us All" – Stevie Wonder
• "If You Could Read My Mind" – Gordon Lightfoot
• "I'll Never Fall in Love Again" – Dionne Warwick
• "Immigrant Song" – Led Zeppelin
• "Indiana Wants Me – R. Dean Taylor
• "Instant Karma (We All Shine On)" – John Lennon
• "Isn't It a Pity" – George Harrison
• "It Don't Matter to Me" – Bread
• "It's a New Day (Parts 1 & 2)" – James Brown
• "It's Only Make Believe" – Glen Campbell
• "I've Lost You" – Elvis Presley
• "Jam Up and Jelly Tight" – Tommy Roe
• "Joanne" – Michael Nesmith & The First National Band
• "Kentucky Rain" – Elvis Presley
• "Leaving on a Jet Plane" – Peter, Paul and Mary
• "Let It Be" – The Beatles
• "Let Me Go to Him" – Dionne Warwick
• "Lola " – The Kinks
• "Lonely Days " – The Bee Gees
• "Long and Winding Road" – The Beatles
• "Looking Out My Back Door " – Creedence Clearwater Revival
• "Love the One You're With" – Stephen Stills
• "Mama Told Me (Not to Come)" – Three Dog Night
• "Mississippi Queen" – Mountain
• "My Sweet Lord" – George Harrison
• "No Matter What" – Badfinger
• "No Time " – The Guess Who
• "Oh Happy Day" – Glen Campbell
• "Only Love Can Break Your Heart" – Neil Young
• "Out In the Country" – Three Dog Night
• "Psychedelic Shack" – The Temptations
• "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head" – B.J. Thomas
• "Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand)" – Diana Ross
• "Remember Me" – Diana Ross
• "Ride Captain Ride" – Blues Image
• "See Me, Feel Me " – The Who
• "Share the Land" – The Guess Who
• "Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I'm Yours" – Stevie Wonder
• "Snowbird" – Anne Murray
• "Son of a Preacher Man" – Aretha Franklin
• "Stoney End" – Barbra Streisand
• "Summertime Blues" – The Who
• "The Long and Winding Road" – The Beatles
• "The Wonder of You" – Elvis Presley
• "Travelin' Band" – Creedence Clearwater Revival
• "We've Only Just Begun " – Carpenters
• "What Is Truth?" – Johnny Cash
• "Whole Lotta Love " – Led Zeppelin
• "Who'll Stop The Rain" – Creedence Clearwater Revival
• "Your Song" – Elton John

New books

• Deliverance by James Dickey
• Fantastic Mr Fox by Roald Dahl
• Fire from Heaven by Mary Renault
• Of a Fire on the Moon by Norman Mailer
• The Guardians by John Christopher (Sam Youd)
• Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach
• The Paper Chase by John Jay Osborn, Jr.

1970 Media

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  February 11: Ohsumi (satellite) launched

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  April 17: Apollo 13 crew after splashdown

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  Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser delivering his final public speech, July 23, 1970

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  Lara Fabian à l'enregistrement de Vivement Dimanche.

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  Warwick Davis at Nightmare Weekend Richmond in 2023

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  Shane McMahon on April 10, 2018, at a WWE event.

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  Simon Pegg speaking at the 2024 Rose City Comic Con in Portland, Oregon.

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  Actress Julie Bowen at the 2015 PaleyFest for the show "Modern Family"