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Historical Event(s)
– East Pakistani police kill student activist Amanullah Asaduzzaman. The resulting outrage is in part responsible for the Bangladesh Liberation War.
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Earth Rooster in Chinese astrology.
– During their honeymoon, John Lennon and Yoko Ono hold their first Bed-In for Peace at the Amsterdam Hilton Hotel (until March 31).
– The first British-built Concorde 002 makes its maiden flight from Filton to RAF Fairford.
– Apollo program: Apollo 10 is launched.
– Two teens (one male, one female) are attacked at Blue Rock Springs in California. They are the second (known) victims of the Zodiac Killer. The male survives.
– Mariner program: Mariner 7 makes its closest fly-by of Mars (3,524 kilometers).
– Violence erupts after the Apprentice Boys of Derry march in Derry, Northern Ireland, resulting in a three-day communal riot known as the Battle of the Bogside.
– The first legislation to limit aircraft noise levels at airports is introduced in U.S. Federal Air Regulation, Part 36.
– United States Secretary of State William P. Rogers proposes his plan for a ceasefire in the War of Attrition; Egypt and Jordan accept it over the objections of the PLO, which leads to civil war in Jordan in September 1970.
Who Were Born On ?
– Robby Gordon, American racing driver
– Brendan Shanahan, Canadian ice hockey player
– Dean Windass, English football player
– Dustin Rhodes, American professional wrestler
– Cory Booker, American politician
– Garth Snow, American ice hockey player
– Stephen Peall, Zimbabwean cricketer
– Aleks Syntek, Mexican singer
– Francis Escudero, Filipino senator
– Lance Reddick, American actor