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1970 Calendar

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•  January 1, 1970 – Unix time begins at 00:00:00 UTC/GMT.
•  February 6, 1970 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Dog in Chinese astrology.
•  February 15, 1970 – A Dominican DC-9 crashes into the sea during takeoff from Santo Domingo, killing 102.
•  March 31, 1970 – Nine terrorists from the Japanese Red Army hijack Japan Airlines Flight 351 at Tokyo International Airport, wielding samurai swords and carrying a bomb.
•  April 17, 1970 – Apollo program: The ill-fated Apollo 13 spacecraft returns to Earth safely.
•  April 22, 1970 – The first Earth Day is celebrated.
•  May 26, 1970 – The Soviet Tupolev Tu-144 becomes the first commercial transport to exceed Mach 2.
•  May 31, 1970 – The Ancash earthquake causes a landslide that buries the town of Yungay, Peru; more than 47,000 people are killed.
•  July 12, 1970 – A fire consumes the wooden home of Norwegian composer Geirr Tveitt and irretrievably destroys about 90 percent of his output.
•  November 25, 1970 – In Japan, author Yukio Mishima and one compatriot commit ritualistic suicide after an unsuccessful coup attempt.

•  February 24, 1970 – Jonathan Ward, American television and movie actor
•  March 17, 1970 – Gene Ween, American musician (Ween)
•  April 4, 1970 – Mix Master Mike, American turntablist (Beastie Boys)
•  May 5, 1970 – Kyan Douglas, American TV-personality
•  May 10, 1970 – Gabriela Montero, Venezuelan pianist
•  July 14, 1970 – Nina Siemaszko, American actress
•  August 17, 1970 – Øyvind Leonhardsen, Norwegian footballer
•  August 28, 1970 – Sherrié Austin, Australian actress/singer
•  September 19, 1970 – Takanori Nishikawa, Japanese pop/rock singer
•  November 20, 1970 – Geoffrey Keezer, American jazz pianist