1970 Calendar
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1970 Historical Event(s)
- February 6, 1970 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Dog in Chinese astrology.
- 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.
- May 9, 1970 – Vietnam War: In Washington, D.C., 75,000 to 100,000 war protesters demonstrate in front of the White House.
- May 15, 1970 – President Richard Nixon appoints Anna Mae Hays and Elizabeth P. Hoisington the first female United States Army Generals.
- July 12, 1970 – A fire consumes the wooden home of Norwegian composer Geirr Tveitt and irretrievably destroys about 90 percent of his output.
- August 17, 1970 – Venera Program: Venera 7 launched. It will later become the first spacecraft to successfully transmit data from the surface of another planet (Venus).
- October 10, 1970 – Fiji becomes independent.
- November 9, 1970 – Vietnam War: The Supreme Court of the United States votes 6 to 3 against hearing a case to allow Massachusetts to enforce its law granting residents the right to refuse military service in an undeclared war.
- November 10, 1970 – The Soviet Lunar probe Lunokhod 1 is launched.
- November 12, 1970 – The Oregon Highway Division attempts to destroy a rotting beached Sperm whale with explosives, leading to the now infamous “exploding whale” incident.
Who Were Born On 1970?
- March 4, 1970 – Àlex Crivillé, Spanish Grand Prix motorcycle road racer
- April 4, 1970 – Wendy Bell, American television news reporter
- April 28, 1970 – Nicklas Lidström, Swedish ice hockey player
- May 3, 1970 – Jeffrey Sebelia, American fashion designer
- June 20, 1970 – Andrea Nahles, German politician
- July 3, 1970 – Serhiy Honchar, Ukrainian cyclist
- August 16, 1970 – Saif Ali Khan, Indian actor
- August 24, 1970 – Tugay Kerimoğlu, Turkish footballer
- September 5, 1970 – Mohammad Rafique, Bangladeshi cricketer
- October 16, 1970 – Kazuyuki Fujita, Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial arts fighter