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1970 Calendar

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•  January 15, 1970 – Muammar al-Qaddafi is proclaimed premier of Libya.
•  February 6, 1970 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Dog in Chinese astrology.
•  May 9, 1970 – Vietnam War: In Washington, D.C., 75,000 to 100,000 war protesters demonstrate in front of the White House.
•  June 19, 1970 – The Patent Cooperation Treaty is signed.
•  August 29, 1970 – Chicano Moratorium against the Vietnam War, East Los Angeles, California. Police riot kills three people, including journalist Ruben Salazar.
•  October 15, 1970 – Thirty-five construction workers are killed when a section of the new West Gate Bridge in Melbourne collapses.
•  October 20, 1970 – Siad Barre declares Somalia a socialist state.
•  November 14, 1970 – Southern Airways Flight 932 crashes in the mountains near Huntington, West Virginia, killing 75, including members of the Marshall University football team.
•  November 17, 1970 – Douglas Engelbart receives the patent for the first computer mouse.

•  January 16, 1970 – Ron Villone, American baseball player
•  February 28, 1970 – Daniel Handler, American writer
•  May 4, 1970 – Gregg Alexander, American musician (New Radicals)
•  May 7, 1970 – Kim Su-ro, South Korean actor
•  June 16, 1970 – Clifton Collins Jr., American actor
•  June 17, 1970 – Stéphane Fiset, Canadian ice hockey player
•  July 31, 1970 – Dave Wedge, American journalist
•  August 25, 1970 – Robert Horry, American basketball player
•  September 1, 1970 – Vanna, Croatian singer
•  October 5, 1970 – Josie Bissett, American actress