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Months in Year 1970: January February March April May June July August September October November December

Historical Events

Results 1 - 100 of 694

Jan 1st - "The Epoch" (Time 0 for UNIX systems, Midnight GMT)
Jan 1st - Afro-American Historical Calendar Series Established
Jan 1st - Charles "Chub" Feeney becomes president of baseball's National League
Jan 1st - Neth Christian Workers Union (NCW) forms
Jan 1st - Revised calendar for Western (RC) Church goes into effect
Jan 2nd - Dutch premiere of musical "Hair" in Amsterdam
Jan 2nd - US population is 293,200,000; Black population: 22,600,000 (11.1%)
Jan 3rd - "Jimmy" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 84 performances
Jan 3rd - "Mame" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 1508 performances
Jan 3rd - Marxist government takes over in Congo
Jan 3rd - WHAG TV channel 25 in Hagerstown, MD (NBC) begins broadcasting
Jan 4th - Beatles last recording session at EMI studios
Jan 4th - KC Chiefs beat Oakland Raiders 17-7 in AFC championship game
Jan 4th - Minn Vikings beat Cleve Browns 27-7 in NFC championship game
Jan 4th - NYC transit fare rises from 20 cents to 30 cents, new larger tokens used
Jan 4th - Walter Cronkite ends hosting weekly documentary
Jan 5th - 23,000 Belgian mine workers strike
Jan 5th - KPTS TV channel 8 in Hutchinson-Wichita, KS (PBS) begins broadcasting
Jan 5th - Soap Opera "All My Children," premieres on ABC
Jan 7th - Farmers sue Max Yasgur for $35,000 in damages caused by "Woodstock"
Jan 9th - Constitution of Singapore enacted
Jan 10th - Preview Center Opens
Jan 11th - Superbowl IV: KC Chiefs beat Minn Vikings, 23-7 in New Orleans Superbowl MVP: Len Dawson, Kansas City, QB
Jan 12th - Biafran War ends, Biafra surrenders to Nigeria
Jan 12th - Boeing 747 makes its maiden voyage
Jan 12th - Biafra capitulates, ending the Nigerian civil war.
Jan 15th - Milwaukee Brewers make their 1st trade (with Oakland A's)
Jan 15th - Republic Biafra disbands/joins Nigeria
Jan 16th - Col Kadhaffi becomes premier of Libya
Jan 16th - Curt Flood files a civil lawsuit challenging baseball's reserve clause
Jan 16th - NFL realigns into 3 divisions (down from 4)
Jan 16th - AAU player Steve Myers makes a basketball field goal of 92'3½" from out of bounds, Tacoma-it shouldn't have counted, but was allowed
Jan 16th - Buckminster Fuller receives the Gold Medal award from the American Institute of Architects.
Jan 17th - 357 baseball players are available in the free-agent draft
Jan 17th - AFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 26-3
Jan 17th - John M Burgess installed as bishop of Protestant Episcopals (Mass)
Jan 17th - Sporting News names Willie Mays as Player of the Decade for the 1960s
Jan 18th - Hasse Borjes skates world record 500m in 38.9 sec
Jan 18th - NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 16-13
Jan 19th - Dutch bishops says he is in favor of married priest
Jan 19th - Nixon nominates G Harold Carswell to Supreme Court (fails)
Jan 19th - UCLA fires Angela Davis for being a communist
Jan 20th - 20th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 142-135 at Philadelphia
Jan 20th - 23rd NHL All-Star Game: East beat West 4-1 at St Louis
Jan 20th - Super Fight, computer mock championship between Ali & Marciano
Jan 21st - Panama Boeing 747 1st flight NY-London
Jan 22nd - 1st commercial Boeing 747 flight, NY to London in 6½ hours
Jan 22nd - Test debut of Barry Richards, S Africa v Australia, Cape Town
Jan 23rd - Australia's 1st amateur radio satellite (Oscar 5) launched (Calif)
Jan 23rd - Dolle Mina's burns her bra in Amsterdam
Jan 23rd - US launches 2nd generation weather satellite, ITOS 1
Jan 23rd - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
Jan 24th - 3rd ABA All-Star Game: West 128 beats East 98 at Indiana
Jan 24th - Valeri Muratov skates world record 500m (38.99 sec)
Jan 25th - Robert Altman's "M*A*S*H," premieres
Jan 26th - Pendleton, Ford & Cryer's "Last Sweet Days of Isaac," premieres in NYC
Jan 27th - Movie rating system modifies "M" rating to "PG"
Jan 28th - Lubomír Strougal succeeds Cernik as premier of Czechoslovakia
Jan 29th - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
Jan 31st - Grateful Dead members busted on LSD charges
Feb 1st - Ford Frick, Earle Combs & Jesse Haines elected to Hall of Fame
Feb 1st - Stalled commuter train rammed by express in Argentina, 139 die
Feb 1st - WMAA TV channel 29 in Jackson, MS (PBS) begins broadcasting
Feb 1st - West-Germany & USSR sign gas contract
Feb 2nd - Pete Maravich becomes 1st to score 3,000 college basketball points
Feb 4th - "Charles Aznavour" opens at Music Box Theater NYC for 23 performances
Feb 4th - "Gantry" opens at George Abbott Theater NYC for 1 performance
Feb 4th - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
Feb 5th - 1st Test Cricket ton of Barry Richards, 126, 164 balls, 20 fours 1 six
Feb 5th - Test Cricket debut of John Traicos, South Africa v Australia, Durban
Feb 5th - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
Feb 5th - WSCV TV channel 51 in Ft Lauderdale, FL (IND) suspends broadcasting
Feb 6th - Graeme Pollock completes 274 v Australia at Durban
Feb 6th - NBA expands to 18 teams with Buffalo, Cleveland, Houston & Portland
Feb 7th - "Hollywood Palace," last airs on ABC TV
Feb 7th - "Jingle Jangle" hits #10 on the pop singles chart by Archies
Feb 7th - LSU's "Pistol" Pete Marovich scores 69 pts in losing cause
Feb 7th - US female Figure Skating championship won by Janet Lynn
Feb 7th - US male Figure Skating championship won by Tim Wood
Feb 10th - 26.4 cm precipitation falls on Mount Washington NH (state record)
Feb 10th - Dry powder avalanche moving at 120 mph smashes into youth hostel killing 40 Belgian, French, & German youths (Val d'Isere, France)
Feb 11th - 26.37 cm (10.38") of rainfall, Mt Washington, NH (state 24-hr rec)
Feb 11th - Japan becomes 4th nation to put a satellite (Osumi) in orbit
Feb 11th - John Lennon pays £1,344 fines for 96 protesting South African rugby team playing in Scotland
Feb 12th - Anthony Shaffers "Sleuth," premieres in NYC
Feb 13th - Man-eating tiger is reported to have killed 48, 80 km from New Delhi
Feb 13th - NL offices begins move from Cin to SF (completed Feb 23)
Feb 14th - "Gantry" closes at George Abbott Theater NYC after 1 performance
Feb 15th - Ard Schenk becomes world champion all-round skater
Feb 15th - Carol Mann wins LPGA Burdine's Golf Invitational
Feb 15th - Dominican DC-9 crashes into sea at Santo Domingo, kills 102
Feb 15th - KAMU TV channel 15 in College Station, TX (PBS) begins broadcasting
Feb 15th - Nationalists disrupt UN session on Congo
Feb 16th - Joe Frazier TKOs Jimmy Ellis in 5 for heavyweight boxing title
Feb 17th - Jeffrey McDonald slices up his wife & daughter
Feb 17th - Joni Mitchell's final concert (Royal Albert Hall)
Feb 17th - Robert Marasco's "Child's Play," premieres in NYC
Feb 18th - Chicago 7 defendants found innocent of inciting to riot
Feb 18th - US president Nixon launches "Nixon-doctrine"
Feb 19th - AL Cy Young winner Denny McLain suspended for bookmaking

Famous Birthdays

Results 1 - 100 of 1,482

Jan 1st - Brian Morton, Wollongong Australia, canoeist (Olympics-96)
Jan 1st - Tom Sier, soccer player (SC Heerenveen)
Jan 1st - Vadim Glovatskiy, hockey defenseman (Team Kazakhstan Oly-1998)
Jan 1st - Gabriel Jarret, American actor
Jan 2nd - Aleksandr Shimin, hockey goaltender (Team Kazakhstan Oly-1998)
Jan 2nd - Anthony Stuart, cricketer (Australian ODI pace bowler, hat trick 1997)
Jan 2nd - Glenn Cadrez, NFL linebacker (Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32)
Jan 2nd - Royce Clayton, Burbank CA, infielder (SF Giants, St Louis Cardinals)
Jan 2nd - Robert Fertitta, American opera singer
Jan 2nd - Sanda Ladoşi, Romanian singer
Jan 3rd - James Brown, NFL tackle (NY Jets)
Jan 3rd - Tony Farmer, NBA forward (Charlotte Hornets)
Jan 3rd - Trudi Jeffrey, Brisbane QLD, golfer (1990 Australian Jr Champion)
Jan 3rd - Yogi Johl, Vancouver BC, 130 kg Greco Roman wrestler (Olympics-96)
Jan 3rd - Mahaya Petrosian, Iranian actress
Jan 3rd - Christian Duguay, American comic actor
Jan 3rd - Matt Ross, American actor
Jan 4th - Colin Scrivener, CFL defensive tackle (Winnipeg Blue Bombers)
Jan 4th - Sean Lumpkin, NFL safety (NO Saints)
Jan 4th - Chris Kanyon, American professional wrestler
Jan 5th - James Patton, NFL defensive end (Buffalo Bills)
Jan 5th - Rick Campanelli, Canadian TV presenter
Jan 6th - Daniel Naulty, LA Calif, pitcher (Minn Twins)
Jan 6th - Gabrielle Reece, Trinidad, volleyball star/model (Extremists)
Jan 6th - Geert Brusselers, soccer player (NAC)
Jan 6th - John Gerak, NFL tight end/guide (Minn Vikings, St Louis Rams)
Jan 6th - Keenan McCardell, NFL wide receiver (Cleve Browns, Jaguars)
Jan 6th - Kerrin Petty, Townshend Vt, cross country skier (Olympics-1994)
Jan 6th - René Binken, soccer player (Volendam)
Jan 6th - Julie Chen, American television presenter
Jan 7th - Darryl Williams, NFL safety (Seattle Seahawks, Cin Bengals)
Jan 7th - Frank "Cliff" Mannon, Amarillo TX, team handball (Olympics-1996)
Jan 7th - Paul McCallum, CFL/WLAF kicker/punter (Claymores, Sask Roughriders)
Jan 7th - Todd Day, NBA guard/forward (Boston Celtics)
Jan 7th - Joao Ricardo, Angolan footballer
Jan 8th - Jon Klemm, Calgary, NHL defenseman (Colorado Avalanche)
Jan 9th - Graciela Schutt, El Paso Tex, WPVA volleyballer (Deerfield-25th-1995)
Jan 9th - Lara Fabian, Belgian singer
Jan 9th - Alex Staropoli, Italian keyboardist (Rhapsody Of Fire)
Jan 10th - Cameron MacKenzie, Australian 100m/200m/400m (Olympics-96)
Jan 10th - Deon Figures, NFL cornerback/PR (Pitts Steelers)
Jan 10th - James Wilson, WLAF defensive end (Rhein Fire)
Jan 10th - Marcus Bagwell, American professional wrestler
Jan 11th - Franco Davin, Argentina, tennis star
Jan 11th - Joy Nilo, Filipino Composer
Jan 12th - Jenny Griffith, Burbank Calif, WPVA volleyballer (National-13th-1995)
Jan 12th - Nigel Wilson, Canadian/US baseball outfielder (Florida Marlins)
Jan 12th - Takahiro Ikenoue, WLAF defensive linebacker (Rhein Fire)
Jan 12th - Raekwon, American rapper
Jan 12th - Zack de la Rocha, American musician (Rage Against the Machine)
Jan 13th - Anne-Marie Goddard, Utrechtum Netherlands, playmate (Jan, 94)
Jan 13th - Frank Kooiman, soccer player (Sparta)
Jan 13th - Keith Coogan, Palm Springs, actor (Adv in Babysitting, Hiding Out)
Jan 13th - Keith Mitchell, Palm Springs Calif, actor (Jeffrey-Waltons, Gun Shy)
Jan 13th - Nachi Abe, WLAF tight end (Scotland Claymores)
Jan 13th - Marco Pantani, Italian cyclist (d. 2004)
Jan 13th - Shonda Rhimes, American screenwriter/creator Grey's Anatomy
Jan 14th - Eric Charron, Verdun, NHL defenseman (Washington Capitals)
Jan 14th - Steve Cooke, Kanai Hawaii, pitcher (Pitts Pirates)
Jan 14th - Tyrone Hughes, NFL cornerback (New Orleans Saints, Chicago Bears)
Jan 14th - Gene Snitsky, American professional wrestler
Jan 15th - Dan Landry, San Diego Ca, volleyball opposite hitter (Olympics-96)
Jan 15th - Elroy Kromheer, soccer player (FC Volendam)
Jan 15th - Michele Granger, Anaheim Calif, softball pitcher (Olympics-gold-96)
Jan 16th - Don MacLean, NBA forward (NJ Nets, Denver Nuggets)
Jan 16th - Ron Villone, Englewood NJ, pitcher (San Diego Padres)
Jan 16th - Garth Ennis, Irish comic book author
Jan 17th - Candace Murray, Vancouver BC, softball shortstop (Olympics-96)
Jan 17th - Darnell Walker, NFL cornerback (Atlanta Falcons, SF 49ers)
Jan 17th - Jeremy Roenick, Boston MA, NHL center (Team USA, Blackhawks, Coyotes)
Jan 17th - Genndy Tartakovsky, Russian-born animator
Jan 17th - James Wattana, Thai snooker player
Jan 18th - Leo Araguz, NLF/WLAF punter (Oakland Raiders, Rhein Fire)
Jan 18th - DJ Quik, American rapper
Jan 18th - Peter van Petegem, Belgian cyclist
Jan 19th - Ghetty Chasun, Erie Penn, actress (Red Lips)
Jan 19th - Rick Krivda, Mckeesport PA, pitcher (Baltimore Orioles)
Jan 19th - T J Mathews, Belleville IL, pitcher (St Louis Cardinals)
Jan 19th - Kathleen Smet, Belgian triathlete
Jan 19th - Udo Suzuki, Japanese comedian
Jan 20th - Anita St Rose, Miss Universe-Great Britain (1996)
Jan 20th - Dennis Hulshof, soccer player (Go Ahead Eagles)
Jan 20th - Deon Figures, cornerback (Jacksonville Jaguars)
Jan 20th - Marvin Benard, Bluefields Nicaragua, outfielder (SF Giants)
Jan 20th - Rob Gaudreau, Lincoln, NHL center (Ottawa Senators)
Jan 20th - Ron Carpenter, NFL/WLAF safety (NY Jets, Amsterdam Admirals)
Jan 20th - Skeet Ulrich, actor (Scream)
Jan 20th - Terry Kirby, NFL running back (Miami Dolphins, SF 49ers)
Jan 20th - Thomas "Tom" Murray, Buffalo NY, rower (Olympics-1996)
Jan 20th - Mitch Benn, UK comedian, songwriter, actor
Jan 21st - Brennan Little, St Thomas Ont, golfer (1994 Western States mini-tour)
Jan 21st - Ian Salisbury, cricketer (Sussex & England leg-spinner 1992-96)
Jan 21st - Ken Leung, American actor
Jan 21st - Mark Trojanowski, American musician (Sister Hazel)
Jan 22nd - Brian Gaskill, actor (David Michaels-Models Inc, Bob-All My Children)
Jan 22nd - Keith Wagner, NFL/WLAF tackle (NY Giants, Redskins, Scot Claymores)
Jan 22nd - Abraham Olano, Spanish cyclist
Jan 22nd - Alex Ross, American comic book painter (Marvels, Kingdom Come)
Jan 23rd - Alan Embree, Vancouver WA, pitcher (Cleveland Indians)
Jan 23rd - Jim Schwantz, NFL linebacker (Dallas Cowboys, SF 49ers)

Famous Deaths

Results 1 - 100 of 272

Jan 2nd - Piotr Rytel, composer, dies at 85
Jan 3rd - Gladys Aylward, British missionary in China; portrayed by Ingrid Bergman in The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (b. 1902)
Jan 4th - Jean-Étienne Valluy, French general (b. 1899)
Jan 5th - Joseph A Yablonski, candidate for United Mine Workers pres, murdered
Jan 5th - Max Born, German/British physicist (Nobel 1954), dies at 87
Jan 5th - Roberto Gerhard, composer, dies at 73
Jan 5th - Cyril Fagan, Irish astrologer (b. 1896)
Jan 7th - Robert [Harriot] Barrat, actor (Bad Lands, Go West), dies at 81
Jan 8th - Georges Guibourg, French performer (b. 1891)
Jan 10th - Pavel Ivanovich Belyayev, USSR, cosmonaut (Voskhod II), dies at 44
Jan 12th - Blanche Stuart Scott, US pilot, dies at 84
Jan 14th - John J "Johnny" Murphy, US baseball pitcher (NY Yankees), dies at 61
Jan 14th - William Feller, Croatian mathematician (b. 1906)
Jan 16th - Armijn Pane, Indonesian writer (Djinak-djinak merpati), dies at 61
Jan 17th - Billy Stewart, singer (I Do Love You), dies in auto-accident at 32
Jan 17th - Simon Kovar, Russian-American bassoonist (b. 1890)
Jan 18th - David O McKay, 9th Mormon president, dies at 96
Jan 19th - Hal March, actor (Atomic Kit, Outrage, Yankee Pasha), dies at 49
Jan 24th - James "Shep" Shepherd, rocker (Shep & Limelites), beaten to death
Jan 24th - Caresse Crosby, American poet (b. 1891)
Jan 25th - Eunice Hunton Carter, 1st black female DA in NY, dies at 70
Jan 25th - Marie Benavente, actress (Paradise), dies at 84
Jan 25th - Eiji Tsuburaya, Japanese television writer and producer (Ultraman) (b. 1901)
Jan 27th - Probir Sen, cricket (20 catch & 11 stumpings, 14 Tests for Ind), dies
Jan 27th - Rita Angus, New Zealand painter (b. 1908)
Jan 28th - Tommy Andrews (Aust) 16 Tests 1921-26, cricketer (592 runs), dies
Jan 29th - Basil H Liddell Hart, English military historian, dies at 74
Jan 30th - Malcolm Keen, English actor (Uncle Chris-Mama), dies at 82
Jan 31st - Slim Harpo, [James Moore], rocker, dies at 28
Feb 1st - Blaz Arnic, composer, dies at 69
Feb 1st - Alfréd Rényi, Hungarian mathematician (b. 1921)
Feb 2nd - Bertrand Russell, philosopher, British MP, dies in Merioneth at 97
Feb 2nd - Jaroslav Vogel, composer, dies at 76
Feb 2nd - Lawrence Gray, American actor (b.1898)
Feb 5th - Rudy York, American baseball player (b. 1913)
Feb 6th - Roscoe Karns, actor (Capt Shafer-Hennesey), dies at 78
Feb 11th - Emil Abranyi, composer, dies at 87
Feb 12th - Andre Souris, composer, dies at 79
Feb 13th - Herbert Strudwick, cricketer (28 Tests for Engld, ct 60 stp 12), dies
Feb 15th - Sir Hugh Dowding, commander of RAF Fighter Command during the Battle of Britain (b. 1882)
Feb 17th - Agnon, [SJ Czaczkes], Hebrew writer (Nobel 1966), dies at 81
Feb 17th - Alfred Newman, US composer, dies at 69
Feb 17th - Schmuel J Agnon, novelist (Nobel 1966), dies
Feb 18th - Desiderius A Stracke, Flemish jesuit/literature historian, dies at 94
Feb 19th - Ralph Edward Flanders, (Sen-VT), dies at 89
Feb 20th - Albert Louis Wolff, composer, dies at 86
Feb 20th - Sophie Treadwell, American playwright and journalist (b. 1885)
Feb 23rd - Hirsch Jacobs, American thoroughbred horse trainer and owner (b. 1904)
Feb 24th - Conrad Nagel, actor (Celebrity Time), dies at 73
Feb 25th - Mark Rothko, abstract expressionist (Green on Blue), dies at 66
Feb 26th - Ethel Leginska, composer, dies at 83
Feb 27th - Robert Bruce Lockhart, diplomat/writer, dies
Feb 27th - Marie Dionne, one of the French Canadian Dionne quintuplets (b. 1934)
Mar 1st - Ed[uard] Hoornik, Dutch writer/poet (Na jaren), dies at 59
Mar 1st - Lucille Hegamin, American singer and entertainer (b. 1894)
Mar 2nd - Marc-Aurèle Fortin, Quebec painter (b. 1888)
Mar 6th - William Hopper, actor (Paul Drake-Perry Mason), dies at 55
Mar 10th - Vasilis Avlonitis, Greek actor (b. 1904)
Mar 11th - Erle Stanley Gardner, US writer (Perry Mason), dies at 80
Mar 13th - Rick Besoyan, composer, dies at 45
Mar 15th - Josef Martin Bauer, writer, dies at 68
Mar 15th - Tarjei Vesaas, Nowegian author/novelist/writer (Isslottet), dies at 72
Mar 16th - Arthur Adamov, Russian/French playwright, dies at 61
Mar 16th - Tammi Terrell, singer (You're All I Need), dies of brain tumor at 24
Mar 17th - Fernand Crommelynck, Belgian playwright (Chaud et Frois), dies at 83
Mar 20th - Manolis Chiotis, Greek bouzouki virtuoso and song writer (b. 1920)
Mar 21st - Marlen Haushofer, writer, dies at 49
Mar 21st - Manolis Chiotis, Greek songwriter and musician (b. 1920)
Mar 23rd - Del Lord, Canadian director (b. 1894)
Mar 29th - Anna Louise Strong, American communist journalist (b. 1885)
Mar 30th - Heinrich Brüning, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1885)
Mar 31st - Semjon Timoshenko, Russ marshal/inspector-general (WW II), dies at 75
Apr 4th - Byron Foulger, actor (Capt Nice, Petticoat Junction), dies at 70
Apr 5th - Jacob H "Jaap" Stotijn, oboist/conductor, dies at 78
Apr 5th - Alfred Henry Sturtevant, American geneticist (b. 1891)
Apr 6th - Sam Sheppard, American accused murderer (b. 1923)
Apr 6th - Maurice Stokes, American basketball player (b. 1933)
Apr 7th - Josina Machel, wife of Mozambique's 1st pres Samora Machel, dies
Apr 8th - Marie V Felix, Prince of Luxemburg, dies
Apr 9th - Gustaf Tenggren, Swedish illustrator (b. 1896)
Apr 10th - Charles Paton, dies at 96
Apr 11th - Cathy O'Donnell, dies at 66
Apr 11th - John H O'Hara, US journalist (Pal Joey, Rage to Live), dies at 65
Apr 15th - Ripper Collins, American baseball player (b. 1904)
Apr 16th - Richard Neutra, American architect (b. 1892)
Apr 17th - Sergei U S Aleksi, patriarch of Russian-Orthodox church, dies at 92
Apr 23rd - Herb Shriner, humorist/TV host (Herb Shriner Show), dies at 51
Apr 25th - Anita Louise, actress (Gorilla, Anthony Adverse), dies at about 55
Apr 26th - Gypsy Rose Lee, stripper/actress (Pruitts of S Hampton), dies at 56
Apr 26th - John Knittel, writer, dies at 79
Apr 26th - Paul Celan, writer, dies at 49 [or May 5]
Apr 26th - Erik Bergman, Lutheran pastor (b. 1886)
Apr 27th - Arthur Shields, actor (Your Show Time), dies at 73
Apr 28th - Ed Begley, actor (Mr Koppel-Leave it to Larry), dies at 69
Apr 30th - Hall Johnson, composer, dies at 82
Apr 30th - Inger Stevens, actress (Katy-Farmer's Daughter), commits suicide at 35
Apr 30th - Jacob Presser, historian/writer (Doom, Ondergang), dies at 71
May 1st - Crown Prince Euimin, Crown Prince Korea (b. 1897)
May 3rd - Candelario Huizar, composer, dies at 82
May 4th - 4 students, at Kent State University killed by Ohio National Guard