Today in History for September 1970

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 66 of 66

1st - Failed assassination attempt on Jordanian king Hussain
1st - Jose Velasco Ibarra re-elected president of Ecuador
2nd - 1st tennis tie break at a Grand Slam (US Open) (9 pt sudden death)
3rd - After NL record 1,117 consec games, Billy Williams asks to sit out
3rd - Bill Halley & Comets reject $30,000 for 15 date tour of Australia
3rd - Indonesian president Suharto visits Netherlands
4th - -5) 29.0 cm rainfall at Workman Creek, Arizona (state record)
4th - George Harrison releases "My Sweet Lord" single
4th - Russian ballerina Natalia Makarova gets political asylum
4th - Salvador Allende wins presidential election in Chile
5th - Estimated 15 cm (6") of rainfall, Bug Point, Utah (state record)
6th - NY Met Tommy Agee hits for the cycle
6th - Palestinians seize 3 jetliners
6th - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
7th - Jerry Lewis' 5th Muscular Dystrophy telethon
7th - PLO hijacks 4 planes
7th - White Sox use record 41 players in doubleheader & lose both games
7th - Donald Boyles sets record for highest parachute jump from a bridge, by leaping off of 1,053' Royal George Bridge in Colorado
7th - Fighting between Arabic guerillas and government forces in Amman, Jordan.
Comedian Jerry Lewis 8th - Hijacking (and subsequent destruction) of three airliners to Jordan by Palestinians; the events to follow would later become known as Black September
9th - Bowie Kuhn suspends Denny McLain for carrying a gun
9th - Feyenoord wins soccer's World Cup
11th - 88 of the hostages from the Dawson's Field hijackings are released. The remaining hostages, mostly Jews and Israeli citizens, are held until September 25.
11th - The Ford Pinto is introduced.
12th - 1st Concorde lands at Heathrow airport
12th - Luna 16 Launch (Moon Sample Return)
12th - Phyllis Ann George (Texas), 21, crowned 43rd Miss America 1971
12th - Supersonic airliner Concorde lands for 1st time at Heathrow airport
12th - US LSD professor Timothy Leary escapes from California jail
12th - USSR launches Luna 16; returns samples from lunar Sea of Fertility
12th - Palestinian terrorists blow up three hijacked airliners in Jordan, continuing to hold the passengers hostage in various undisclosed locations in Amman.
13th - 1st NYC Marathon won by Gary Muhrcke in 2:31:38
13th - 84th US Womens Tennis: M Smith Court beats Rosemary Casals (62 26 61)
13th - 90th US Mens Tennis: Ken Rosewall beats Tony Roche (26 64 76 63)
13th - IBM announces System 370 computer
13th - Joanne Carner wins LPGA Wendell-West Golf Open
13th - Palestine guerillas conquer Irbid Jordania
15th - Decca awards Bing Crosby a 2nd platinum disc for selling 300 million
15th - PLO leader Arafat threatens to make a cemetery of Jordan
15th - Rotterdam harbor strikes end
16th - Jordan king Hussein forms military government
17th - Jordan launches offensive against guerrilla army
17th - Jordanian King Hussein moves against PLO guerrillas
17th - WSWP TV channel 9 in Grandview, WV (PBS) begins broadcasting
Actress Mary Tyler Moore 19th - "Mary Tyler Moore" show premieres
20th - Jim Morrison found not guilty of "lewd" behavior
20th - Luna 16 lands on Moon's Mare Fecunditatis, drills core sample
21st - "Monday Night Football" premieres on ABC - Browns 31, Jets 21
21st - KAPP TV channel 35 in Yakima, WA (ABC) begins broadcasting
21st - Luna 16 leaves Moon
21st - Oakland A's Vida Blue no-hits Minnesota Twins, 6-0
21st - New York Times starts first modern op-ed page.
22nd - Pres Nixon requests 1,000 new FBI agents for college campuses
23rd - Abdul Razak bin Hussain becomes premier of Malaysia
23rd - Gary Muhrcke wins 1st NY Marathon
24th - 1st Automated return of lunar sample by Luna 16
24th - Soviet Luna 16 lands on earth after 1st unmanned round trip to moon
25th - Ringo releases his "Beaucoups of Blues" album
26th - Judy Rankin wins LPGA Lincoln-Mercury Golf Open
26th - The Laguna Fire starts in San Diego County, California, burning 175,425 acres (710 km²).
27th - Ken Boswell sets 2nd baseman record of 85 games without an error
28th - "Words & Music," debuts on NBC-TV
28th - Anwar Sadat replaces Egyptian President Nassar
28th - Intrepid (US) beats Gretel II (Aust) in 22nd America's Cup
29th - "NET Festival," last aired
30th - New American Bible published

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 100 of 116

1st - Barbara Paulus, Vienna Austria, tennis star
1st - Flora Perfetti, Faenza Italy, tennis star
1st - Jodi Lambert, Australian 100m/200m sprinter (Olympics-96)
1st - Hwang Jung-min, South Korean actor
1st - Padma Lakshmi, Indian actress
1st - Vanna, Croatian singer
3rd - George Lynch, NBA forward (Vancouver Grizzlies)
3rd - Uzooma Okeke, CFL guard (Montreal Alouettes)
3rd - Jeremy Glick, American United Airlines Flight 93 passenger (d. 2001)
3rd - Gareth Southgate, English footballer
4th - Cari Read, Edmonton Alberta, synchro swimmer (Olympics-silver-96)
4th - Igor Cavalera, Brazilian pop drummer (Sepultura)
4th - Ione Skye, [Leitch], Hertfordshire England, actress (Say Anything)
4th - Janae Lautenschlager, Canoga Park California, diver (Olympics-96)
4th - Jennifer Nakken, Cedar City Utah, Miss Utah-America (1991)
4th - Luis Lopez, infielder (San Diego Padres)
4th - Dave Buchwald, American hacker and film maker
5th - Brad Hopkins, NFL tackle (Houston Oilers)
5th - Lori Harrigan, Anaheim California, softball pitcher (Olympics-gold-96)
5th - Michael Potts, Langdale AL, pitcher (Milwaukee Brewers)
5th - Willie Clay, NFL safety (Detroit Lions)
5th - Liam Lynch, American musician (Sifl and Olly)
5th - Mohammad Rafique, Bangladeshi cricketer
6th - Igor Korolev, Moscow Russia, NHLer (Team Russia, Winnipeg)
6th - Shane Heal, Box Hill Melbourne VIC Austral, basketball guard (Oly-96)
6th - Torrance Small, NFL wide receiver (NO Saints)
6th - Paul Miller, American composer and author
7th - Tom Everett Scott, American actor
8th - Clarence Weatherspoon, NBA forward (Phila 76ers)
8th - Tomur Barnes, NFL cornerback (Houston Oilers)
8th - Neko Case, American musician
9th - Dan Miceli, Newark NJ, pitcher (Pittsburgh Pirates)
9th - Joey Hamilton, Statesboro GA, pitcher (San Diego Padres)
9th - Mike Faulkerson, NFL fullback (Chic Bears)
9th - Natalia Streignard, Venezuelan actress
10th - Julie Halard, Versailles France, tennis star (1995 Prague)
10th - Robert Green, NFL running back (Chic Bears)
10th - Paula Kelley, musician
11th - Berry Richter, Madison Wis, US hockey defenseman (Olympics-1994)
11th - Dan Hackett, Syracuse NY, water polo goalkeeper (Olympics-96)
11th - Chris Garver, tattoo artist
11th - Taraji P. Henson, American actress and singer
11th - William Joppy, American boxer
11th - Ted Leo, American musician
12th - Rebecca Joyce, Australia, rower (Olympics-96)
12th - Nathan Larson, American guitarist and composer (Shudder To Think, Hot One)
13th - Marc Latupeirissa, soccer player (Willem II)
13th - Martín Herrera, former Argentine footballer
13th - Louise Lombard, British actress
13th - Yuki Matsuoka, Japanese voice actress
14th - Satoshi Kojima, wrestler (NJPW)
14th - Ben Garant, American actor
14th - Craig Montoya, American musician (Everclear)
14th - Francesco Casagrande, Italian cyclist
15th - Danny Ellis, Orlando Fla, golfer (All-American-1990, 92, 93)
16th - Anthony Marshall, NFL safety (Chic Bears)
16th - Paul Shuey, Lima OH, pitcher (Cleveland Indians)
16th - Mark Schultz, American musician
17th - Al Fontenot, NFL defensive end (Chic Bears)
17th - Ashley Ambrose, NFL cornerback (Indianapolis Colts)
17th - Mark Brunell, NFL quarterback (Jacksonville Jaguars)
17th - Wolfgang Kromp, hockey forward (Team Austria 1998)
18th - Everett Lindsay, NFL guard/center (Minnesota Vikings)
18th - Gary Rogers, CFL linebacker (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
18th - Michela Rocco, Udine Italy, Miss Italy (1987)
18th - Mike Compton, NFL center/guard (Detroit Lions)
18th - Dan Eldon, British photojournalist (d. 1993)
18th - Aisha Tyler, American actress and comedian
19th - Antii Tormenen, Espoo FIN, NHL forward (Finland Oly-B-98, Ottawa)
19th - Takanori Nishikawa, Japanese pop/rock singer
19th - Victor Williams, American actor
20th - John Copeland, NFL defensive end (Cin Bengals)
21st - Michael O'shea, CFL linebacker (Toronto Argonauts)
21st - John Cudia, American actor
22nd - Eric L Blount, CFL running back (Edmonton Eskimos)
22nd - Greg Huntington, NFL guard (Jacksonville Jaguars)
22nd - Mike Matheny, Columbus OH, catcher (Milwaukee Brewers)
22nd - Prince Wimbley, CFL slot back (Hamilton Tiger Cats)
22nd - Mystikal, American rapper
22nd - Rupert Penry-Jones, English actor
22nd - Emmanuel Petit, French footballer
23rd - Brian Wells, Carmel California, pairs skater (& Lyons-1995 Midwest champ)
23rd - Georgios Koltsidas, Greek footballer
23rd - Ani DiFranco, American musician
24th - Jeanette Kollasch, Evanston Ill, WPVA volleyballer (Pismo-17th-1995)
24th - Kristin Talbot, Schuylerville NY, speed skater (Olympics-1994)
24th - Mario Cristobal, WLAF guard (Amsterdam Admirals)
24th - Paul Spoljaric, pitcher (Toronto Blue Jays)
24th - Winfred Tubbs, NFL linebacker (NO Saints)
25th - Curtis Buckley, NFL safety (Tampa Bay Bucs)
25th - Damon Pieri, NFL safety (Carolina Panthers)
25th - Doug Pelfrey, NFL kicker (Cin Bengals)
25th - Kerri Kendall, San Diego Ca, playmate (Sep, 1990)
25th - Shannon Jones, WLAF linebacker (Scottish Claymores)
25th - Dean Ween, American musician (Ween)
26th - Paul Laus, Beamsville, NHL defenseman (Florida Panthers)
26th - Rachel Jacobs, Ririe Idaho, actress (It's Not Easy)
26th - Trevor Ruffin, NBA guard (Phila 76ers)
26th - Sheri Moon Zombie, American actress
27th - Dwayne Davis, WLAF safety (Frankfurt Galaxy)

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Famous Weddings

Weddings 1 - 2 of 2

1st - "The Bee Gees" singer Barry Gibb (24) weds former Miss Edinburgh Linda Ann Gray
14th - Stevie Miracle marries Rita Wright, [Syreeta]

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 21 of 21

1st - Francois Mauriac, writer, dies
2nd - Allan Walker, actor/writer (Red Buttons Show), dies at 64
2nd - Cornelis L "Kees" van Baaren, Dutch composer (Hollow Men), dies at 63
3rd - Al Wilson, "Blind Owl", guitarist/vocalist (Canned Heat), dies at 27
3rd - Jochen Rindt, German race car driver, dies at 28
3rd - Vince Lombardi, football coach (Packers), dies in Washington DC at 57
4th - James M Taylor, USAF/astronaut, dies at 39
6th - Gerard Smithson, cricketer (Eng batsman against W Indies 1948), dies
8th - Percy Spencer, inventor of the microwave oven, (b. 1894)
11th - Chester Morris, actor (Diagnosis: Unknown), dies at 69
14th - Rudolph Carnap, German philosopher/mathematician, dies at 79
18th - Jimi Hendrix, rock guitarist (Purple Haze), dies of an overdose at 27
19th - Greville Stevens, cricketer (10 Tests for England 1922-29), dies
21st - Gijsbert Friedhoff, architect (Wibautstrat tax office), dies
23rd - Bourvil, French actor and singer (b. 1917)
25th - Efim Golishev, composer, dies at 73
25th - Erich M Remarque, German writer (Im West Nichts Neues), dies at 72
28th - Gamal' Abd al-Nassar, Egypt Pres (1953-70), dies of heart attack at 52
28th - John Roderigo Dos Passos, US writer (Manhattan Transfer), dies at 74
Rock Guitarist Jimi Hendrix (18th) 29th - Edward Everett Horton, actor/narrator (Bulwinkle Show), dies at 84
30th - Patrick Aherne, actor (Bwana Devil, Botany Bay), dies at 69