Historical Events for September 1970
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Months in 1970: January February March April May June July August October November December
Results 1 - 68 of 68
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.
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 Calif 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
14th - Stevie Miracle marries Rita Wright, [Syreeta]
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 govt
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
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 Minn 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
28th - Ringo Starr released his "Beaccups of Blues" album
29th - "NET Festival," last aired
30th - New American Bible published
