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| 01 - In Australia,
Bob Hawke becomes ACTU president |
| 12 - Biafran leader General
Ojukwu flees to the Ivory Coast and Biafra surrenders unconditionally
to Nigeria |
| 21 - Pan Am begins first
Transatlantic Boeing 747 Jumbo Jet service |
| 24 - Dr Robert Moog unveils
a miniaturized synthesizer known as the Mini-Moog |
| 29 - Actress Heather Graham
(Austin Powers) is born |
| 12 - Israeli air raid on
Cairo kills 70 civilians |
| 16 - Boxer "Smokin' Joe"
Frazier becomes world heavyweight champion |
| 23 - Guyana becomes a
republic |
| 02 - Rhodesia declares
itself a republic, dissolving ties with Britain |
| 11 - Timothy Leary is
sentenced to ten years in jail for possession of marijuana |
| 11 - Iraq recognizes
Kurdish autonomy ending nine years of war |
| 15 - The exhibition EXPO 70
opens at Osaka in Japan |
| 16 - The complete New
English Bible is published |
| 18 - Prince Norodom
Sihanouk, head of state in Cambodia, is deposed by right-wing leaders |
| 19 - East and West German heads of government (Willi Stoph and Willy
Brandt) meet for the first time in 20 years, at Erfurt, East Germany |
| 20 -
David Bowie weds Mary
Angela Barnett ('Angie') at Bromley Registry Office in South London.
The wedding begins 90 minutes late because the two overslept |
| 21 - In Czechoslovakia,
Dubcek is expelled from the Communist Party |
| 02 - Israeli and Syrian
troops fight their worst battle since the six-day war |
| 03 - A Japanese Boeing 727
is hijacked in Korea and flies to Pyongyang. 103 passengers are
released after 78 hours |
| 04 - Gay Trip wins
British Grand National |
| 05 - In Guatemala, the West
German ambassador is found murdered after having been kidnapped by
left-wing rebels five day earlier |
| 08 - Israeli
fighter-bombers attack an Egyptian village, killing 30 children and a
teacher |
| 11 -
Apollo 13 Moon
landing is aborted after a liquid oxygen tank explosion onboard |
| 16 - Clifford Dupont
becomes first president of the Republic of Rhodesia |
| 17 - Happy landing as
crippled
Apollo 13 spacecraft splashes down into the Pacific
Ocean |
| 19 - Communist forces
advance towards Phnom Penh in Cambodia. Cambodian premier Lon Nol
appeals to the US for assistance |
| 20 -
President Nixon
announces that 150,000 more US troops will be withdrawn from Vietnam |
| 22 - Dr Eric Williams,
prime minister of Trinidad, ask Britain to help to control Black
Power rioters |
| 22 - Earth Day, a
celebration of the Earth's ecology, is observed for the first time
across the USA |
| 24 - China launches its
first satellite |
| 30 - US and Vietnamese
troops attack communist areas in Cambodia, directly contradicting
Nixon's repeated pledges to pull US forces out of Southeast Asia |
| 03 - The Queen opens
international terminal at Sydney Airport, Australia |
| 04 - Four unarmed students
are shot dead by National Guardsmen at Kent State University, Ohio,
during a protest against the US invasion of Cambodia. 11 other
students are injured when nervous National Guardsmen open fire on
demonstrators. Two students are also killed at Jackson State
University in Mississippi |
| 05 - More than 200,000
demonstrators around Australia take to the streets to protest against
Australia's continuing involvement in the Vietnam
War. Unlike other
protests these demonstrators are not spirited university students but
Australians of every age and background |
| 09 - Anti-war protests
erupt across the USA, including a 100,000 strong demonstration in
Washington |
| 31 - An earthquake in Peru
claims an estimated 70,000 lives |
| 07 -
The Who perform their
rock opera Tommy at New York's Metropolitan Opera House |
| 13 -
President Nixon
appoints a Commission on Campus Unrest to determine causes of, and
possible solutions to, campus violence in American colleges |
| 15 - Australian Supreme
Court rules that "conscientious objector" status can also apply to
those opposing the Vietnam War on moral grounds |
| 18 - Surprise election
victory in UK for Edward Heath and the Conservative Party |
| 21 - Brazil wins World Cup
in Mexico City, beating Italy 4-1 |
| 29 - US troops complete
their withdrawal from Cambodia |
| 04 - "Honor America Day"
observed in Washington DC by thousands of people marching in support
of the Nixon administrations war policies |
| 04 - Margaret Court wins
Wimbledon Ladies Singles title |
| 09 - The Bank of England
issues £20 banknotes. Previous £20 banknotes were withdrawn in 1945 |
| 12 - Thor Heyerdahl and a
crew of seven cross the Atlantic Ocean in the papyrus craft Ra-2
in 57 days, reaching Bridgetown, Barbados from Morocco |
| 16 - A state of emergency
is declared in Australia as Dockers call a national strike over their
wages |
| 19 - Brunel's iron ship
SS Great Britain is brought back to England from the Falkland
Islands |
| 02 - British troops in
Belfast use rubber bullets for the first time |
| 02 - Mississippi's first
inter-racial wedding |
| 07 - A 90 day truce begins
between Israel, Egypt and Jordan. The truce is renewed on Nov 5 for a
further 90 days |
| 25 - Middle East peace
talks open in New York |
| 04 - Socialist Salvador
Allende becomes president of Chile and the world's first elected
Marxist leader |
| 06 - Palestinian guerrillas
hijack four passenger jets and obtain the release of Palestinians
held in Israel, Switzerland, West Germany and Britain |
| 09 - A BOAC VC-10 aircraft
en-route from Bombay to London is hijacked over the Persian Gulf,
forced to land and refuel at Beirut, and then sent to Jordan to join
the other two planes already held hostage there |
| 12 - Palestinians blow up
hijacked jets in the desert |
| 13 - Timothy Leary escapes
from a minimum-security prison near San Luis Obispo, California.
Leary flees to Algiers, where he joins exiled
Black Panther leader
Eldridge Cleaver |
| 16 - King Hussein of Jordan
proclaims martial law. Fighting between the army and the PLO erupts
into civil war |
| 18 - US rock musician
Jimi Hendrix dies in a flat in Notting Hill, London, after inhaling his
own vomit while under the influence of drugs and alcohol |
| 27 - King Hussein and
Yassir Arafat sign a ceasefire |
| 28 - Egyptian President
Gamal Abdel Nasser dies of a heart attack. He is succeeded by Anwar
Sadat |
| 04 - Singer
Janis Joplin
dies in a room at Hollywood's Landmark Hotel, aged 27, of a heroin
overdose |
| 07 -
President Nixon
present five-point peace plan to North Vietnamese, who reject it |
| 09 - Cambodia declares
itself to be the Khmer Republic |
| 10 - Canadian Minister of
Labor Pierre Laporte is kidnapped and killed by the Front de
Libération du Québec |
| 10 - Fiji becomes
independent |
| 15 - In Australia,
Melbourne's half-built West Gate Bridge collapses and kills 35
construction workers. The tragedy was a result of poor design and
shoddy work practices |
| 17 - Anwar al-Sadat becomes
president of the United Arab Republic (Egypt) |
| 20 - Jim Morrison, vocalist
with The Doors, is found guilty of indecent exposure and profanity |
| 21 - Typhoon in the
Philippines kills almost 800 people |
| 01 - 142 killed in fire at
French night club |
| 08 - Egypt, Libya and Sudan
agree to federate, joined by Syria on Nov 27 |
| 09 - Former French
President General Charles de Gaulle dies, aged 79 |
| 12 - Australian PM John
Gorton announces the withdrawal of Australian troops from Vietnam |
| 20 - A tidal wave kills
150,000 in East Pakistan. The 30 foot high wall of water destroys
entire villages and comes in the wake of a typhoon with 125 mph winds |
| 27 - Pope Paul VI arrives
at Manila airport for a three-day visit. An attempt is made on his
life but the Pope is unharmed |
| 27 - The UK Gay Liberation
Front holds its first public demonstration |
| 30 - Pope Paul VI is the
first Pope to visit Australia |
| 01 - Divorce becomes legal
in Italy |
| 07 - The Swiss ambassador
to Brazil is kidnapped by terrorists who demand the release of 70
prisoners |
| 08 - The first free
elections since 1948 are held in Pakistan |
| 14 - Field Marshal Viscount
Slim dies, aged 79 |
| 16 - Six die in Gdansk as
Poland is rocked by riots |
| 20 - Poland's Communist
Party boss, Wladyslaw Gomulka, resigns in favour of ex-miner Edward
Gierek. The resignation comes in the wake of weeks of anti-government
unrest |
| 21 - Reduction of minimum
voting age to 18 is approved by the Supreme Court in Australia |
| 31 - Paul McCartney goes to
court to dissolve The Beatles |
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May 04 - US Students shot dead during demonstration
Aug 02 - Troops in Belfast use rubber bullets
Discrimination on grounds of gender becomes illegal in the USA and UK
US troop deaths in Vietnam rise to 44,000
Floppy Disk invented in US by IBM
'Baghdad
Note' wins Melbourne Cup
Eddy Merckx of Belgium wins the Tour de France cycle race for the
second year in a row
Carlton defeats Collingwood in the Australian VFL Grand Final
South Sydney defeats Manly in the Australian Rugby League Grand Final.
John Sattler of Souths plays most of the grand final with a broken jaw
Double-deck, air-conditioned electric trains come into service on the
Gosford and Blue Mountains lines into Sydney, Australia
Quotes of the Year
"I don't really class myself as a footballer. I call
myself an entertainer".
George Best after scoring 6 goals in the FA Cup against Northampton
"The mere wearing of such boots constitutes possessing
offensive weapons".
An Old Bailey judge ruling on 'Bovver' boots
"I don't think we have anything to learn from the
Brazilians".
Sir Alf Ramsey
"I hate DJs who just say 'That was Ricky Twinge and the
Midwives, the time is now 10.15 on your groovy platter station, Radio 1,
and now a great big biggy from a really outasite band - "You're Too Much"
by the Stoatcatchers' ".
Kenny Everett
1970 - Time of your Life
All Regions PAL DVD
Ships from UK
1970 FA Cup Final Chelsea vs Leeds Utd
All Regions PAL DVD
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