Title: 1970 Content: 1970 (MCMLXX) was . == Events == * January 12 - The Nigerian Civil War ends. * February 1 - The Benavidez rail disaster near Buenos Aires, Argentina kills 236. * February 14 - The Who record the iconic live rock album Live at Leeds. *March 1 - Rhodesia declares itself a republic. * April 29 – The United States invades Cambodia. * May 4 – Kent State Shootings: Four students at Kent State University in Ohio are killed by National Guardsmen while protesting against the United States invading Cambodia. * May 31 – A major earthquake hits southern Peru, killing tens of thousands of people. * June 24 - The United States Senate repeals the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution of 1964. * June 28 - U.S. ground troops withdraw from Cambodia. * July 1 – The disputed Territories of Pakistan-administered Kashmir split to form Azad Kashmir and Gilgit Baltistan both of which are autonomous special areas of Pakistan. * September 11 – The Ford Pinto introduced. * September 21 – Monday Night Football debuts on ABC. * October 18 – Anwar el-Sadat officially becomes president of Egypt. * October 30 – Monsoon halts Vietnam War. *November 3 – Salvador Allende becomes president of Chile. *December 1 – Luis Echeverría becomes president of Mexico. * The first IMAX theatre opens in Japan == Births == * January 29 – Heather Graham, American actress * January 31 – Minnie Driver, British actress * February 28 – Daniel Handler, American writer (Lemony Snickets: A Series of Unfortunate Events) * March 5 – John Frusciante, American musician (Red Hot Chili Peppers) * March 18 – Queen Latifah, American singer, actress and model * May 18 – Tina Fey, American screenwriter and actress * May 27 – Joseph Fiennes, English actor June 1 Alex Lalas Popular football player Alison Hinds Queen of Soca popular female soca artiste Of Barbados * June 22 - Steven Page, Canadian singer (Barenaked Ladies) * July 8 – Beck, American singer * July 23 – Charisma Carpenter, American actress * August 2 – Kevin Smith, American movie director * August 8 – Pascal Duquenne, Belgian actor * August 12 – Kristopher Schau, Norwegian singer * August 13 – Alan Shearer, English football player * August 20 – John Carmack, American video game creator * August 31 - Debbie Gibson, American singer * September 9 – Macy Gray, American singer and actress * October 2 – Kelly Ripa, American actress and talk show host * October 8 – Matt Damon, American actor * October 9 – Steve Jablonsky, American movie and television composer * October 15 – Pernilla Wiberg, Swedish skier * October 25 - Ed Robertson, Canadian singer and guitarist (Barenaked Ladies) * October 28 – Greg Eagles, African-American actor * October 29 – Phillip Cocu, Dutch footballer * October 29 – Edwin van der Sar, Dutch footballer * December 12 – Jennifer Connelly, American actress * December 18 – Rob Van Dam, American professional wrestler * December 24 – Sascha Fischer, German rugby player * December 29 – Glen Phillips, American singer and guitarist == Deaths == === January === * January 5 – Max Born, German physicist (b. 1882) === February === * February 2 – Bertrand Russell, Welsh philosopher and mathematician (b. 1872) * February 27- Marie Dionne, one of the Dionne Quintuplets (b. 1934) === March === * March 30 – Heinrich Brüning, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1885) === April === * April 28 – Ed Begley, American actor (b. 1901) === May === * May 12 – Nelly Sachs, German writer (b. 1891) === June === * June 21 – Sukarno, first President of Indonesia (b. 1901) === July === * July 24 - Beatrice Roberts, American actress (b. 1901) * July 27 – António de Oliveira Salazar, 12th President of Portugal (b. 1889) === August === * August 10 – Alexander Gode, German-American linguist (b. 1906) === September === * September 3 – Vince Lombardi, American football coach (b. 1913) * September 5 – Jochen Rindt, German racecar driver (b. 1942) * September 18 – Jimi Hendrix, American guitarist (b. 1942) * September 25 – Erich Maria Remarque, German writer (b. 1898) * September 28 – Gamal Abdel Nasser, President of Egypt (b. 1918) * September 29 - Edward Everett Horton, American actor (b. 1886) === October === * October 4 – Janis Joplin, American rock singer (Mercedes Benz) (b. 1943) === November === * November 4 – Friedrich Kellner, German writer (b. 1885) * November 9 – Charles de Gaulle, President of France (b. 1890) === December === * December 30 – Sonny Liston, American boxer (b. 1932) ==Nobel Prizes== *Nobel Prize in Physics won by Hannes Alfvén, Swedish electrical engineer, plasma physicist, and Louis Néel, a French physicist *Nobel Prize in Chemistry won by Luis Federico Leloir, Argentine physician and biochemist *Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine shared by Sir Bernard Katz, Ulf von Euler, and Julius Axelrod for their work on neurotransmitters *Nobel Prize in Literature won by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Russian writer *Nobel Peace Prize won by Norman Borlaug, American biologist and humanitarian *Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences - Paul Samuelson == Movies released == * Airport, starring Burt Lancaster and Dean Martin * The Aristocats, an animated movie by Walt Disney Productions * Love Story, winner of Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama * MASH, winner of Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or comedy * Patton, winner of 7 Academy Awards * Tora! Tora! Tora! about the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 * Woodstock == Hit songs == * "(They Long to Be) Close to You" – Carpenters * "Maybe I'm Amazed" – Paul McCartney * "After Midnight" – Eric Clapton * "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" – Diana Ross * "American Woman" – The Guess Who * "Amos Moses" – Jerry Reed * "Border Song (Holy Moses)" – Aretha Franklin * "Bridge Over Troubled Water" – Simon and Garfunkel * "Call Me" – Aretha Franklin * "Can't Stop Loving You" – Tom Jones * "Cecilia" – Simon and Garfunkel * "Celebrate" – Three Dog Night * "Close To You " – Carpenters * "Come And Get It" – Badfinger * "Come Together /Something " – The Beatles * "Cupid " – Johnny Nash * "Does Anybody Really Know What Time it is" – Chicago * "Down on the Corner" – Creedence Clearwater Revival * "El Condor Pasa" – Simon and Garfunkel * "Eli's Coming" – Three Dog Night * "Everybody's Out of Town" – B.J. Thomas * "Fire and Rain" – James Taylor * "For You Blue" – The Beatles * "Hand Me Down World" – The Guess Who * "Heaven Help Us All" – Stevie Wonder * "If You Could Read My Mind" – Gordon Lightfoot * "I'll Never Fall in Love Again" – Dionne Warwick * "Immigrant Song" – Led Zeppelin * "Indiana Wants Me – R. Dean Taylor * "Instant Karma (We All Shine On)" – John Lennon * "Isn't It a Pity" – George Harrison * "It Don't Matter to Me" – Bread * "It's a New Day (Parts 1 & 2)" – James Brown * "It's Only Make Believe" – Glen Campbell * "I've Lost You" – Elvis Presley * "Jam Up and Jelly Tight" – Tommy Roe * "Joanne" – Michael Nesmith & The First National Band * "Kentucky Rain" – Elvis Presley * "Leaving on a Jet Plane" – Peter, Paul and Mary * "Let It Be" – The Beatles * "Let Me Go to Him" – Dionne Warwick * "Lola " – The Kinks * "Lonely Days " – The Bee Gees * "Long and Winding Road" – The Beatles * "Looking Out My Back Door " – Creedence Clearwater Revival * "Love the One You're With" – Stephen Stills * "Mama Told Me (Not to Come)" – Three Dog Night * "Mississippi Queen" – Mountain * "My Sweet Lord" – George Harrison * "No Matter What" – Badfinger * "No Time " – The Guess Who * "Oh Happy Day" – Glen Campbell * "Only Love Can Break Your Heart" – Neil Young * "Out In the Country" – Three Dog Night * "Psychedelic Shack" – The Temptations * "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head" – B.J. Thomas * "Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand)" – Diana Ross * "Remember Me" – Diana Ross * "Ride Captain Ride" – Blues Image * "See Me, Feel Me " – The Who * "Share the Land" – The Guess Who * "Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I'm Yours" – Stevie Wonder * "Snowbird" – Anne Murray * "Son of a Preacher Man" – Aretha Franklin * "Stoney End" – Barbra Streisand * "Summertime Blues" – The Who * "The Long and Winding Road" – The Beatles * "The Wonder of You" – Elvis Presley * "Travelin' Band" – Creedence Clearwater Revival * "We've Only Just Begun " – Carpenters * "What Is Truth?" – Johnny Cash * "Whole Lotta Love " – Led Zeppelin * "Who'll Stop The Rain" – Creedence Clearwater Revival * "Your Song" – Elton John == New books == * Deliverance by James Dickey *Fantastic Mr Fox by Roald Dahl *Fire from Heaven by Mary Renault *Of a Fire on the Moon by Norman Mailer *The Guardians by John Christopher (Sam Youd) *Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach *The Paper Chase by John Jay Osborn, Jr.