1970

**1970** (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday in the Gregorian calendar.

## Events 
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* January 12 &ndash; The Nigerian Civil War ends.
* February 1 &ndash; The Benavidez rail disaster near Buenos Aires, Argentina kills 236.
* February 14 &ndash; The Who record the iconic live rock album *Live at Leeds*.
*March 1 &ndash; 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 &ndash; The United States Senate repeals the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution of 1964.
* June 28 &ndash; 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 
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* 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
* April 30 – Wael Dahdouh, Palestinian journalist
* 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 3 – Susan Abulhawa, Palestinian-American writer and Human rights activist
* 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 
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* 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 
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* 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 
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* 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 
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* October 4 – Janis Joplin, American rock singer (*Mercedes Benz*) (b. 1943)

### November 
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* 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 &ndash; 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 
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* "(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.