Date: September 5, 1970
The 1970 Bhola cyclone makes landfall on the coast of East Pakistan, becoming the deadliest tropical cyclone in history. Date: November 12, 1970 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 12 📅 Events on this day in 1970 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1970U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Begins Operations…
The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is founded in the United States.[citation needed] Date: October 5, 1970 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 5 📅 Events on this day in 1970 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1970Air Canada Flight 621 Crashes in Brampton, Killing 109 – July 5, 1970Ancash…
Vietnam Television was established. Date: September 7, 1970 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 7 📅 Events on this day in 1970 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1970Boeing 747 First Commercial Flight for Pan Am – January 22, 1970Japan Launches Ohsumi, Fourth Nation to Orbit Own Booster, February…
Bhola cyclone: A 240 km/h (150 mph) tropical cyclone hits the densely populated Ganges Delta region of East Pakistan (now Bangladesh), killing an estimated 500,000 people in one night. Date: November 13, 1970 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 13 📅 Events on this day in 1970 📅 On This Day (Today) More…
During the Cambodian Civil War, massacre of the Vietnamese minority results in 800 bodies flowing down the Mekong river into South Vietnam. Date: April 15, 1970 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 15 📅 Events on this day in 1970 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1970Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe Records…
After being appointed on May 15, Anna Mae Hays and Elizabeth P. Hoisington officially receive their ranks as U.S. Army general officers, becoming the first women to do so. Date: June 11, 1970 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 11 📅 Events on this day in 1970 📅 On This Day…