Date: November 4, 1970
Richard Nixon delivers a special congressional message enunciating Native American self-determination as official US Indian policy, leading to the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975. Date: July 8, 1970 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 8 📅 Events on this day in 1970 📅 On This Day (Today) More…
Tonga gains independence from the British Empire. Date: June 4, 1970 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 4 📅 Events on this day in 1970 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1970British Airliner Hijacked by PFLP, Dawson’s Field, September 9, 1970Operation Ivory Coast Raid on Sơn Tây POW Camp,…
Vietnam War: Operation Ivory Coast: A joint United States Air Force and Army team raids the Sơn Tây prisoner-of-war camp in an attempt to free American prisoners of war thought to be held there. Date: November 21, 1970 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 21 📅 Events on this day in…
Nigerian Civil War: Biafran rebels surrender following an unsuccessful 32-month fight for independence from Nigeria. Date: January 15, 1970 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 15 📅 Events on this day in 1970 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1970Vietnam War Protesters Bomb Sterling Hall, University of Wisconsin–Madison, August…
An earthquake strikes western Turkey at about 23:05 local time, killing 1,086 and injuring at least 1,200. Date: March 28, 1970 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 28 📅 Events on this day in 1970 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1970Bahr El-Baqar School Bombing Kills 46 Children, April…
The Gambia becomes a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations, with Dawda Jawara as its first President. Date: April 24, 1970 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 24 📅 Events on this day in 1970 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1970NASA Cancels Apollo 15 and Apollo 19 Moon…