Royal Air Maroc Caravelle Crash Near Berrechid Kills 61 – April 1, 1970

Black Tot Day: The last day of the officially sanctioned rum ration in the Royal Navy. Date: July 31, 1970 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 31 📅 Events on this day in 1970 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1970Apollo 13 Oxygen Tank Explosion Damages Odyssey En Route…

The 1970 Lubbock tornado kills 26 and causes $250 million in damage. Date: May 11, 1970 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 11 📅 Events on this day in 1970 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1970Vietnam War: U.S. and South Vietnam Invade Cambodia to Cut Supply Lines, April 29,…

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn wins the Nobel Prize in literature. Date: October 8, 1970 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 8 📅 Events on this day in 1970 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1970Tonghai Earthquake Kills Thousands, Yunnan, China – January 5, 1970World Intellectual Property Organization Convention Enters Into Force…

The Soviet Tupolev Tu-144 becomes the first commercial transport to exceed Mach 2. Date: May 26, 1970 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 26 📅 Events on this day in 1970 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1970Southern Airways Flight 932 Marshall University Team Crash, November 14, 1970South Vietnamese…

Vietnam War: United States and South Vietnamese forces invade Cambodia to interdict the Ho Chi Minh Trail in an attempt to cut off supplies to the Viet Cong and the North Vietnamese Army. Date: April 29, 1970 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 29 📅 Events on this day in 1970…

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 1970ALM Flight 980 Ditches in Caribbean Sea, Killing…