Air Canada Flight 621 Crashes in Brampton, Killing 109 – July 5, 1970
Date: July 5, 1970
Date: July 5, 1970
The fiftieth anniversary of American women being able to vote is marked by a nationwide Women's Strike for Equality. Date: August 26, 1970 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 26 📅 Events on this day in 1970 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1970French Submarine Eurydice Explodes, 57 Crew…
Vietnam War protesters bomb Sterling Hall at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, leading to an international manhunt for the perpetrators. Date: August 24, 1970 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 24 📅 Events on this day in 1970 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1970Black Tot Day Ends Royal Navy…
An explosion at the Weather Underground safe house in Greenwich Village kills three. Date: March 6, 1970 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 6 📅 Events on this day in 1970 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1970First Earth Day Proclamation Issued by San Francisco Mayor March 21, 1970Penn…
President Richard Nixon signs the Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act into law. Date: April 1, 1970 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 1 📅 Events on this day in 1970 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1970Gdynia Polish Protests: Soldiers Fire on Workers, Dozens Killed, December 17, 1970Jeffrey MacDonald…
Newhall massacre: Four California Highway Patrol officers are killed in a shootout. Date: April 6, 1970 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 6 📅 Events on this day in 1970 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1970Nixon Appoints First Female U.S. Army Generals May 15, 1970Richard Nixon Signs Public…
Vietnam War: Kent State shootings: The Ohio National Guard, sent to Kent State University after disturbances in the city of Kent the weekend before, opens fire killing four unarmed students and wounding nine others. The students were protesting the Cambodian Campaign of the United States and South Vietnam. Date: May 4, 1970 Read more on…