Biafra Capitulates, Ending Nigerian Civil War, January 12, 1970

Muammar Gaddafi is proclaimed premier of Libya. 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 1970Lon Nol Ousts Prince Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia, March 18, 1970Andreas Baader Freed by Ulrike Meinhof, Red Army…

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…

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…

At 10:08 PM EST an oxygen tank aboard the Apollo 13 Service Module explodes, putting the crew in great danger and causing major damage to the Apollo command and service module (codenamed "Odyssey") while en route to the Moon. Date: April 13, 1970 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 13 📅…

Paul McCartney announces that he is leaving The Beatles for personal and professional reasons. Date: April 10, 1970 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 10 📅 Events on this day in 1970 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1970Biafra Capitulates, Ending Nigerian Civil War, January 12, 1970Soviet Antonov An-22…

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 1970Soviet Submarine K-8…