China Launches Dong Fang Hong I, Fifth Nation to Orbit Own Booster, April 24, 1970
Date: April 24, 1970
Date: April 24, 1970
Chicano residents in San Diego, California occupy a site under the Coronado Bridge, leading to the creation of Chicano Park. Date: April 22, 1970 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on April 22 π Events on this day in 1970 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1970Dan-Air Flight 1903 Crashes in…
Bahr El-Baqar primary school bombing: Israeli bombers strike an Egyptian school. Forty-six children are killed. Date: April 8, 1970 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on April 8 π Events on this day in 1970 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1970Khmer Republic Proclaimed in Cambodia, October 9, 1970Lon Nol Ousts…
Soviet submarine K-8, carrying four nuclear torpedoes, sinks in the Bay of Biscay four days after a fire on board. Date: April 12, 1970 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on April 12 π Events on this day in 1970 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1970Fiji Independence from Britain, October…
An explosion at the Weather Underground safe house in Greenwich Village kills three. Date: March 6, 1970 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on March 6 π Events on this day in 1970 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1970King Hussein Declares War on PLO, Black September Begins, September 16, 1970Tonghai…
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 β π Other events on April 29 π Events on this day in 1970…
The British Trade Commissioner, James Cross, is kidnapped by members of the Front de libΓ©ration du QuΓ©bec, triggering the October Crisis in Canada. Date: October 5, 1970 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on October 5 π Events on this day in 1970 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1970Nuclear Non-Proliferation…