Date: September 12, 1970
Salvador Allende takes office as President of Chile, the first Marxist to become president of a Latin American country through open elections. Date: November 4, 1970 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 4 📅 Events on this day in 1970 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1970Kent State Shootings:…
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 1970Vietnam War Protesters Bomb Sterling Hall, University of…
Apollo Program: Apollo 13 is launched. Date: April 11, 1970 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 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, 1970Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Wins Nobel Prize…
Trans International Airlines Flight 863 crashes during takeoff from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City, killing all 11 aboard. Date: September 8, 1970 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 8 📅 Events on this day in 1970 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1970Venera 7 First…
Japan launches Ohsumi, becoming the fourth nation to put an object into orbit using its own booster. Date: February 11, 1970 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 11 📅 Events on this day in 1970 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1970San Diego Comic-Con Inaugural Event Hosts Largest Pop…
The Khmer Republic is proclaimed in Cambodia. Date: October 9, 1970 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 9 📅 Events on this day in 1970 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1970Air Canada Flight 621 Crashes in Brampton, Killing 109 – July 5, 1970China Launches Dong Fang Hong I,…