Date: February 15, 1970
Polish protests: In Gdynia, soldiers fire at workers emerging from trains, killing dozens. Date: December 17, 1970 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 17 📅 Events on this day in 1970 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1970Luna 17 Soviet Uncrewed Space Mission Launches November 10, 1970Penn Central Declares…
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…
During the construction of Australia's West Gate Bridge, a span of the bridge falls and kills 35 workers. The incident is the country's worst industrial accident to this day. Date: October 15, 1970 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 15 📅 Events on this day in 1970 📅 On This Day…
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…
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 1970French Submarine Eurydice…
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 1970Kostas Georgakis Self-Immolates in Genoa Protest September 19, 1970Chicano Moratorium Riot Kills Rubén…