Date: February 15, 1970
Lon Nol ousts Prince Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia. Date: March 18, 1970 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 18 📅 Events on this day in 1970 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1970Biafra Capitulates, Ending Nigerian Civil War, January 12, 1970Apollo 13 Oxygen Tank Explosion Damages Odyssey En Route…
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 → 📅 Other events on April 12 📅 Events on this day in 1970 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1970Biafra Capitulates, Ending Nigerian Civil…
The Boeing 747, the world's first "jumbo jet", enters commercial service for launch customer Pan American Airways with its maiden voyage from New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport to London Heathrow Airport. Date: January 22, 1970 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 22 📅 Events on this day in 1970…
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 1970Dominicana de Aviación Flight 603 Crash…
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 1970Club Cinq-Sept Fire Kills 146 in Saint-Laurent-du-Pont, France,…
The Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization enters into force. Date: April 26, 1970 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 26 📅 Events on this day in 1970 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1970British Trade Commissioner James Cross Kidnapped, October Crisis Begins, October 5, 1970Vietnam War Vietnamization:…