FLQ Murders Quebec Vice-Premier Pierre Laporte, October 17, 1970

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 1970Richard Nixon Signs…

An aircraft carrying the Wichita State University football team, administrators, and supporters crashes in Colorado, killing 31 people. Date: October 2, 1970 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 2 📅 Events on this day in 1970 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1970Soviet Submarine K-8 Sinks in Bay of…

The Chicago Seven are found not guilty of conspiring to incite riots at the 1968 Democratic National Convention. Date: February 18, 1970 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 18 📅 Events on this day in 1970 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1970Biafran Rebels Surrender in Nigerian Civil War,…

Aeroflot Flight 3630, a Tupolev Tu-124 en route from southern Russia to Lithuania, crashes after the pilots lost control of the aircraft at cruise altitude between Rostov-on-Don Airport and Vilnius Airport, on the second leg of the flight; all 37 passengers and crew are killed. Date: September 2, 1970 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅…

French submarine Eurydice explodes underwater, resulting in the loss of the entire 57-man crew. Date: March 4, 1970 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 4 📅 Events on this day in 1970 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1970Vietnam War Supreme Court Rejects Massachusetts Draft Refusal Case, November 9,…