Newhall Massacre: Four California Highway Patrol Officers Killed in Shootout, April 6, 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 1970Richard Nixon Signs…

The 1970 Bhola cyclone makes landfall on the coast of East Pakistan, becoming the deadliest tropical cyclone in history. Date: November 12, 1970 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 12 📅 Events on this day in 1970 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1970NASA Cancels Apollo 15 and Apollo…

Michael Eavis hosts the first Glastonbury Festival. Date: September 19, 1970 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 19 📅 Events on this day in 1970 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1970Royal Air Maroc Caravelle Crash Near Berrechid Kills 61, April 1, 1970Luna 17 Lands Lunokhod 1 on Moon,…

Vietnam War: Vietnamization continues as President Richard Nixon announces that the United States will withdraw 40,000 more troops before Christmas. Date: October 12, 1970 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 12 📅 Events on this day in 1970 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1970Vietnam War: U.S. and South…

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…

The Troubles: The "Falls Curfew" begins in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Date: July 3, 1970 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 3 📅 Events on this day in 1970 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1970Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe Records Heaviest Rainfall Ever, November 26, 1970Andreas Baader Freed by Ulrike Meinhof, Red…