Salvador Allende Elected President of Chile, September 4, 1970

Vietnam War: Kent State shootings: The Ohio National Guard, sent to Kent State University after disturbances in the city of Kent the weekend before, opens fire killing four unarmed students and wounding nine others. The students were protesting the Cambodian Campaign of the United States and South Vietnam. Date: May 4, 1970 Read more on…

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…

The defined beginning of Unix time, at 00:00:00. Date: January 1, 1970 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 1 📅 Events on this day in 1970 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1970Japan Launches Ohsumi, Fourth Nation to Orbit Own Booster, February 11, 1970LANSA Flight 502 Crash in Cusco,…

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 1970Soviet Antonov An-22 Crashes into Atlantic, Killing 23…

The Soviet Tupolev Tu-144 becomes the first commercial transport to exceed Mach 2. Date: May 26, 1970 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 26 📅 Events on this day in 1970 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1970Apollo 13 Oxygen Tank Explosion Damages Odyssey En Route to Moon April…