Date: September 5, 1970
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 1970Lubbock Tornado Kills 26, Causes $250 Million…
A Spantax Convair CV-990 Coronado crashes during takeoff from Stockholm Arlanda Airport, killing five people. Date: January 5, 1970 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 5 📅 Events on this day in 1970 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1970French Submarine Eurydice Explodes, 57 Crew Lost, March 4, 1970Cambodian…
Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau invokes the War Measures Act during the October Crisis. Date: October 16, 1970 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 16 📅 Events on this day in 1970 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1970Vietnam War Vietnamization: Nixon Announces 40,000 More Troop Withdrawal October 12,…
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 1970Jeffrey MacDonald Family Murdered at Ft. Bragg, February 17, 1970U.S. Environmental Protection Agency…
Southern Airways Flight 932 crashes in the mountains near Huntington, West Virginia, killing 75, including almost all of the Marshall University football team. Date: November 14, 1970 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 14 📅 Events on this day in 1970 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1970South Vietnamese…
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…