1970 facts for kids

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	19th century – 20th century – 21st century
Decades:	1940s 1950s 1960s – 1970s – 1980s 1990s 2000s
Years:	1967 1968 1969 – 1970 – 1971 1972 1973

1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. It was also the first year of the 1970s.

Events

1978 Ford Pinto

January 12 – The Nigerian Civil War ends.
February 1 – The Benavidez rail disaster near Buenos Aires, Argentina kills 236.
February 14 – The Who record the iconic live rock album Live at Leeds.
March 1 – Rhodesia declares itself a republic.
April 29 – The United States invades Cambodia.
May 4 – Kent State Shootings: Four students at Kent State University in Ohio are killed by National Guardsmen while protesting against the United States invading Cambodia.
May 31 – A major earthquake hits southern Peru, killing tens of thousands of people.
June 24 – The United States Senate repeals the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution of 1964.
June 28 – U.S. ground troops withdraw from Cambodia.
July 1 – The disputed Territories of Pakistan-administered Kashmir split to form Azad Kashmir and Gilgit Baltistan both of which are autonomous special areas of Pakistan.
September 11 – The Ford Pinto introduced.
September 21 – Monday Night Football debuts on ABC.
October 18 – Anwar el-Sadat officially becomes president of Egypt.
October 30 – Monsoon halts Vietnam War.
November 3 – Salvador Allende becomes president of Chile.
December 1 – Luis Echeverría becomes president of Mexico.
The first IMAX theatre opens in Japan

Births

Kevin Smith in 2012

January 29 – Heather Graham, American actress
January 31 – Minnie Driver, British actress
February 28 – Daniel Handler, American writer (Lemony Snickets: A Series of Unfortunate Events)
March 5 – John Frusciante, American musician (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
March 18 – Queen Latifah, American singer, actress and model
March 27 – Mariah Carey, American singer
May 18 – Tina Fey, American screenwriter and actress
May 27 – Joseph Fiennes, English actor June 1 Alex Lalas Popular football player Alison Hinds Queen of Soca popular female soca artiste Of Barbados
July 8 – Beck, American singer
July 23 – Charisma Carpenter, American actress
August 2 – Kevin Smith, American movie director
August 8 – Pascal Duquenne, Belgian actor
August 12 – Kristopher Schau, Norwegian singer
August 13 – Alan Shearer, English football player
August 20 – John Carmack, American video game creator
September 9 – Macy Gray, American singer and actress
October 2 – Kelly Ripa, American actress and talk show host
October 8 – Matt Damon, American actor
October 9 – Steve Jablonsky, American movie and television composer
October 15 – Pernilla Wiberg, Swedish skier
October 28 – Greg Eagles, African-American actor
October 29 – Phillip Cocu, Dutch footballer
October 29 – Edwin van der Sar, Dutch footballer
December 12 – Jennifer Connelly, American actress
December 18 – Rob Van Dam, American professional wrestler
December 24 – Sascha Fischer, German rugby player
December 29 – Glen Phillips, American singer and guitarist

Deaths

Bertrand Russell in 1936

January 5 – Max Born, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1882)
February 2 – Bertrand Russell, Welsh philosopher and mathematician (b. 1872)
February 27- Marie Dionne, one of the Dionne Quintuplets (b. 1934)
March 30 – Heinrich Brüning, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1885)
April 28 – Ed Begley, American actor (b. 1901)
May 12 – Nelly Sachs, German writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891)
June 21 – Sukarno, first President of Indonesia (b. 1901)
July 24 - Beatrice Roberts, American actress (b. 1901)
July 27 – António de Oliveira Salazar, 12th President of Portugal (b. 1889)
August 10 – Alexander Gode, German-American linguist (b. 1906)
September 3 – Vince Lombardi, American football coach (b. 1913)
September 5 – Jochen Rindt, German racecar driver (b. 1942)
September 18 – Jimi Hendrix, American guitarist (b. 1942)
September 25 – Erich Maria Remarque, German writer (b. 1898)
September 28 – Gamal Abdel Nasser, President of Egypt (b. 1918)
October 4 – Janis Joplin, American rock singer (Mercedes Benz) (b. 1943)
November 4 – Friedrich Kellner, German writer (b. 1885)
November 9 – Charles de Gaulle, President of France (b. 1890)
December 30 – Sonny Liston, American boxer (b. 1932)

Nobel Prizes

Nobel Prize in Physics won by Hannes Alfvén, Swedish electrical engineer, plasma physicist, and Louis Néel, a French physicist
Nobel Prize in Chemistry won by Luis Federico Leloir, Argentine physician and biochemist
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine shared by Sir Bernard Katz, Ulf von Euler, and Julius Axelrod for their work on neurotransmitters
Nobel Prize in Literature won by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Russian writer
Nobel Peace Prize won by Norman Borlaug, American biologist and humanitarian
Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences – Paul Samuelson

Movies released

Airport, starring Burt Lancaster and Dean Martin
The Aristocats, an animated movie by Walt Disney Productions
Love Story, winner of Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama
MASH, winner of Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or comedy
Patton, winner of 7 Academy Awards
Tora! Tora! Tora! about the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941
Woodstock