19 events found for 1970
In response to a dispute over wheat production quotas, Leonard Casley declared his 75 km2 (29 sq mi) farm in Western Aus
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) came into being when the WIPO Convention entered into force
Vietnam War: South Vietnamese forces began the Cambodian campaign, aiming to attack North Vietnamese jungle bases
Construction workers attacked students and others who were protesting the Vietnam War in New York City
Lubbock, Texas, was struck by a tornado that left 26 people dead
Police opened fire during a confrontation with a group of Jackson State College students, killing two students and injur
On the Kola Peninsula in Russia, drilling began on the Kola Superdeep Borehole, which eventually reached a depth of 12,2
"The Long and Winding Road" became the Beatles' twentieth and final number-one single on the Billboard Hot 100 chart
The international Patent Cooperation Treaty was signed, providing a unified procedure for filing patent applications to
The Belfast Banking Company, which issued banknotes in Northern Ireland, merged with its rival Northern Bank.
Dan-Air Flight 1903 crashed into the slopes of the Montseny Massif in Catalonia, Spain, killing all 112 people aboard.
The Troubles: The British Army began the Falls Curfew in Belfast, Northern Ireland, which resulted in greater Irish…
Jonathan Jackson took hostages in a courthouse in Marin County, California, to coerce the release of the Soledad…
Betty Friedan and the National Organization for Women organized the Women's Strike for Equality in New York City, in…
During the practice session of the Italian Grand Prix at Monza Circuit, Jochen Rindt was killed and subsequently…
Black September: The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine hijacked four airliners, landing two at Dawson's…
The Jordanian army entered Amman as part of operations to oust Palestinian fedayeen from the country in events later…
The first Glastonbury Festival was held at Michael Eavis's farm in Glastonbury, England.
Greek student Kostas Georgakis set himself on fire in Genoa, Italy, as a protest against the military junta of…