12 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…