May 1970 calendar

May 1970
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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in May 1970.
The US president was Richard Nixon (Republican), the UK Prime Minister was Harold Wilson (Labour), Pope St Paul VI was leading the Catholic Church.

But much more happened on May 1970: find out below

Historical Events

Which were the important events of May 1970?

Events

01 May 1970 Protests erupt in Seattle, Washington, following the announcement by U.S. President Richard Nixon that U.S. Forces in Vietnam would pursue enemy troops into Cambodia, a neutral country.
02 May 1970 1st woman jockey at Kentucky Derby
03 May 1970 24th NBA Championship: New York Knicks beat Los Angeles Lakers, 4 games to 3.
04 May 1970 National Guard kills 4 at Kent State in Ohio
05 May 1970 US performs nuclear test at Nevada test Site.
06 May 1970 Yuchiro Miura of Japan skis down Mount Everest.
08 May 1970 Beatles release Let it Be album
09 May 1970 100,000s in the USA demonstrate against Vietnam War.
10 May 1970 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open.
11 May 1970 Sammy Davis Jr weds Altovise.
12 May 1970 KTVM TV channel 6 in Butte, MT (NBC / ABC) begins broadcasting
13 May 1970 Beatles movie Let it Be premieres
14 May 1970 New York City local newspaper Our Town begins publishing
15 May 1970 Mississippi Highway Patrol kills 2 at Jackson State College
16 May 1970 Grover Henson Feels Forgotten by Bill Cosby hits #70
17 May 1970 Shirley Englehorn wins LPGA Johnny Londoff Chevrolet Golf Tournament.
20 May 1970 100,000 march in New York supporting US policies in Vietnam.
21 May 1970 US National Guard mobilized to quell disturbances at Ohio State University.
22 May 1970 Arab terrorists kill nine children and three adults on a school bus.
24 May 1970 Peter Queen quits rock music group Fleetwood Mac to join a religious cult.
26 May 1970 The Soviet Tupolev Tu-144 becomes the first commercial transport to exceed Mach 2.
27 May 1970 British expedition climbs south face of Annapurna I.
28 May 1970 The formerly united Free University of Brussels officially splits into two separate entities, the French-speaking Universite Libre de Bruxelles and the Dutch-speaking Vrije Universiteit Brussel.
30 May 1970 Baseball All-Star voting is returned to fans.
31 May 1970 At 03:23pm, Yungay Peru levelled by 7.75 earthquake
01 May 1970 Vietnam War: Protests erupt following the announcement by Richard Nixon that the U.S. and South Vietnamese forces would attack Vietnamese communists in a Cambodian Campaign.