December 1970 calendar

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

But much more happened on December 1970: find out below

Historical Events

Which were the important events of December 1970?

Events

01 Dec 1970 Luis Echeverria Alvarez sworn in as President of MTxico.
02 Dec 1970 Tippetts Opera Knot Garden, premieres in London
03 Dec 1970 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
04 Dec 1970 Unemployment in US increases to 5.8 percent.
05 Dec 1970 Stanley Cup, Conn Smythe Trophy, and Bill Masterson trophy stolen from NHL hall of fame.
06 Dec 1970 Cleveland Cavaliers' first NBA home victory, beating Buffalo Braves 108-106.
07 Dec 1970 Taizan Maezumi Roshi, head of LA Zen Center, receives dharma
09 Dec 1970 Dutch Antilles: Government of Petronia falls.
10 Dec 1970 North American Soccer League awards New York and Toronto franchises.
11 Dec 1970 John Lennon releases an album that contains songs with word fuck
12 Dec 1970 Small Astronomy Satellite Explorer 42 launched to study X-rays.
13 Dec 1970 Greg Chappell scores 108 on Test debut versus England at the WACA.
15 Dec 1970 Ferryboat capsized in Korean Strait drowning 261
16 Dec 1970 1st successful landing on Venus
17 Dec 1970 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
18 Dec 1970 Me Nobody Knows opens at Helen Hayes Theater NYC for 587 performances
21 Dec 1970 WUTV TV channel 29 in Buffalo, New York (IND) begins broadcasting
22 Dec 1970 Treblinka SS commander Franz Stangl sentenced to life imprisonment
23 Dec 1970 New York World Trade Center reaches highest point (411 m).
24 Dec 1970 Buena Vista releases the animated feature film The Aristocats to theatres. It cost US$4 million to make. It is Disney's first animated feature film completed without Walt Disney.
25 Dec 1970 The ETA releases Eugen Beihl.
27 Dec 1970 Hello, Dolly! closes at Saint James Theater in New York City after 2,844 performances.
28 Dec 1970 Lovely Ladies, Kind Gentlemen opens at Majestic NYC for 19 performances
29 Dec 1970 U.S. President Richard Nixon signs into law the Occupational Safety and Health Act.
30 Dec 1970 Paul McCartney sues his bandmates to dissolve the Beatles
31 Dec 1970 Congress authorizes Eisenhower dollar coin
21 Dec 1970 First flight of F-14 multi-role combat aircraft.