February 1970 calendar

Events

• 01 Feb 1970 Ford Frick, Earle Combs and Jesse Haines elected to Hall of Fame
• 02 Feb 1970 Pete Maravich becomes first to score 3,000 college basketball points.
• 04 Feb 1970 Charles Aznavour opens at Music Box Theater NYC for 23 performances
• 05 Feb 1970 WSCV TV channel 51 in Ft Lauderdale, Florida (IND) suspends broadcasting
• 06 Feb 1970 Graeme Pollock completes 274 versus Australia at Durban.
• 07 Feb 1970 Hollywood Palace, last airs on ABC TV
• 10 Feb 1970 26.4 cm precipitation falls on Mount Washington NH
• 11 Feb 1970 26.37 cm (10.38 inches) of rainfall, Mount Washington, New Hampshire (state 24-hour record).
• 12 Feb 1970 Anthony Shaffers Sleuth, premieres in New York City
• 13 Feb 1970 NL offices begins move from Cin to SF
• 14 Feb 1970 Gantry closes at George Abbott Theater NYC after 1 performance
• 15 Feb 1970 KAMU TV channel 15 in College Station, TX (PBS) begins broadcasting
• 16 Feb 1970 Joe Frazier knocks out Jimmy Ellis in five rounds for undisputed heavyweight boxing crown.
• 17 Feb 1970 Jeffrey McDonald slices up his wife and daughter
• 18 Feb 1970 Chicago 7 defendants found innocent of inciting to riot
• 19 Feb 1970 AL Cy Young winner Denny McLain suspended for bookmaking
• 21 Feb 1970 Pathet Lao conquers Xieng Khuang and Muong Suy in Laos.
• 22 Feb 1970 Charles Aznavour closes at Music Box Theater NYC after 23 performances
• 23 Feb 1970 Holy Eucharist given by women for first time in Roman Catholic service.
• 24 Feb 1970 KVDO TV channel 3 in Salem, OR (IND) begins broadcasting
• 26 Feb 1970 Georgy opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 4 performances
• 27 Feb 1970 New York Times (falsely) reports US army has ended domestic surveillance.
• 28 Feb 1970 Georgy closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 4 performances

Famous Birthday

• Gabrielle Anwar

  Laleham, England -- Actress (Body Snatchers).

• Marie-Josée Croze

  Canadian actress.

• Simon Pegg

  Movie Actor.

• Warwick Davis

  English actor.

• Dominic Purcell

  English/Australian actor.

• Nathalie Arthaud
• Natacha Lindinger
• Oksana Grigorieva
• Laure Marsac
• Alonzo Mourning

  American basketball player.

• Patricia Petibon

  French opera singer, coloratura soprano, acclaimed for her interpretations of French baroque music.

• Marco Girnth
• Beatriz Rico
• Patrice Loko

  French soccer player, forward.

• Philippe Bernat-Salles

  French rugby player, a member of the French rugby team 1999, playing as wing forward.

• Oscar Cordoba

  Colombian footballer.

• Guillaume Raoux

  French tennis player, pro since 1989 and winner (team) of the 1996 Davis Cup.

• Predrag Danilovic
• Gaël Le Cléac'h
• Alil Vardar
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Famous Deaths

• Ethel Leginska

  Composer, dies at 83.

• Blaz Arnic

  Composer, dies at 69.

• Jaroslav Vogel

  Composer, dies at 76.

• Emil Abranyi

  Composer, dies at 87.

• Andre Souris

  Composer, dies at 79.

• Albert Louis Wolff

  Composer, dies at 86.

• Schmuel J Agnon

  novelist (Nobel Prize 1966), dies.

• Agnon [SJ Czaczkes]

  Hebrew writer (Nobel Prize 1966), dies at age 81.

• Desiderius A Stracke

  Flemish Jesuit/literature historian, dies at age 94.

• Ralph Edward Flanders

  American politician (Senator-Vermont), dies at age 89.

• Robert Bruce Lockhart

  diplomat/writer, dies.

• Alfred Renyi

  Hungarian mathematician (Born 1921).

• Ishman Bracey

  American blues musician (Born 1901).

• Sir Hugh Dowding

  commander of RAF Fighter Command during the Battle of Britain (Born 1882).

• Christoforos Nezer

  Greek actor (Born 1887).

• Marie Dionne

  one of the Canadian Dionne quintuplets (Born 1934).

• Mark Rothko

  American painter of Russian Jewish descent.

• Herbert Strudwick

  English cricketer and coach (d. 1970).

• Alfred Newman

  American composer and conductor (d. 1970).

• Hirsch Jacobs

  American thoroughbred horse trainer and owner (Born 1904).

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. The Jackson 5 - I Want You Back
2. The Shocking Blue - Venus
3. Sly & the Family Stone - Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)
4. Simon and Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water
5. Eddie Holman - Hey There Lonely Girl

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Rolf Harris - Two Little Boys
2. Edison Lighthouse - Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Grows)
3. Kenny Rogers & The First Edition - Ruby Don't Take Your Love To Town
4. Canned Heat - Let's Work Together
5. Elvis Presley - Suspicious Minds