January 1970 calendar

Events

• 01 Jan 1970 The Epoch
• 02 Jan 1970 Dutch premiere of musical Hair in Amsterdam
• 03 Jan 1970 Jimmy closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 84 performances
• 04 Jan 1970 New York City transit fare rises from 20 cents to 30 cents, new larger tokens used
• 05 Jan 1970 KPTS TV channel 8 in Hutchinson-Wichita, KS (PBS) begins broadcasting
• 07 Jan 1970 Farmers sue Max Yasgur for US$35,000 in damages caused by "Woodstock".
• 09 Jan 1970 Constitution of Singapore enacted.
• 10 Jan 1970 Preview Center Opens
• 11 Jan 1970 Super Bowl IV: Kansas City Chiefs beat Minnesota Vikings, 23-7 in New Orleans; Most Valuable Player: Len Dawson, Quarterback.
• 12 Jan 1970 Boeing 747 makes its maiden voyage.
• 14 Jan 1970 Diana Ross amp The Supremes perform their farewell live concert together at the Frontier Hotel in Las Vegas. Ross's replacement, Jean Terrell, is introduced onstage at the end of the last show.
• 15 Jan 1970 Republic Biafra disbands, joins Nigeria.
• 16 Jan 1970 Colonel Kadhaffi becomes premier of Libya.
• 17 Jan 1970 Sporting News names Willie Mays as Player of the Decade for the 1960s
• 18 Jan 1970 NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 16-13.
• 19 Jan 1970 UCLA fires Angela Davis for being a communist
• 20 Jan 1970 Super Fight, computer mock championship between Muhammed Ali and Marciano.
• 21 Jan 1970 Panama Boeing 747 1st flight NY-London
• 22 Jan 1970 Test debut of Barry Richards, South Africa versus Australia, Cape Town.
• 23 Jan 1970 US launches second generation weather satellite, ITOS 1.
• 24 Jan 1970 Valeri Muratov skates world record 500m (38.99 seconds).
• 26 Jan 1970 Mick Jagger is fined £200 for possession of cannabis.
• 27 Jan 1970 American movie rating system modifies "M" rating to "PG".
• 31 Jan 1970 Grateful Dead members busted on LSD charges

Famous Birthday

• Lara Fabian

  Pop singer and lyric vocalist, born to a Belgian father and a Sicilian mother, she holds also the canadian citizenship.

• Heather Graham

  Movie Actress.

• Paul Ryan

  American politician, a Republican congressman for Wisconsin's 1st district, first elected in 1998.

• Paul Ryan

  American politician, a Republican congressman for Wisconsin's 1st district, first elected in 1998.

• Minnie Driver

  British actress and singer-songwriter.

• Skeet Ulrich

  American actor.

• Zack de la Rocha

  American musician (Rage Against the Machine).

• Matthew Lillard

  American actor.

• Christine Malèvre

  French nurse who was arrested in 1998 on suspicion of having killed as many as 30 patients at François Quesnay Hospital in Mantes-la-Jolie...

• Marco Pantani

  Italian cyclist, 1998 Tour de France winner, found dead on February 14, 2004 in a hotel at 9:30 PM in Rimini, Italy.

• Gabrielle Reece

  American professional volleyball player (until 2000), sports announcer, fashion model and actress.

• Marina Foïs

  French actress with Russian, Jewish Egyptian, German and Italian ancestry.

• Mustafa Sandal

  Turkish singer-songwriter producer actor and dancer.

• Julie Chen

  American television personality, news anchor, and producer for CBS.

• Fabien Remblier
• Shonda Rhimes

  American screenwriter/creator (Grey's Anatomy).

• Isabella Parkinson
• Branka Katic
• Odiah Sidibé

  French sprint athlete of Guinean descent, who won a gold medal (4x100 m relay) at the 2002 European Championships in Athletics.

• Todd Day

  American basketball player and coach.

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Famous Deaths

• Piotr Rytel

  Composer, dies at 85.

• Robert [Harriot] Barrat

  Actor (Bad Lands, Go West), dies at 81.

• Jani Christou

  Composer, dies on 44th birthday.

• Hal March

  Actor (Atomic Kit, Outrage, Yankee Pasha), dies at 49.

• Marie Benavente

  Actress (Paradise), dies at 84.

• Ed Ford

  Comedian (Can You Top This?), dies at 72.

• Malcolm Keen

  English actor (Uncle Chris-Mama), dies at 82.

• Roberto Gerhard

  Catalan composer (Born 1896).

• Caresse Crosby

  American poet (Born 1891).

• Joseph A Yablonski

  candidate for United Mine Workers president, murdered.

• Pavel Ivanovich Belyayev

  USSR cosmonaut (Voskhod II), dies at age 44.

• Blanche Stuart Scott

  American pilot, dies at age 84.

• John J "Johnny" Murphy

  American baseball pitcher (New York Yankees) and general manager (New York Mets), dies at age 61 of a heart attack.

• Armijn Pane

  Indonesian writer (Djinak-djinak merpati), dies at age 61.

• David O McKay

  9th Mormon president, dies at age 96.

• James "Shep" Shepherd

  rocker (Shep and Limelites), beaten to death.

• Eunice Hunton Carter

  first black female District Attorney in New York, dies at age 70.

• Basil H Liddell Hart

  English military historian, dies at age 74.

• Slim Harpo [James Moore]

  rocker, dies at age 28.

• Gladys Aylward

  British missionary (Born 1902).

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. B.J. Thomas - Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head
2. The Jackson 5 - I Want You Back
3. Peter, Paul and Mary - Leaving on A Jet Plane
4. Diana Ross and the Supremes - Someday We'll Be Together
5. The Shocking Blue - Venus

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Rolf Harris - Two Little Boys
2. Kenny Rogers & The First Edition - Ruby Don't Take Your Love To Town
3. Blue Mink - Melting Pot
4. Elvis Presley - Suspicious Minds
5. The Cuff Links - Tracy