May 1970 calendar

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

Famous Birthday

• Naomi Campbell

  English model, actress, singer, and author, sleek, tall, chic, one of the reigning queens of jet-set supermodels, the first black female...

• Tina Fey

  American actress, comedian, writer and producer, known for her work on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live (SNL, 1997–2006),...

• Joseph Fiennes

  British actor, an intense, expressive star of critically acclaimed dramas.

• Karla Homolka

  Canadian homicide accomplice; a story of degradation, sadism and terror.

• Gabriela Sabatini

  Argentina -- Tennis player (1988 Olympics - Silver Medalist).

• Jordan Knight

  American musician and member of the "New Kids on the Block," a manufactured rock group of superstars that originated in the working class of...

• Will Arnett
• Will Arnett

  Actor.

• Jérôme Robart
• Marie-Soleil Tougas

  Canadian actress, noted for her TV performances and accrued many prizes for her serial roles.

• Ghostface Killah

  American rapper.

• Samantha Mathis

  American actress.

• Anna Gavalda
• Danielle Spencer

  Australian singer-songwriter and actress.

• Bobby Cannavale

  Movie Actor.

• Louis Theroux

  Singaporean-English journalist and producer.

• Jamie Kennedy

  American actor.

• Julien Boisselier
• Gina Philips

  American actress and producer.

• Glenn Quinn

  Irish actor (d. 2002).

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Famous Deaths

• Johnny Hodges

  American saxophonist and clarinet player (d. 1970).

• Carlos Estrada

  Composer, dies at 60.

• Percy Brier

  Composer, dies at 84.

• Leonie "Nelly" Sachs

  German / Swedish Poet (Nobel 1966), dies at 78.

• Nigel M Balchin

  English Author (My Executioner), dies at 61.

• Vinton Hayworth

  Actor (General Schaeffer-I Dream of Jeannie), dies at 63.

• Aleksandr Rodzyanko

  Russian general (Born 1879).

• Andrew Watson Myles

  Canadian politician (Born 1884).

• Emmy van Lokhorst

  author, dies at age 78.

• Crown Prince Euimin

  Crown Prince of Korea (Born 1897).

• Allison Krause

  Kent State victim (Born 1951).

• Eugenia Livanos

  Greek socialite (Born 1927).

• William Schroeder

  (Born 1950).

• Sandra Scheuer

  Kent State victim (Born 1949).

• Tom Patey

  Scottish mountaineer (Born 1932).

• Wladyslaw Anders

  Polish military figure, General in the Polish Army and later in life a politician with the Polish government-in-exile in London.

• Candelario Huizar

  Mexican musician, horn player, composer and pedagogue.

• Nelly Sachs

  Jewish German poet and playwright whose experiences resulting from the rise of the Nazis in World War II Europe transformed her into a...

• Jeffrey Miller
• John Gunther

  American journalist and author (d. 1970).

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. The Jackson 5 - ABC
2. The Guess Who - American Woman
3. Ray Stevens - Everything Is Beautiful
4. The Beatles - Let It Be
5. The Ides Of March - Vehicle

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water
2. England World Cup Squad - Back Home
3. Dana - All Kinds Of Everything
4. Norman Greenbaum - Spirit In The Sky
5. Andy Williams - Can't Help Falling In Love