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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

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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

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Music charts

Which were the top hits in May 1970?
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Top #5 songs in the USA

  1. - ABC
  2. - American Woman
  3. - Everything Is Beautiful
  4. - Let It Be
  5. - Vehicle

Top #5 songs in the UK

  1. - Bridge Over Troubled Water
  2. - Back Home
  3. - All Kinds Of Everything
  4. - Spirit In The Sky
  5. - Can't Help Falling In Love

Movies

Which were the most popular Movies released in that month?
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Villette

Villette

Release year: 1970

Landscape After Battle

Landscape After Battle

Release year: 1970

Directed by: Andrzej Wajda

Starring: Daniel Olbrychski, Stanislawa Celinska, Aleksander Bardini, Tadeusz Janczar

Two Mules for Sister Sara

Two Mules for Sister Sara

Release year: 1970

Directed by: Don Siegel

Starring: Clint Eastwood, Shirley MacLaine, Manolo Fábregas, Alberto Morin

Country: United States of America

The Landlord

The Landlord

Release year: 1970

Directed by: Hal Ashby

Starring: Beau Bridges, Lee Grant, Diana Sands, Pearl Bailey

The Cheyenne Social Club

The Cheyenne Social Club

Release year: 1970

Directed by: Gene Kelly

Starring: James Stewart, Henry Fonda, Shirley Jones, Sue Ane Langdon

Books

Which were the most popular books released in May 1970?
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The French Lieutenant'S Woman by John Fowles

The French Lieutenant'S Woman

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The French Lieutenant's Woman, John Fowles's most loved and bestselling work internationally, is a masterful feat of seductive storytelling. It effectively reinvents the Victorian novel.

Points Of Rebellion by William O. Douglas

Points Of Rebellion

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Points of rebellion

Human Sexual Inadequacy by William H. Masters and Virginia E. Johnson

Human Sexual Inadequacy

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This book is a revolutionary guide to the treatment of sexual dysfunction. Over five hundred couples have been treated by Masters and Johnson's Reproductive Biology Research Foundation, St. Louis, over eleven years of clinical work.

The Lord Won'T Mind by Gordon Merrick

The Lord Won'T Mind

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Before the publication of this beloved book, almost every gay play and novel ended in suicide or deep despair.

Up The Organization by Robert Townsend

Up The Organization

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Although Up the Organization was published over thirty-five years before its first publication, it continues to be a top choice for business books, even though it was first published in 1983.