October 1970 calendar

October 1970
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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in October 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 October 1970: find out below

Historical Events

Which were the important events of October 1970?

Events

01 Oct 1970 63 arrest in riot to buy Rolling Stone tickets in Milano Italy
02 Oct 1970 Plane carrying Wichita State University football team crashes killing 30.
03 Oct 1970 Coco closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 333 performances
04 Oct 1970 Kansas City Chiefs Jan Stenerud kicks 55-yard field goal
05 Oct 1970 John Creach, joins Jefferson Airplane
07 Oct 1970 General Juan José Torres becomes the new President of Bolivia.
08 Oct 1970 Soviet author Alexander I Solzhenitsyn awarded Nobel Prize for Literature.
09 Oct 1970 Khmer Republic (Cambodia) declares independence.
10 Oct 1970 Fiji gains independence from Britain (National Day).
11 Oct 1970 Eleven French soldiers are killed in a shootout with rebels in Chad.
12 Oct 1970 Rock Memorabilia Auction at Filmore East
13 Oct 1970 Angela Davis arrested in New York City
14 Oct 1970 4th Country Music Association Award: Merle Haggard wins
15 Oct 1970 Bridge over Yarra River in Melbourne crashes; killing 35
16 Oct 1970 In response to the October Crisis terrorist kidnapping, Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau of Canada invokes the War Measures Act.
17 Oct 1970 Anwar Sadat sworn in as President of Egypt
18 Oct 1970 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Quality Chekd Golf Classic
19 Oct 1970 Rothschilds opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 505 performances
20 Oct 1970 American Norman Borlaug awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
21 Oct 1970 Nobel prize of peace awarded to Norman E Borlaugh
22 Oct 1970 Chilean army commander René Schneider is shot in Santiago the government declares a state of emergency. Schneider dies October 25.
23 Oct 1970 Gary Gabelich sets a land speed record in a rocket-powered automobile called the Blue Flame, fueled with natural gas.
24 Oct 1970 Nancy Walker creates Ida Morgenstein role on Mary Tyler Moore Show
25 Oct 1970 The wreck of the Confederate submarine ''Hunley'' is found off Charleston, South Carolina, by pioneer underwater archaeologist, Dr. E. Lee Spence, Cover Story: Time Capsule From The Sea ampndash ''U.S. News amp World Report'', July 2–9, 2007 then just 22 years old. ''Hunley'' was the first submarine in history to sink a ship in warfare.
26 Oct 1970 Doonesbury comic strip debuts in 28 newspapers.
27 Oct 1970 Light, Lively & Yiddish opens at Belasco Theater NYC for 87 performances
28 Oct 1970 US / USSR sign an agreement to discuss joint space efforts
29 Oct 1970 WYEA (now WLTZ) TV channel 38 in Columbus, Georgia (NBC) 1st broadcast
30 Oct 1970 KVEW TV channel 42 in Kennewick, WA (ABC) begins broadcasting
05 Oct 1970 The British Trade Commissioner, James Cross, is kidnapped by members of the Front de libération du Québec, triggering the October Crisis in Canada.