What Happened In December 1970 In History

Historical Events for December, 1970

• 2nd » The United States Environmental Protection Agency begins operations.
• 15th » Soviet spacecraft 'Venera 7' successfully land on Venus. It is the first successful soft List of landings on extraterrestrial bodies named landing on another planet
• 15th » The South Korean ferry 'Namyong Ho' capsizes in the Korea Strait, killing over 300 people.
• 17th » Polish 1970 protests: In Gdynia, soldiers fire at workers emerging from trains, killing dozens.
• 23rd » The List of tenants in One World Trade Center North Tower of the World Trade Center in Manhattan, New York City New York, New York is topped out at convert 1368 ft m, making it the tallest building in the world.
• 23rd » The Democratic Republic of the Congo officially becomes a single-party state.

Famous Birthdays on December in 1970

• 1st » Jouko Ahola, Finnish strongman and actor
• 1st » Golden Brooks, American actress
• 1st » Julie Condra, American actress
• 1st » Jonathan Coulton, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1st » Lembit Rajala, Estonian footballer
• 1st » Kirk Rueter, American baseball player
• 1st » Sarah Silverman, American comedian, actress, and singer
• 2nd » Treach, American rapper and actor (Naughty by Nature)
• 2nd » Joe Lo Truglio, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 3rd » Paul Byrd, American baseball player
• 3rd » Lindsey Hunter, American basketball player and coach
• 3rd » Christian Karembeu, French footballer
• 3rd » Lu Parker, American journalist, Miss USA 1994
• 3rd » Laura Schuler, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 4th » Kevin Sussman, American actor
• 4th » Sylvester Terkay, American wrestler and mixed martial artist
• 5th » Kevin Haller, Canadian ice hockey player
• 6th » Isabelle Arnould, Belgian swimmer
• 6th » Ulf Ekberg, Swedish singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer (Ace of Base)
• 6th » Adrian Fenty, American lawyer and politician, 6th Mayor of the District of Columbia
• 6th » Jeff Rouse, American swimmer
• 6th » Michaela Schaffrath, German actress
• 7th » Carmen Campuzano, Mexican model and actress
• 8th » Me Phi Me, American rapper
• 9th » Kara DioGuardi, American singer-songwriter and producer (Platinum Weird)
• 9th » Lance Krall, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 10th » Kevin Sharp, American singer (d. 2014)
• 10th » Bryant Stith, American basketball player and coach
• 11th » Victoria Fuller, American glamour model, artist, and actress
• 12th » Mädchen Amick, American actress
• 12th » Jennifer Connelly, American actress
• 12th » Regina Hall, American actress
• 13th » Eoin Jess, Scottish footballer
• 13th » Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner, Austrian mountaineer
• 14th » Nadine Garner, Australian actress
• 14th » Anna Maria Jopek, Polish singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
• 14th » Beth Orton, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 15th » Frankie Dettori, Italian jockey
• 15th » Lawrence Funderburke, American basketball player
• 15th » Michael Shanks, Canadian actor and screenwriter
• 16th » Valerie Chow, Canadian-Hong Kong actress
• 16th » Daniel Cosgrove, American actor
• 17th » Sean Patrick Thomas, American actor
• 18th » DMX (rapper) or DMX, American rapper and actor
• 18th » Lucious Harris, American basketball player
• 18th » Giannis Ploutarhos, Greek singer-songwriter
• 18th » Victoria Pratt, Canadian actress and model
• 18th » Fernando Solabarrieta, Chilean journalist
• 18th » Cowboy Troy, American rapper (MuzikMafia)
• 18th » Rob Van Dam, American wrestler and actor
• 18th » Jonathan Yeo, English painter
• 19th » Tyson Beckford, American model and actor
• 20th » Nicole de Boer, Canadian actress
• 20th » Grant Flower, Zimbabwean cricketer and coach
• 20th » Alister McRae, Scottish rally driver
• 20th » Jörg Schmidt (footballer) named Jörg Schmidt, German footballer
• 22nd » Gary Anderson (darts player) known as Gary Anderson, Scottish darts player
• 23rd » Catriona Le May Doan, Canadian speed skater
• 23rd » Raymont Harris, American football player
• 23rd » Holly Samos, English radio host
• 23rd » Karine Polwart, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Burns Unit, Malinky, and The Fruit Tree Foundation)
• 24th » Adam Haslett, American author
• 24th » Larissa Netšeporuk, Ukrainian-Estonian heptathlete
• 24th » Amaury Nolasco, Puerto Rican-American actor
• 24th » Will Oldham, American singer-songwriter and actor
• 25th » Nagma, Indian actress
• 25th » Emmanuel Amuneke, Nigerian footballer, coach, and manager
• 25th » Rodney Dent, American basketball player
• 26th » Krissada Sukosol Clapp, Thai actor and singer
• 26th » James Mercer (musician) named James Mercer, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Shins and Broken Bells)
• 27th » Chyna, American wrestler and actress
• 27th » Brendon Cook, Australian race car driver
• 27th » Tracey Cherelle Jones, American actress
• 27th » Lorenzo Neal, American football player
• 28th » Elaine Hendrix, American actress, singer, and producer
• 28th » Francesca Le, American porn actress and director
• 29th » Aled Jones, Welsh singer and television host
• 29th » Hidetoshi Mitsusada, Japanese race car driver
• 29th » Glen Phillips, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Toad the Wet Sprocket and Works Progress Administration (musical group) known as Works Progress Administration)
• 29th » Kevin Weisman, American actor
• 30th » Sister Bliss, English keyboard player, songwriter, and producer (Faithless)
• 31st » Jorge Alberto da Costa Silva, Brazilian footballer
• 31st » Sven Kretschmer, German footballer
• 31st » Danny McNamara, English singer-songwriter (Embrace (English band) or Embrace)
• 31st » Carlos Morales Quintana, Spanish-Danish husband of Princess Alexia of Greece and Denmark
• 31st » Bryon Russell, American basketball player

Famous Deaths for December 1970

• 7th » Rube Goldberg, American cartoonist, sculptor, and author (b. 1883)
• 9th » Artem Mikoyan, Armenian-Russian engineer and businessman, co-founded the Mikoyan called Mikoyan Company (b. 1905)
• 9th » Feroz Khan Noon, Pakistani politician, 7th Prime Minister of Pakistan (b. 1893)
• 12th » Doris Blackburn, Australian politician (b. 1889)
• 14th » Franz Schlegelberger, German judge and politician, Federal Ministry of Justice (Germany) named German Reich Minister of Justice (b. 1876)
• 17th » Oliver Waterman Larkin, American historian, author, and educator (d. 1970)
• 19th » Mihkel Müller, Estonian-Finnish wrestler (b. 1887)
• 23rd » Charles Ruggles, American actor and singer (b. 1886)
• 23rd » Aleksander Warma, Estonian lieutenant and politician (b. 1890)
• 25th » Michael Peto, Hungarian-English photographer and journalist (b. 1908)
• 26th » Lillian Board, South African-English runner (b. 1948)
• 29th » Marie Menken, American director and painter (b. 1909)
• 30th » Angelos Evert, Greek police officer (b. 1894)
• 30th » Sonny Liston, American boxer (b. 1932)

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