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What Happened In November 1970 In History

Historical Events for November, 1970

  • 1st » Club Cinq-Sept fire in Saint-Laurent-du-Pont, France kills 146 young people.
  • 4th » Vietnam War: Vietnamization The United States turns control of the Binh Thuy Air Base in the Mekong Delta over to South Vietnam.
  • 4th » Genie (feral child) e.g Genie, a 13-year-old feral child is found in Los Angeles, California having been locked in her bedroom for most of her life.
  • 4th » Salvador Allende takes office as President of Chile, the first Marxist to become president of a Latin American country through open elections.
  • 5th » Vietnam War: The United States Military Assistance Command in Vietnam reports the lowest weekly American soldier death toll in five years (24).
  • 9th » Vietnam War: The Supreme Court of the United States votes 6 to 3 against hearing a case to allow Massachusetts to enforce its law granting residents the right to refuse military service in an undeclared war.
  • 10th » Vietnam War: Vietnamization For the first time in five years, an entire week ends with no reports of United States e.g American combat fatalities in Southeast Asia.
  • 10th » The Soviet Lunar probe Lunokhod 1 is launched.
  • 12th » The Oregon Highway Division attempts to destroy a rotting beached Sperm whale with explosives, leading to the now infamous Exploding whale Oregon known as "exploding whale" incident.
  • 12th » The 1970 Bhola cyclone makes landfall on the coast of East Pakistan becoming the deadliest tropical cyclone in history.
  • 14th » Soviet Union enters International Civil Aviation Organization called ICAO, making Russian the fourth official language of organization.
  • 14th » Southern Airways Flight 932 crashes in the mountains near Huntington, West Virginia, killing 75, including members of the Marshall University American football named football team.
  • 17th » Vietnam War: Lieutenant William Calley goes on trial for the My Lai Massacre.
  • 17th » Luna programme: The Soviet Union lands 'Lunokhod 1' on Mare Imbrium (Sea of Rains) on the Moon. This is the first roving remote-controlled robot to land on another world and is released by the orbiting 'Luna 17' spacecraft.
  • 18th » U.S. President Richard Nixon asks the Congress of the United States named U.S. Congress for $155 million in supplemental aid for the Cambodian government.
  • 21st » Vietnam War: Operation Ivory Coast A joint United States Air Force called Air Force and Army team raids the Son Tay prison camp in an attempt to free American prisoners of war thought to be held there.
  • 25th » In Japan, author Yukio Mishima and one compatriot commit ritualistic seppuku after an unsuccessful coup attempt.
  • 26th » In Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe, 1.5 inches (38.1 mm) of rain fall in a minute, the heaviest rainfall ever recorded.

Famous Birthdays on November in 1970

  • 2nd » Ely Buendia, Filipino singer-songwriter and guitarist (Eraserheads and Pupil (band) or Pupil)
  • 2nd » Sharmell Sullivan-Huffman, American wrestler and model
  • 3rd » Geir Frigård, Norwegian footballer
  • 4th » Lauri Aus, Estonian cyclist (d. 2003)
  • 4th » Tim DeBoom, American triathlete
  • 4th » Malena Ernman, Swedish soprano
  • 4th » Bethenny Frankel, American actress, talk show host, and author
  • 4th » Tony Sly, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (No Use for a Name and Scorpios (band) named Scorpios) (d. 2012)
  • 5th » Javy López, Puerto Rican baseball player
  • 5th » Tamzin Outhwaite, English actress
  • 6th » Ethan Hawke, American actor, director, and screenwriter
  • 7th » Neil Hannon, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Divine Comedy (band) named The Divine Comedy and The Duckworth Lewis Method)
  • 7th » Andy Houston, American race car driver
  • 7th » Marc Rosset, Swiss-Monacan tennis player
  • 7th » Morgan Spurlock, American director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 7th » Paul Ware, English footballer (d. 2013)
  • 8th » Tom Anderson, American businessman, co-founded of Myspace
  • 8th » Diana King, Jamaican singer-songwriter
  • 8th » José Porras, Costa Rican footballer
  • 9th » Domino (producer) named Domino, American DJ and producer (Hieroglyphics (group) called Hieroglyphics)
  • 9th » Scarface (rapper) called Scarface, American rapper (Geto Boys)
  • 9th » Nelson Diebel, American swimmer
  • 9th » Guido Görtzen, Dutch volleyball player
  • 9th » Bill Guerin, American ice hockey player and coach
  • 9th » Chris Jericho, American-Canadian wrestler, singer-songwriter, and actor (Fozzy)
  • 9th » Susan Tedeschi, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Tedeschi Trucks Band)
  • 10th » Warren G, American rapper and producer (213 (group) or 213)
  • 10th » Freddy Loix, Belgian race car driver
  • 10th » Sergei Ovchinnikov (footballer born 1970) known as Sergei Ovchinnikov, Russian footballer and manager
  • 10th » Tay Ping Hui, Singaporean actor
  • 10th » Vince Vieluf, American actor and screenwriter
  • 11th » Elina Konstantopoulou, Greek singer
  • 12th » Elektra (wrestling) or Elektra, American wrestler, model, and dancer
  • 12th » Tonya Harding, American figure skater
  • 12th » Sarah Harmer, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Weeping Tile (band) or Weeping Tile and The Saddletramps)
  • 12th » Craig Parker, Fijian-New Zealand actor
  • 12th » Harvey Spencer Stephens, English actor
  • 14th » Brendan Benson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Raconteurs)
  • 14th » David Wesley, American basketball player and sportscaster
  • 15th » Ilija Aračić, Croatian footballer and coach
  • 15th » Jack Ingram, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 16th » Logan Mader, Canadian-American guitarist and producer (Machine Head (band) known as Machine Head and Soulfly)
  • 16th » Martha Plimpton, American actress and singer
  • 17th » Paul Allender, English guitarist and songwriter (Cradle of Filth and The Blood Divine)
  • 17th » Wendy Piatt, English businesswoman
  • 18th » Elizabeth Anne Allen, American actress
  • 18th » Mike Epps, American comedian, actor, and producer
  • 18th » Megyn Kelly, American journalist
  • 18th » Johan Liiva, Swedish singer-songwriter (Arch Enemy, Carnage (band) named Carnage, NonExist, and Hearse (band) called Hearse)
  • 18th » Peta Wilson, Australian actress
  • 20th » Matt Blunt, American lieutenant and politician, 54th Governor of Missouri
  • 20th » Phife Dawg, American rapper (A Tribe Called Quest)
  • 20th » Delia Gonzalez, American boxer
  • 20th » Geoffrey Keezer, American pianist
  • 20th » Sabrina Lloyd, American actress
  • 20th » Joe Zaso, American actor and producer
  • 21st » Karen Davila, Filipino journalist
  • 21st » Justin Langer, Australian cricketer and coach
  • 22nd » Marvan Atapattu, Sri Lankan cricketer and coach
  • 22nd » Stel Pavlou, English author and screenwriter
  • 23rd » Zoë Ball, English radio and television host
  • 23rd » Oded Fehr, Israeli-American actor
  • 23rd » Danny Hoch, American actor and screenwriter
  • 23rd » Karsten Mueller, German chess player and author
  • 24th » Doug Brien, American football player
  • 24th » Julieta Venegas, American-Mexican singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
  • 24th » Ashley Ward, English footballer
  • 26th » John Amaechi, American-English basketball player and sportscaster
  • 26th » Dave Hughes, Australian comedian and radio host
  • 27th » Brooke Langton, American actress
  • 27th » Erik Menendez, American murderer
  • 27th » Patricia Zentilli, Canadian actress
  • 28th » Álex López Morón, Spanish tennis player
  • 28th » Richard Osman, English television host, director, and producer
  • 29th » Larry Joe Campbell, American actor and director
  • 29th » Frank Delgado (American musician) named Frank Delgado, American keyboard player (Deftones)
  • 29th » Mark Pembridge, Welsh footballer and coach
  • 29th » Ryu Seung-ryong, South Korean Actor
  • 30th » Walter Emanuel Jones, American actor and dancer
  • 30th » Perrey Reeves, American actress

Famous Deaths for November 1970

  • 1st » Robert Staughton Lynd, American sociologist and academic (b. 1892)
  • 2nd » Richard Cushing, American cardinal (b. 1895)
  • 3rd » Peter II of Yugoslavia (b. 1923)
  • 6th » Agustín Lara, Mexican singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1897)
  • 8th » Huw T. Edwards, Welsh poet and politician (b. 1892)
  • 9th » Charles de Gaulle, French general and politician, 18th List of Presidents of France known as President of France (b. 1890)
  • 21st » Newsy Lalonde, Canadian lacrosse and ice hockey player (b. 1887)
  • 21st » C. V. Raman, Indian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize in Physics e.g Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
  • 23rd » Yusof bin Ishak, Singaporean journalist and politician, 1st President of Singapore (b. 1910)
  • 25th » Yukio Mishima, Japanese author, actor, and director (b. 1925)
  • 27th » Helene Madison, American swimmer (b. 1913)
  • 29th » Robert T. Frederick, American general (b. 1907)

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