1970 Events

Explore the key events of 1970, from political movements to cultural phenomena, and discover the lasting impact of this transformative year in history.

1970 Events All Around World.

January

• January 3 – Raúl Aparicio(56), Cuban short story writer, diplomat, university professor, journalist and historian, dies (b. 1913).
• January 16- Large demonstrations in La Paz , in support of the Bolivian president, Alfredo Ovando Candía .
• January 19- The second million metric tons of sugar are produced in the ten million harvest.
• January 21- Socialist Salvador Allende is named candidate for president of Chile .
• January 22- First commercial flight of the Boeing 747 .
• January 24- The Henderson double-furrow front combine is tested in the sugarcane fields of the Camilo Cienfuegos Central .

February

• February 1- Serious clashes in Colombia between supporters of candidate Gustavo Rojas Pinilla and pro-government supporters, as the country’s presidential election campaign approaches.
• February 3 – Mohammed Ali, Cassius Clay , former world heavyweight champion, announces his final retirement from boxing .
• February 6- CIA planes from the Chinalake Naval Weapons Center in California , United States, fly over Cuba , sowing torrential artificial downpours. The aim is to cause sudden flooding of sugarcane fields.
• February 8- The animated films ” Elpidio Valdés ” by Juan Padrón are released for the first time .
• February 8- Official inauguration of the Pediatric Hospital of Centro Habana , located in the building that was once occupied by the historic Las Ánimas hospital.
• February 12 – Thirteen athletes from Camagüey made up the Athleticsteam that represented Cuba in the XI Central American and Caribbean Games held in Panama .
• February 17- Shmuel Yosef Agnon , Jewish writer , is born . Nobel Prize winner in Literature in 1966 .
• February 18- The XI Central American and Caribbean Games open in Panama .
• February 20- Chile signs a trade agreement with Cuba , despite the OAS ban .
• February 23 – GuyanaIndependence Day .
• February 24- The first kidney transplant is performed in Cuba , on a 16-year-old boy.
• February 28 – The XI Central American and Caribbean Gamesof Panama are inaugurated at the Revolución Stadium.

March

• March 5 – The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons( NPT ) enters into force .
• March 8 – The National Conciliation Partyobtains the majority of votes in the parliamentary elections held in El Salvador .
• March 10- Spanish volleyball player Rafael Pascual Cortés is born in Madrid .
• March 10 – A CIAterrorist group collects containers containing the swine flu virus on Navassa Island , United States, to smuggle it to Cuba.
• March 16- A delegation headed by Carlos Rafael Rodríguez leaves for the United States to attend the special meeting of the UNDP Governing Council .
• March 16- Spanish volleyball player Rafael Pascual is born .
• March 18- Reception ceremony at the Port of Havana for the sports delegation that attended the XI Central American and Caribbean Games .

April

• April 10 – Paul McCartneyannounces the separation of The Beatles .
• April 17 – The Cuban mini computer CID-201 Ais completed , which was installed in the Camilo Cienfuegos sugar mill to control traffic during the harvest .
• April 18- The project for the first Cuban minicomputer, CID 201 B , is completed in Havana .
• April 19- Luis Miguel , Mexican singer and music producer born in Puerto Rico, is born.
• April 19 – The Center for Systems Engineering Studies( CEIS ) is created .
• April 24- A group of counterrevolutionaries from the Liberation Army , Black Berets , were arrested in Jobabo , Las Tunas .
• April 24 – Chinabegins its space program with the launch of an artificial satellite .
• April 28- Argentine footballer Diego Pablo Simeone is born in Buenos Aires .
• April 29- American actress Umma Karuna Thurman is born in Boston .

May

• May 4- At Kent State University (United States), the National Guard kills four students.
• May 12- In the city of Camagüey, Cuban weightlifter Daniel Núñez achieves two world youth records in a tournament held.
• May 12- Nelly Sachs , German poet, Nobel Prize winner in Literature in 1966, dies.
• May 16- Gabriela Sabatini , Argentine tennis player, is born.
• May 17- In central Cuba, the revolutionary government inaugurates the Lebrije dam .
• May 20- Marco Antonio Yon Sosa (40), Guatemalan military leader and guerrilla leader, dies; murdered in cold blood after surrendering (b. 1929).
• May 22- Naomi Campbell , British model, is born.
• May 31- Five countries (Mexico, Poland, Austria, Bulgaria and Norway) ban smoking in public places. (In 1990, there were already 57 countries).
• May 31- In Yungay (Peru), a huge avalanche occurs on Mount Huascarán . Around 20,000 people are buried dead.

June

• June 3- The Cuban Minister of Public Health arrives in Lima (the capital of Peru) at the head of a delegation that is coordinating the installation of an air bridge that would bring aid to that sister country.
• June 4- Tonga gains independence.
• June 4- In Havana, the MINSAP (through ministerial resolution No. 141) orders that the Sanitary Unit of Encrucijada (in the former province of Las Villas ) be named “ Abel Santamaría ”. “The most beloved, generous and intrepid of our youth, whose glorious resistance immortalizes him in history…” this is how Commander-in-Chief Fidel Castro describes him in his self-defense after the assault on the Moncada barracks.
• June 6 – The Trabajadoresnewspaper is founded in Havana .
• June 7- Cafu (Marcos Evangelista de Moraes), Brazilian footballer, is born.
• June 13 – Gonzalo Roig, Cuban conductor and composer, dies .
• June 21- An earthquake in Iran kills 50,000 people.
• June 26- Chris O’Donnell , American actor, is born.

July

• July 22- Construction of the giant Aswan Dam in Egypt is completed .
• July 24- American actress and singer Jennifer Lynn Lopez is born in the Bronx .
• July 25- German model Claudia Schiffer is born in Düsseldorf .

August

• August 6-  Night Shyámalan , Indian-born American filmmaker, screenwriter, and occasional actor, is born.
• August 31- Rania Al Yasin , Jordanian aristocrat, queen, is born.

September

• September 1- French writer Francois Mauriac , Nobel Prize winner for literature in 1952, dies.
• September 4- In Chile, the socialist Salvador Allende , a friend of Fidel, wins the elections.
• September 6 – The Population and Housing Censusis carried out in Cuba .
• September 8 – Gustavo Aldereguía Lima, Cuban pulmonologist, phthisiologist and revolutionary, dies (b. 1895), father of the public health specialist Jorge Aldereguía Valdés-Brito (1926-1988).
• September 9 – The final rules of inorganic nomenclature of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry( IUPAC ), published by the Red Book in 1971 , are approved at the 25th conference .
• September 18 – Jimmy Hendrix, African-American musician, dies .
• September 28 – Gamal Andel Nasser, Egyptian president, dies .

October

• October 13 – Carlos Rafael Rodríguez, Minister of the Revolutionary Government, arrives in Caracas to attend the FAO conference for Latin America .
• October 19 – A friend and admirer of Cuba, the Mexican Lázaro Cárdenas , who managed to nationalize oil in his country, dies .
• October 24 – Salvador Allendeis confirmed as constitutional president of Chile .
• October 26- Boxer Mohammed Ali , known as Cassius Clay, celebrates his return to the ring by beating Jerry Quarry by KO in the third round in Atlanta .
• October 27- Argentine scientist Federico Leloir receives the Nobel Prize in Chemistry .
• October 29- Cuban educator, historian and economist Ramiro Guerra Sánchez dies .
• October 29 – Ramiro Guerra Sánchez, teacher, historian and economist, dies in Havana .

November

• November 2- The Cuban delegation, headed by Carlos Rafael Rodríguez , leaves for the inauguration of Salvador Allende as Chilean president.
• November 3 – Salvador Allendeassumes the presidency of Chile .
• November 4- Salvador Allende Gossens assumes office as president.
• November 4 – The ” Concorde 001″ plane reaches twice the speed of sound .
• November 6 – Agustín Lara, Mexican composer and singer, dies .
• November 7 – Carlos Monzónknocks out Nino Benvenutti in Rome , Italy , and becomes world champion.
• November 9 – Charles de Gaulle, French military officer and statesman, dies .
• November 12- The deadliest typhoon in history hits Bangladesh, leaving half a million dead.
• November 13 – A severe hurricane in Indiakills more than 300,000 people .
• November 17- The unmanned Soviet space station Lunik XVII lands on the lunar surface .
• November 17 – Achy Lang, Cuban violinist, composer and arranger, is born.
• November 18- Peta Wilson , Australian actress and model, is born.

December

• December 3- Christian Karembeu , French footballer, is born.
• December 6- Constitution of the Federation of Secondary Education Students ( FEEM ).
• December 16- An international convention on offences and related acts on board aircraft is signed in Tokyo , Japan .
• December 21 – The American Grumman F-14Tomcat fighter aircraft makes its maiden flight .
• December 23 – The National Rodeoopens in Havana’s Lenin Park .