* 1970 – Newhall Incident: Four California Highway Patrol officers are killed in a shootout.

* 1970 – Olaf Kölzig, African-German hockey player

* 1970 – Roy Mayorga, American drummer ( Stone Sour, Soulfly, Amebix, Black President, and Nausea )

* 1970 – Huang Xiaomin, Chinese swimmer

* 1970 – Soviet submarine K-8, carrying four nuclear torpedoes, sinks in the Bay of Biscay four days after a fire on board.

* 1970 – Sylvain Bouchard, Canadian speed skater

* 1908 – Bjarni Benediktsson, Icelandic politician, Prime Minister of Iceland ( d. 1970 )

* 1899 – Byron Foulger, American actor ( d. 1970 )

* 1970 – Andy Bichel, Australian cricketer

* 1970 – Peter Ebdon, English snooker player

* 1970 – Mark Ilott, English cricketer

* 1970 – Tony Kanal, English-American bass player, songwriter, and producer ( No Doubt )

* 1970 – Jeff Kenna, Irish footballer

* 1970 – Park Myeong-su, South Korean comedian and singer

* 1970 – Jim Thome, American baseball player

* 1970 – Karl Unterkircher, Italian mountaineer ( d. 2008 )

* 1891 – William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim, English general, 13th Governor-General of Australia ( d. 1970 )

* 1904 – Jean Dessès, Greek-Egyptian fashion designer ( d. 1970 )

* 1916 – Richard Hofstadter, American historian ( d. 1970 )

* 1970 – M. Night Shyamalan, Indian-American director, screenwriter, and producer

* 1970 – Erwin Thijs, Belgian cyclist

* 1970 – Rod Brind ' Amour, Canadian ice hockey player

* 1970 – Christopher Cuomo, American journalist

* 1970 – Thomas Lennon, American actor

* 1914 – Luis Mariano, Spanish tenor ( d. 1970 )

When it started in 1970, the Universal Press Syndicate gave cartoonists a 50-percent share on the ownership of their works, while the Creators Syndicate ( founded in 1987 ) granted artists full rights to the strips, something that Universal Press did in 1990. followed by King Features in 1995, while before 1999 both the Tribune and United Feature services began granting rights to creators over their works ; however the latter three syndicates only applied this to new strips, or to ones popular enough.

The popularity of " contemporary folk " recordings caused the appearance of the category " Folk " in the Grammy Awards of 1959: in 1970 the term was dropped in favor of " Best Ethnic or Traditional Recording ( including Traditional Blues )", while 1987 brought a distinction between " Best Traditional Folk Recording " and " Best Contemporary Folk Recording ".

* To Markos III 1970 / Black Flower ( reissued in 1987 under original title with bonus tracks )

Subsequently, the increase slowed to about 6 percent annually in the 1960s and between 1 and 3 percent from 1970 to 1987.

Except for a brief period in 1959, Stroessner renewed the state of siege every three months for the interior of the country until 1970 and for Asunción until 1987.

The Palace of Westminster has been a Grade I listed building since 1970 and part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1987.

The Chargers have six players and one coach enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio: wide receiver Lance Alworth ( 1962 – 1970 ), defensive end Fred Dean (–), quarterback Dan Fouts (–), head coach / general manager Sid Gillman ( 1960 – 1969, ), wide receiver Charlie Joiner (–), offensive lineman Ron Mix ( 1960 – 1969 ) and tight end Kellen Winslow (- 1987 ).

Worldcons through 1970 were selected one year in advance, from 1971 through 1986 two years in advance, from 1987 to 2007, three years in advance, then from 2008 to the present, two years in advance again.

Four players have won the Main Event multiple times: Johnny Moss ( 1970, 1971, and 1974 ), Doyle Brunson ( 1976 and 1977 ), Stu Ungar ( 1980, 1981, and 1997 ) and Johnny Chan ( 1987 and 1988 ).

* Fiji between 1970 and 1987.

ZZ Top's grueling Afterburner World Tour lasted well into 1987, which also saw the release of The ZZ Top Sixpack, a three-disc collection of ZZ Top's albums from 1970 to 1981, with the exception of Degüello.

* Commander of the Royal Norwegian Order of St Olav ( 1951 ) and with Star, ( 1970 ), Grand Cross ( 1987 )

# 1 was issued in July 1987, then reissued in substantially revised form later that year by Rip Off Press ( who had published the original 4th edition of the Principia Discordia in 1970 ).

At the Stratford Festival, the play was directed in 1970 by Jean Gascon and in 1987 by Robin Phillips.

In 1970, Nature first opened its Washington office ; other branches opened in New York in 1985, Tokyo and Munich in 1987, Paris in 1989, San Francisco in 2001, Boston in 2004, and Hong Kong in 2005.

Other reviews by publication year and earliest available cited works those in 1970 / 1937, 1972 / 1933, 1974, 1987 / 7 from 1968 on, 3 from 1937 to 1956, and 2009 / c.

Television roles included the recurring role of Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk in five of the six episodes of The Six Wives of Henry VIII ( 1970 ), the villainous Nasca in Thames Television's Aztec-themed drama The Feathered Serpent ( 1976 – 78 ), a guest starring spot in the comedy series The Goodies in the episode " The Baddies ", as well as episodes of Paul Temple, Dr. Finlay's Casebook, Doomwatch, The Persuaders !, A Family at War, Coronation Street, Softly, Softly: Taskforce, Colditz, Play for Today, Z-Cars, Special Branch, Sutherland's Law, The Sweeney, Jason King, Survivors, Crown Court, Angels, Warship, Van der Valk, Space: 1999, The Onedin Line, All Creatures Great and Small, Only When I Laugh ( Series 2, Total Episode # 9 ), Nanny, Minder, and the first episode of Inspector Morse in January 1987.

As of 2012, he is the last horse to accomplish the feat of sweeping the English Triple Crown: since 1970 only Reference Point ( 1987 ), Nashwan ( 1989 ), Sea The Stars ( 2009 ) and Camelot ( 2012 ) have won two of the three races, but Oh So Sharp won the filly's version of the Triple Crown in 1985.

FIPS PUB 5-1 ( published on June 15, 1970 and superseded by FIPS PUB 5-2 on May 28, 1987 ) stated that certain numeric codes " are reserved for possible future use in identifying American Samoa ( 03 ), Canal Zone ( 07 ), Guam ( 14 ), Puerto Rico ( 43 ), and Virgin Islands ( 52 )", but these codes were omitted from FIPS PUB 5-2 without comment.

* Górnik Zabrze-men football team ( Polish Champion 1957, 1959, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1971, 1972, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988 ; Polish Cup winner 1965, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972 ; Polish Supercup winner 1988 )

Lord Gardiner ( Lord Chancellor from 1965 to 1970 ) sat on four days, Lord Hailsham of St Marylebone ( 1970 to 1974 and 1979 to 1987 ) on eighty-one days, Lord Elwyn-Jones ( 1974 to 1979 ) on eight days, Lord Havers ( 1987 ) never, Lord Mackay of Clashfern ( 1987 to 1997 ) on sixty days and Lord Irvine of Lairg ( 1997 to 2003 ) on eighteen days.