* 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 )

A seventh landing mission, the 1970 Apollo 13 flight, failed in transit to the Moon when an oxygen tank explosion disabled the command spacecraft's propulsion and life support, forcing the crew to use the Lunar Module as a " lifeboat " for these functions to return to Earth safely.

* 1970 – An oxygen tank aboard Apollo 13 explodes, putting the crew in great danger and causing major damage to the spacecraft while en route to the Moon.

However, after the cancellations of Apollo 18 and Apollo 19 were finalized in September 1970 it meant that this crew would not rotate to a lunar mission as planned.

* 1970 – Apollo 13 is launched.

In March 1970 he became the first of the scientist-astronauts to be assigned to space flight, joining Richard F. Gordon, Jr. ( Commander ) and Vance Brand ( Command Module Pilot ) on the Apollo 15 backup crew.

Apollo flights 18 and 19 were cancelled in September 1970, but Schmitt was assigned in August 1971 to fly on the last lunar mission, Apollo 17, replacing Joe Engle as Lunar Module Pilot.

The crew of the Apollo 13 mission survived despite an explosion caused by a faulty oxygen tank ( 1970 ); the crews of Soyuz 11 ( 1971 ), the Space Shuttles Challenger ( 1986 ) and Columbia ( 2003 ) were killed by malfunctions of their vessels ' components.

The combined 30. 15 million audience figure often sees it attributed as the highest-rated program in UK television for the 1980s, comparable to the records set by the 1970 splashdown of Apollo 13 ( 28. 6 million viewers ), and Princess Diana's funeral in 1997 ( 32. 1 million viewers ).

* 1970 – NASA announces the cancellation of two Apollo missions to the Moon, Apollo 15 ( the designation is re-used by a later mission ), and Apollo 19.

One such usage occurred in 1970, when the square carbon dioxide filters from Apollo 13's failed command module had to be modified to fit round receptacles in the lunar module, which was being used as a lifeboat after an explosion en route to the moon.

* Apollo 13 – 11 April 1970 – Manned lunar flyby and return to Earth ( manned lunar landing aborted )

Some by the performers for whom they were written, such as the concertos for piano ( 1939 ), violin ( 1955 ) and cello ( 1970 ); some by literary and theatrical partners, such as the film music, ballets, cantatas and The Olympians ; some by painters, such as the Serenade and the Metamorphic Variations ; some by classical literature, such as Hymn to Apollo ( 1926 ), The Enchantress and Pastoral.

Requirements for the new site included the availability of water transport and an all-weather airport, proximity to a major telecommunications network, availability of established industrial workers and contractor support, an available supply of water, a mild climate permitting year-round outdoor work, and a culturally attractive community. Flight controllers celebrate the Apollo 13 splashdown April 17, 1970 ; Gerry Griffin ( l ) became JSC director in 1982.

In August 1969 the Apollo 8 space capsule was shown in a special exhibit entitled " Man and Space " and in 1970 the first full-time director, Theo Stillger, was appointed.

Apollo program managers had misgivings about all-up testing but agreed to it with some reluctance since incremental component tests would inevitably push the lunar landing mission past the 1970 goal.

Swigert was one of three astronauts aboard the ill-fated Apollo 13 moon mission, which was launched on April 11, 1970.

Haise flew as the lunar module pilot on the aborted Apollo 13 lunar mission in 1970.

The Apollo Pavilion, designed by Victor Pasmore, was completed in 1970.

One of these was for non-fiction ; in 1970 it was awarded to news coverage of the Apollo 11 moon landing.