* 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 )

Beginning in 1970, it was made illegal to fail to return a completed census form.

Beginning in 1970, however, Heinlein had a series of health crises, broken by strenuous periods of activity in his hobby of stonemasonry.

Beginning in 1965, Preminger made a string of films in which he attempted to make stories that were fresh and distinctive, but the films he made, including In Harm's Way ( 1965 ) and Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon ( 1970 ), became both critical and financial bombs.

Beginning in 1970, Wang was a senior fashion editor for Vogue but left Vogue after being turned down for the editor-in-chief position currently filled by Anna Wintour and joined Ralph Lauren as a design director for two years.

Beginning in the late 1960s, Baez began writing many of her own songs, beginning with " Sweet Sir Galahad " and " A Song For David ", both songs appearing on her 1970 ( I Live ) One Day at a Time album ; the former song was written about her sister Mimi's second marriage, while the later was a tribute to Harris.

Beginning in February 1970, Lê Duẩn's prominence in the official media increased, suggesting that he was again top leader and had regained the upper hand in his longstanding rivalry with Trường Chinh.

Beginning in 1970 the Tokyo Electric Power Company successfully built and deployed a 100 kW closed-cycle OTEC plant on the island of Nauru.

Beginning in 1970, Webb recorded six original albums of his own songs: Words and Music ( 1970 ), And So: On ( 1971 ), Letters ( 1972 ), Land's End ( 1974 ), El Mirage ( 1977 ), and Angel Heart ( 1982 ).

Beginning in 1970 interests in Asian classical music and a wish to be able to find the intervals he had been using in his work led Young to pursue studies with Pandit Pran Nath.

Beginning in 1970, O ' Brian began writing what turned into the 20-volume Aubrey-Maturin series of novels.

Beginning in 1970 Sacks wrote of his experience with neurological patients.

** AMC V8 ( Beginning in 1970 )

** AMC V8 ( Beginning in 1970 )

Beginning in 1970, the Festival des politischen Liedes, an East German festival focusing on political songs, was held annually and organized ( until 1980 ) by the FDJ ( East German youth association ).

Beginning in 1970, Dr. Demento's nationally syndicated radio show gave novelty songs an outlet for much of the country ; this lasted through the mid-2000s, when the show ( mirroring trends in the genre ) faded in popularity until its terrestrial cancellation in June 2010.

Beginning in the 1930s and 1970 ’ s, respectively, the works of Hiroshige and Kuniyoshi were submitted to a re-evaluation, and these two are now counted among the masters of their art.

Beginning in January 1970, Roberts wrote books which she described as dictated by Seth.

* In the Direction of the Beginning for bass and piano, op. 76 ( 1970 ) – text by Dylan Thomas

Beginning in 1970 the theater was dismantled, stage right now serving as a pedestrian pier and stage left providing dock and storage for crew shells.

Beginning in 1963, students at Radcliffe received Harvard diplomas signed by the presidents of Radcliffe and Harvard and joint commencement exercises began in 1970.

Beginning in 1970, black students who had been going to John F. Kennedy High School, or who had anticipated going there, were forced to attend what had been the mostly white Riviera Beach High, which had been renamed Suncoast and given the new mascot of the Chargers.

Beginning on May 23, 1959, channel 11 broadcast Wrestling at the Chase, a professional wrestling program produced first from Chase-Park Plaza's Khorassan Ballroom ( until 1970 ).

Beginning with the unexpected success of the concert documentary Woodstock ( 1970 ), the company started scoring box office hits again, reestablishing Warner Bros. as a major studio.