* 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 )

* 1970 – Jason Lee, American actor

* 1970 – Jason Hanson, American football player

* 1970 – Jason Orange, English singer-songwriter and dancer ( Take That )

* 1970 – Jason Becker, American musician and songwriter ( Cacophony )

* 1970 – Jason V Brock, American author

* 1970 – Jason Elam, American football player

* 1970 – Jason Butler Harner, American actor

* 1970 – Jason Scott Sadofsky, American historian and programmer, founded textfiles. com

* Jason Gray-Stanford ( born 1970 ), Canadian film and television actor

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.

* Julius Caesar ( 1970 ), starring Jason Robards Jr. as Brutus, Charlton Heston as Antony and John Gielgud as Caesar.

* Jason Scott Sadofsky ( born 1970 ), web site author, filmmaker and artist known under the pseudonym Sketch

* Season 4 ( 1970 – 1971 ): Henry Gibson, Arte Johnson, Alan Sues, Lily Tomlin, Johnny Brown, Dennis Allen, Ann Elder, Nancie Phillips, Barbara Sharma, Harvey Jason, Richard Dawson.

A 1970 film clip of a four-year-old Jason playing drums appears in the Led Zeppelin film The Song Remains the Same.

Jeffrey Jason " Jeff " Garcia ( born February 24, 1970 ) is an American football quarterback who is currently a free agent.

* Tom Dempsey of New Orleans Saints, Nov. 8, 1970, Jason Elam of the Denver Broncos, Oct. 25, 1988 and Sebastian Janikowski of the Oakland Raiders, Sep. 12, 2011 had NFL record 63-yard field goals

Jason Elam ( born March 8, 1970 ) is a retired American football placekicker.

Bush's movie work includes notable appearances in Five Easy Pieces ( 1970 ); The Culpepper Cattle Company ( 1972 ); Electra Glide in Blue ( 1973 ) where his performance caused some critics to characterize his screen persona as " irrepressibly unique "; Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore ( 1974 ); The River ( 1984 ); The Hitcher ( 1986 ); Critters ( 1986 ); Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday ( 1993 ); and others.

Jason Michael Lee ( born April 25, 1970 ) is an American actor, comedian and professional skateboarder, best known for his roles as the title character on the NBC television series, My Name is Earl, Syndrome in the film The Incredibles, Dave Seville in the Alvin and the Chipmunks films, and his work with director Kevin Smith.

* Jason Lee ( actor ) ( born 1970 ), American film and TV actor and former professional skateboarder

* Jason Lee ( field hockey ) ( born 1970 ), English field hockey player and coach

** Julius Caesar ( 1970 film ), starring Charlton Heston, Jason Robards and Richard Johnson

Jack Stephen " Steve " Burton ( born June 28, 1970 ) is an American actor who played Jason Morgan on General Hospital from 1991 to 2000 and subsequently from 2002 to 2012.

Jason Andrew York ( born May 20, 1970 in Nepean, Ontario ), is a former professional ice hockey player in the NHL and current broadcaster.