* 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 )

Psychedelic music also contributed to the origins of glam rock, with Marc Bolan changing his psychedelic folk duo into rock band T. Rex and becoming the first glam rock star from 1970.

* Marc Pisciotta ( born ( 1970 ), former Major League Baseball pitcher.

Blueberry has been translated into 15 languages, the first English translations by Marc Lofficier being published in 1970.

* Marc Guggenheim ( born 1970 ), American television writer-producer and writer for Marvel Comics and DC Comics

* Pierre Marc joined the sovereigntist PQ in the aftermath of the 1970 October Crisis ;

During what became known as the October Crisis, as a member of the Liberation Cell, on October 5, 1970, Louise Lanctôt along with her brother Jacques Lanctôt, Yves Langlois, Nigel Hamer, and Marc Carbonneau put their plans into action.

From the summer of 1970, Joe's Lights, made up of former members of the Joshua Light Show, became the house light show, trading duties until the venue's closing in 1971 with The Pig Light Show, under the direction of Marc L. Rubinstein.

It has been claimed that glam rock began with the release of this album, though this is also attributed to Marc Bolan's appearance on the UK TV programme Top of the Pops in December 1970 wearing glitter, to perform what would be his first UK hit single under the name T. Rex, " Ride a White Swan ", which peaked at Number 2 in the UK chart.

File: Kirchenfenster Blau. jpg | Marc Chagall ( 1970, Fraumünster abbey )

Jeffrey Marc " Jeff " Zgonina ( born May 24, 1970 ) is a former American football defensive tackle who played for seventeen seasons in the National Football League ( NFL ).

Marc Rosset ( born 7 November 1970 in Geneva, Switzerland ) is a former professional tennis player from Switzerland who is best remembered for winning the Men's Singles Gold medal at the 1992 Olympic Games.

* Marc Cohn released a laid-back bluesy version on his 2010 album Listening Booth: 1970 as it was one important influence for him in that formative year for his musical identity.

During what became known as the October Crisis, as the leader of the FLQ's Liberation Cell, on October 5, 1970, Jacques Cossette-Trudel along with his wife Louise, her brother Jacques Lanctôt, Yves Langlois, Nigel Hamer, and Marc Carbonneau abducted James Cross, the British Trade Commissioner, from his Montreal home, demanding the release of 27 convicted FLQ militants and the publication of the group's political manifesto.

Marc Cohn covered this song on his 2010 album Listening Booth: 1970.

Joël Marc Abati ( born April 25, 1970, in Fort-de-France, Martinique ) is a French handball player, currently playing for Montpellier HB in France.

* 1970 – Emmanuel Pahud, Swiss flautist

* On December 4, 1970, the twisted nematic field effect in liquid crystals was filed for patent by Hoffmann-LaRoche in Switzerland, ( Swiss patent No. 532 261 ) with Wolfgang Helfrich and Martin Schadt ( then working for the Central Research Laboratories ) listed as inventors.

* 1970 – Marco Walker, Swiss footballer

* 19-Pierre Graber, former member of the Swiss Federal Council ( 1970 – 1978 ).

Since 1970, the Pontifical Swiss Guard has been the only active military of the Vatican City.

In 1970, Swiss dramatist Friedrich Dürrenmatt adapted the play into a German language comedy entitled Titus Andronicus: Komödie nach Shakespeare ( Titus Andronicus: A Comedy After Shakespeare ).

She was an assistant at the University of Geneva from 1970 to 1972, and then became scientific expert at the Federal Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation between 1972 and 1981.

He was elected to the Swiss Federal Council on 17 December 1959, representing the Canton of Zürich, and handed over office on 31 January 1970.

Hans Schaffner ( December 16, 1908 in Interlaken – November 26, 2004 ) was a Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council ( 1961 – 1970 ).

He was elected to the Swiss Federal Council on June 15, 1961 and handed over office on January 31, 1970.

Hans Streuli ( 13 July 1892-23 May 1970 ) was a Swiss politician.

In 1964 the canton of Geneva was connected to the Swiss highway system, in 1970 to that of France.

* Philippe Cramer ( born 1970 ), Swiss furniture and wallpaper designer

Japanese designer Masayuki Ito, following Julesz, created a single image stereogram in 1970 and Swiss painter Alfons Schilling created a handmade single-image stereogram in 1974, after creating more than one viewer and meeting with Julesz.

They also won the Swiss Cup five times in 1966, 1970, 1972, 1973, and in 1976.

He subsequently drove it to the 1970 Swiss hillclimb championship.

Between 1970 and 1974 the price of gold rose from 4850 to 18 000 francs and the value of the dollar against the Swiss currency plummeted by up to 40 %.

In October 1970, a party of journalists was invited to inspect the improvements and it was announced that the necessary improvements had been implemented on 37 of the 42. 5 kilometers between Brig in Valais and the Italian frontier at Gondo, that 110 of the 180 million Swiss francs budgeted to the project had been spent and that, while a further five years would be needed to complete all the projected improvements, the Simplon Pass could now be used safely all through the year.

* Sun Chariot Stakes-( 6 )-Popkins ( 1970 ), Cheveley Princess ( 1973 ), Swiss Maid ( 1978 ), Topsy ( 1979 ), Snow ( 1980 ), Home on the Range ( 1981 )

For 1970 Swiss racer Silvio Moser commissioned Bellasi to design a Grand Prix car for him.

* Black Out ( film ), a 1970 Swiss film

It was built in 1970 by the Swiss manufacturer Habegger Engineering Works and opened on 21 July 1971.

In December 1970, the Swiss government finally gave permission for the cable way, but progress was further delayed until 1973 by objections from environmentalists.