* 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 minor planet 2140 Kemerovo discovered in 1970 by Soviet astronomer Tamara Mikhailovna Smirnova is named after Kemerovo Oblast.

It was discovered by astronomer Tamara M. Smirnova in 1970 and is named after the Republic of Bulgaria.

A minor planet 2141 Simferopol discovered in 1970 by Soviet astronomer Tamara Mikhailovna Smirnova is named after the city.

A minor planet 2139 Makharadze discovered in 1970 by Soviet astronomer Tamara Mikhailovna Smirnova is named after Makharadze city ( twin city of Genichesk ) in honor of the friendship of Georgian and Ukrainian peoples.

Tamara ( b. 1913 ) married ( 1938 ) the Georgian émigré Georges Odichelidze ( 1899 – 1970 ), French officer of World War II.

Tamara Beckwith ( born 17 April 1970 ) is an English socialite, noted for her coverage in glossy celebrity magazines such as OK!

Much of PARC's early success in the computer field was under the leadership of its Computer Science Laboratory manager Bob Taylor, who guided the lab as associate manager from 1970 – 77 and as manager 1977 – 83.

Burton showed a subtle flair for comedy in a 1970 guest appearance with Elizabeth Taylor on the sitcom Here's Lucy, where he recited, in a plumber's uniform, a haunting excerpt of a speech from Shakespeare's Richard II.

Burton and Taylor in Monte Carlo in 1970

This movie has been remade three times as Trader Horn ( 1934 ), the sexploitation film Trader Hornee ( 1970 ), and Trader Horn ( 1973 ) with Rod Taylor in the starring role.

In the rain-affected Boxing Day Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, Taylor played his 50th Test and celebrated with 170 against South Africa, the first Test between the two countries since 1970.

In March 1970 Norman performed at the Youth for Christ-sponsored Faith Festival, the first major Jesus music festival, at Evansville, Indiana, which attracted 6, 000 people to hear him, Pat Boone and his family, Christian folk singer Gene Cotton, and Jesus rock artists Danny Taylor, Crimson Bridge, and e, a band that included Greg X. Volz.

Taylor also wrote the introduction for Fighter: The True Story of the Battle of Britain by Len Deighton in 1970.

He ended his directing career with the 1970 film The Only Game in Town with Warren Beatty and Elizabeth Taylor.

After their brief liaison during 1970 – 1971 ended amicably, Stevens wrote his song " Sweet Scarlet " about Simon, who also had highly publicized relationships with Warren Beatty, Mick Jagger, Kris Kristofferson and James Taylor during this period.

* The underground ruins were the setting for the climax of Beneath the Planet of the Apes ( 1970 ) where Taylor destroyed the earth with the Alpha-Omega bomb.

* Taylor, C. ( 1970 ) Dorset, Making of the English landscape, London: Hodder & Stoughton, p. 197 – 201, ISBN 0-340-10962-9

The film was directed by Robert Clouse, who had also directed Taylor in the 1970 film, Darker than Amber.

* The Roses of Eyam by Don Taylor ; first performed 1970, broadcast on TV in 1973 ; published by Heinemann, 1976

In late June 1970, Green appeared at the Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music with John Mayall, Rod Mayall ( organ ) and Larry Taylor ( bass ).

Papa John Creach was a blues violinist who played for Jefferson Airplane ( 1970 – 1975 ), Hot Tuna, Jefferson Starship, Jefferson Starship-The Next Generation, the San Francisco All-Stars ( 1979 – 1984 ), The Dinosaurs ( 1982 – 1989 ), and Steve Taylor.

Travis McGee has twice been translated to cinema and television ; Rod Taylor played McGee in Darker Than Amber ( 1970 ), and Sam Elliott played him in the television movie of The Empty Copper Sea, titled Travis McGee ( 1983 ).

Elizabeth Taylor tries to get her diamond back from Lucy's finger as Richard Burton looks on, 1970.

Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor guest starred in the 1970 season opener, in a storyline involving their famous diamond, which becomes stuck on Lucy's finger.

In a 1970 interview, during which she described Taylor as her " mate ," Minter recalled how she broke down and sobbed when she was allowed to view ( and touch ) the director's body in the morgue.

* Mark Taylor ( Canadian politician ) ( born 1970 ), City councillor of Bay Ward in Ottawa

" But things did get out of hand at the 1970 AIA Convention as student president Taylor Culver leads a student revolt.

The song Steamroller Blues was written and performed by James Taylor in 1970 and subsequently became a favourite of live concerts by Elvis Presley.

The Cay received the Jane Addams Children's Book Award in 1970, but following criticism of the book, in 1976 the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom asked Taylor to return the award.

* 1968 – 1970: Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor, USA ( Ret.