* 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 )

* Elizabeth Stamatina " Tina " Fey ( born 1970 ), American actress, comedian, writer and producer

She had three children with Byrd, Gwendolyn Lee (" Gwen ") Byrd ( born 1961 ), Jacquelyn Faye (" Jackie ") Byrd ( born 1962 ) and Tina Denise Byrd ( born 1965, she is featured on one of Jones and Wynette's duet albums, George and Tammy and Tina ), She had a daughter with George Jones, Tamala Georgette Jones ( born 1970 ), who is also a country singer.

Tony Joe White ( born July 23, 1943, Oak Grove, Louisiana, United States ) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist, best known for his 1969 hit " Polk Salad Annie "; " Rainy Night in Georgia ", which he wrote but was first made popular by Brook Benton in 1970 ; and " Steamy Windows ", a hit for Tina Turner in 1989.

Allen Fieldhouse has also hosted several NCAA tournament regionals, NBA exhibition games, and occasional concerts such as The Beach Boys, Elton John, James Taylor, Sonny and Cher, Leon Russell, Alice Cooper, ZZ Top, Tina Turner, Harry Belafonte, Henry Mancini, The Doobie Brothers, Kansas and Bob Hope as well as speakers, including former U. S. President Bill Clinton in 2004, U. S. presidential candidate Senator Robert F. Kennedy ( which drew over 20, 000 ) in 1968 and the anarchist Abbie Hoffman in 1970.

Tina, born at the Oregon Zoo in 1970, arrived at the sanctuary on August 11, 2003, from Vancouver.

* Irish Oaks-( 3 )-Santa Tina ( 1970 ), Juliette Marny ( 1975 ), Godetia ( 1979 )

Kirby SKY King Grant is listed as the recording artist on Wizard Records of Nashville Tn # 245-A " Loving Time " and 245-B " Letter from Tina " circa 1970.

Motown artists such as Diana Ross & the Supremes, The Temptations, and The Jackson 5 recorded covers of " Sing a Simple Song ", and the song's guitar riff can be heard on the recordings of Ike & Tina Turner (" Bold Soul Sister " from The Hunter, 1969 ), Jimi Hendrix ( Band of Gypsys, 1970 ), and Miles Davis ( A Tribute to Jack Johnson, 1971 ).

* Tina Fey or Elizabeth Stamatina " Tina " Fey ( born 1970 ), American writer, comedian and actress.

Dominika Maria Peczynski was born September 20, 1970 in Warsaw, Poland, to Russian Jewish mother Tina and Polish father.

* Dallas Austin ( born 1970 ), American musician

Andre Kirk Agassi (; born April 29, 1970 in Las Vegas, Nevada ) is a retired American professional tennis player and former World No. 1, who was one of the game's most dominant players from the early 1990s to the mid 2000s.

* 1970 – Will Clarke, American novelist

* 1970 – Elvis Grbac, American football player

* 1970 – Matt Hyson, American wrestler

* 1970 – Tony Amonte, American ice hockey player

* 1970 – Kevin Smith, American director and screenwriter

* 1900 – John T. Scopes, American teacher ( d. 1970 )

* 1970 – Stephen Carpenter, American guitarist and songwriter ( Deftones and Sol Invicto )

* 1884 – Billie Burke, American actress ( d. 1970 )

* 1970 – Trev Alberts, American football player

* 1970 – Walt Williams, American basketball player

* 1970 – Kevin Cadogan, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer ( Third Eye Blind )

* 1970 – Patricia Palinkas became the first woman to play professionally in an American football game

* 1970 – Anthony Anderson, American comedian and actor

* 1970 – Maddie Corman, American actress

* 1970 – Ben Silverman, American television producer, founded Electus Studios

* 1970 – Bonnie Bernstein, American sportscaster

* 1970 – Killah Priest, American rapper, producer, and actor ( The HRSMN, Sunz of Man, and Black Market Militia )