* 1970 – Roy Mayorga, American drummer ( Stone Sour, Soulfly, Amebix, Black President, and Nausea )

* 1910 – Yusof bin Ishak, Singaporean politician, 1st President of Singapore ( d. 1970 )

* 1970 – Vietnam War: U. S. President Richard M. Nixon formally authorizes American combat troops to fight communist sanctuaries in Cambodia.

* 1970 – The Gambia becomes a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations, with Dawda Jawara as the first President.

Vice President Spiro Agnew urged Capp to run in the Democratic Party Massachusetts primary in 1970 against Ted Kennedy, but Capp ultimately declined.

On April 1970, US President Nixon announced to the American public that US and South Vietnamese ground forces had entered Cambodia in a campaign aimed at destroying NVA base areas in Cambodia ( see Cambodian Incursion ).

The Combo law was supported by both major parties at the time ( PLN and PUSC ) as well as by President Rodriguez, but the first of three required legislative votes to approve it provoked the largest protest demonstrations the country had seen since 1970.

The film chronicles recent events in Chile, beginning with the 1970 election of socialist President Salvador Allende until his murder and the resulting coup in 1973.

1970 ), Former New York State Senator ; Brooklyn Borough President ( 2001 – present )

The medal was created on July 9, 1970 by President Richard Nixon in.

The National Environmental Policy Act ( 1969 ), the Clean Air Act ( 1970 ), the Clean Water Act ( 1972 ), and the Endangered Species Act ( 1973 ) all were enacted with broad bipartisan support, and ultimately signed into law by Republican President Richard Nixon.

In 1967, he became chairman of the SPD fraction in the Landtag, and in 1970 Minister of Science and Education in the cabinet of Minister President Heinz Kühn.

* 1918 – Gamal Abdel Nasser, President of Egypt ( d. 1970 )

* 1970 – President General Yahya Khan abolishes One-Unit of West Pakistan restoring the provinces.

* During the war between the United States and North Vietnam, Vice President Spiro Agnew accused newspapers of anti-American bias, and in a famous speech delivered in San Diego in 1970, called anti-war protesters " the nattering nabobs of negativism.

In 1970 Hastings Banda was declared President for life of the MCP, and in 1971 Banda consolidated his power and was named President for life of Malawi itself.

* 1990 – Patricio Aylwin is sworn in as the first democratically elected President of Chile since 1970.

* 1970 – President Richard Nixon appoints Anna Mae Hays and Elizabeth P. Hoisington the first female United States Army Generals.

* 1970 – U. S. President Richard Nixon asks the U. S. Congress for $ 155 million USD in supplemental aid for the Cambodian government.

* 1970 – Vietnam War: US President Richard Nixon announces that the United States will withdraw 40, 000 more troops before Christmas

* 1970 – Vietnam War: In Paris, a Communist delegation rejects US President Richard Nixon's October 7 peace proposal as " a maneuver to deceive world opinion ".

* 1873 – David O. McKay, American religious leader, 9th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ( d. 1970 )

** Name: 70th birthday of President Kekkonen, issued: 03. 09. 1970, designed by Eeva Oivo

This upset the United States greatly and contributed to there view that of Prince Sihanouk as a North Vietnamese sympathizer and a thorn on the United States. However, declassified documents indicate that, as late as March 1970, the Nixon administration was hoping to garner " friendly relations " with Sihanouk.

* 1970 – Richard Nixon delivers a special congressional message enunciating Native American self-determination as official US Indian policy, leading to the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975.

* The era of jumbo jets began on January 15, 1970, when First Lady Pat Nixon christened a Pan Am Boeing 747 at Dulles in the presence of Pan Am chairman Najeeb Halaby.

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However, when Richard Nixon began targeting press access and reporting, even Safer, formerly the CBS News bureau head in Saigon and London, began to do " hard " investigative reports, and during the 1970 – 71 season alone 60 Minutes reported on cluster bombs, the South Vietnamese Army, draft dodgers, Nigeria, the Middle East, and Northern Ireland.

NOAA was formed on October 3, 1970, after Richard Nixon proposed creating a new department to serve a national need "… for better protection of life and property from natural hazards … for a better understanding of the total environment … for exploration and development leading to the intelligent use of our marine resources …" NOAA formed a conglomeration of three existing agencies that were among the oldest in the federal government.

Sheridan losses were heavy during normal operations, largely due to land mines and anti-armor weapons, but were especially heavy after President Richard Nixon ordered US forces into Cambodia on May 1, 1970 in which, among other cavalry squadrons, the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment ( Blackhorse ) was thrown into the fight.

By 1970, President Richard Nixon initiated a Plan of Vietnamization, which would remove the US from the Vietnam War and return the responsibility of defense back to the South Vietnamese.

The Bureau of the Budget was moved to the EOP in 1939, and reorganized into OMB in 1970 during the Nixon administration.

Environmental issues reemerged on the national agenda in 1970, with Republican Richard Nixon playing a major role, especially with his creation of the Environmental Protection Agency.

In September 1970, President Nixon informed the CIA that an Allende government in Chile would not be acceptable and authorized $ 10 million to stop Allende from coming to power or unseat him.

The Postal Reorganization Act was signed by President Richard Nixon on August 12, 1970.

In 1970, in response to the decline, Congress and President Richard Nixon created Amtrak, which was to begin operations on May 1, 1971.

Harold and Mary Wilson with Richard Nixon | Richard and Pat Nixon at the White House in 1970.

From 1968 to 1970, Hughes withdrew nearly half a million dollars from the Texas National Bank of Commerce for contributions to both Democrats and Republicans, including presidential candidates Humphrey and Nixon.

* 1970 – Vietnam War: Kent State shootings: the Ohio National Guard, sent to Kent State University after disturbances in the city of Kent the weekend before, opens fire killing four unarmed students and wounding nine others.

The Shillelagh was a disappointment compared to the later BGM-71 TOW anti-tank guided missile first produced in 1970 by the U. S. The TOW system, which could not fire gun rounds, and was guided by a wire which directly sent commands to the missile, proved simpler and more versatile.

In late 2006, the foundation sent out a holiday card featuring a picture of Electric Cord ( 1961 ), a painting that had been missing since 1970 after being sent out to art restorer Daniel Goldreyer by the Leo Castelli Gallery.

In the semi-finals, Sweden continued their strong run as they defeated West Germany 3 – 1 in a vicious game that saw the German player Erich Juskowiak sent off ( the first ever German player to be sent off in an international game ) and German team captain Fritz Walter injured, which further weakened the German team ( substitutes were first allowed in the 1970 FIFA World Cup ).

Israel sent rescue teams and medical aid to Peru after earthquakes in 1970, 2005 and 2007.

* He — A planet sent out of its orbit by spindizzys in James Blish's novels Earthman Come Home ( 1955 ) and The Triumph of Time ( 1958 ); collected in Cities in Flight ( 1970 )

* " Hawksbill Station " by Robert Silverberg is a 1970 novel where political prisoners are sent to the pre-Cambrian period via a one-way time travel machine.

The goal sent Celtic through to their first European Final since 1970.

Zodiac sent a greeting card postmarked April 28, 1970, to the Chronicle.

In 1970 AAAS sent a team of scientists to conduct field tests of the ecological impacts of the herbicide program in Vietnam.

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In 1970 Aitken was acquitted at the Old Bailey for breaching section 2 of the Official Secrets Act 1911, when he photocopied a report about the British government's supply of arms to Nigeria, and sent a copy to The Sunday Telegraph and to Hugh Fraser, a pro-Biafran Tory MP.

In 1970 he sent a letter to Robert Blaich, who had beome Herman Miller's Vice-President for Corporate Design and Communication, in which he described the system's " dehumanizing effect as a working environment.

On April 28, 1970, a group of high school seniors about to be drafted sent a letter to Prime Minister Golda Meir expressing their reservation about the occupation of the West Bank and Gaza, the War of Attrition and the government's failure to take steps to avoid conflict.

Disturbed by the invasion, and by the brutal crushing of the parallel Polish 1970 protests – in 1972, Kukliński sent a letter to the US embassy in Bonn describing himself as a foreign " MAF " from a Communist country, and requested a secret meeting.

Halfway through the 1970 – 71 NHL season he was traded to the Red Wings in a deal that sent superstar Frank Mahovlich to Montreal.

In 1970 the Government of Pakistan sent them to Nepal as representatives for the royal wedding.

In 1970, the entire population of Peros Banhos Atoll was expelled by the British Government and sent to live in Mauritius.

The Choir then went through a series of lineup changes, with Smalley and Bonfanti remaining in the various versions, until 1968, when Dave Smalley was drafted and sent to Vietnam, and The Choir disbanded, although it reformed behind Bonfanti and ultimately survived until 1970.

His father initially tried to deter him, but eventually ceded to his wishes and sent him to Canada in 1970 to train under Stu Hart in Calgary.

Originally a product of the Montreal Canadiens ' system, Charron played twenty games with the Canadiens before he was traded during the middle of the 1970 – 71 NHL season to the Detroit Red Wings in the monster deal that sent Frank Mahovlich to Montreal.

The state resolution was intercepted before it could be sent to the Michigan Department of State Highways, and the freeway opened on December 18, 1970, with the " Oldsmobile Expressway " name.