There was a strong connection with Russian music: Rostropovich and Sviatoslav Richter became frequent visitors, and in 1970 Shostakovich ’ s 14th Symphony-dedicated to Britten-had its first performance outside the USSR at the Concert Hall.

Bliss continued to compose into his eighth and ninth decades, in which his works included the Cello Concerto ( 1970 ) for Mstislav Rostropovich, the Metamorphic Variations for orchestra ( 1972 ), and a final cantata, Shield of Faith ( 1974 ), for soprano, baritone, chorus and organ, celebrating 500 years of St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, setting poems chosen from each of the five centuries of the Chapel's existence.

When its dedicatee, Rostropovich gave the first performance, at the 1970 Aldeburgh Festival, Britten, who conducted the performance, regarded it as a major work, and persuaded Bliss to change its title from " Concertino " to Concerto.

Rostropovich premièred the work, titled Tout un monde lointain, in 1970.

Notable productions were Lulu ( 1962 ; conducted by Karl Böhm, staged by Otto Schenk, designed by Caspar Neher, starring Evelyn Lear ), Haydn's Orfeo ed Euridice ( 1967 ; conducted by Richard Bonynge, staged by Rudolf Hartmann, with Nicolai Gedda, Joan Sutherland ), Fidelio ( 1970 ; conducted by Leonard Bernstein, staged by Schenk, with Gwyneth Jones, James King ), Il ritorno d ' Ulisse in patria ( 1971 ; conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt, staged by Federik Mirdita ), L ' elisir d ' amore ( 1973 ; conducted by Silvio Varviso, staged by Schenk, with Nicolai Gedda, Reri Grist, Eberhard Wächter ), Die Fledermaus ( 1975 ; conducted by Mstislav Rostropovich, staged by Michael Kehlmann, with Wiesław Ochman, Reri Grist, Elizabeth Harwood, Waldemar Kmentt ), La clemenza di Tito ( 1976 ; conducted by Julius Rudel, staged by Mirdita, with Werner Hollweg, Teresa Berganza, Arleen Augér, Edda Moser ), Fierrabras ( 1988 ; conducted by Claudio Abbado, staged by Ruth Berghaus, with Thomas Hampson, Karita Mattila, László Polgár ), Die Entführung aus dem Serail ( 1989 ; conducted by Harnoncourt, staged by Ursel Herrmann, Karl-Ernst Herrmann ), Don Giovanni ( 1990 ; conducted by Abbado, staged by Luc Bondy, with Ruggero Raimondi, Karita Mattila, Marie McLaughlin, Cheryl Studer ), Le nozze di Figaro ( 1991 ; conducted by Abbado, staged by Jonathan Miller, with Ruggero Raimondi, Marie McLaughlin, Cheryl Studer ) and the world premiere of Adriana Hölszky's Die Wände ( 1995 ; conducted by Ulf Schirmer, staged by Hans Neuenfels ).

From 1970, No. 2 shed was used by the Fire Research Station for large-scale fire tests in sheltered conditions which could not be carried out at their site in Borehamwood, Herts.

* 1974 – Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, winner of the Nobel Prize in literature in 1970, is exiled from the Soviet Union.

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, winner of the 1970 Nobel Prize in Literature, introduced the term to the Western world with the 1973 publication of his novel The Gulag Archipelago.

* Kaddish – long poem / song by Aleksandr Galich ( 1970 )

* Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn ( 1970 )

| 1977 Shura || 1970 QY || Aleksandr Kosmodemyanskii, Soviet war hero

Aleksandr Pavlovich Rodzyanko (, ), ( 18 August 1879 — 6 May 1970 ) was a lieutenant-general and a corps commander of the White Army during the Russian Civil War.

The 1970 prize was awarded to Soviet dissident Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, who did not attend the ceremony in Stockholm for fear that the Soviet Union would prevent his return.

Solzhenitsyn had been completely unknown in the West until Cancer Ward was published, and he won the 1970 Nobel Prize for Literature, primarily for this work, although he was banned by the Soviet government from receiving it until 1974.

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.

Although he would go on to have back-to-back 17-win seasons for the Chicago Cubs in 1971 and 1972, including a no-hitter in the latter season, this did not help the Reds, who ended up losing the 1970 World Series to Robinson and the Orioles.

Another factor was Ned Harkness, who was hired as coach in 1970 and was promoted to general manager midway through the season.

They met Mark Mothersbaugh around 1970, who introduced them to the pamphlet " Jocko Homo Heavenbound ", which includes an illustration of a winged devil labeled " D-EVOLUTION " and would later inspire the song " Jocko Homo ".

* 2009 – Eluana Englaro, an Italian woman who lived in a persistent vegetative state for 17 years ( b. 1970 )

Purges that followed the 1970 invasion decimated the upper ranks of the army, with eight officers sentenced to death and 900 officers and men who had reached a certain age retired from active duty.

The word " gonzo " is believed to be first used in 1970 to describe an article by Hunter S. Thompson, who later popularized the style.

The government declared a state of emergency, and a National Operations Council, headed by the Deputy Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak, took power from the government of Tunku Abdul Rahman, who in September 1970 was forced to retire in favour of Abdul Razak.

The glorification of Father Herman was performed on August 9, 1970, at Holy Resurrection Cathedral in Kodiak, Alaska by the OCA with parallel services at the Synodal Cathedral of Our Lady, Joy of all who Sorrow in San Francisco by the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia ( ROCOR ).

Only two players have won both the Norris and Hart Memorial Trophy for the league Most Valuable Player in the same season: Bobby Orr, who won both trophies in the 1969 – 70, 1970 – 71 and 1971 – 72 seasons, and Chris Pronger, who won the Hart and Norris in the 1999 – 2000 NHL season.

During the so-called " Big Expedition " of 1970, Roy Mackal, a biologist who taught for 20 years at the University of Chicago, devised a system of hydrophones ( underwater microphones ) and deployed them at intervals throughout the loch.

Lev Vladimirovich Kuleshov (; – 29 March 1970 ) was a Soviet filmmaker and film theorist who taught at and helped establish the world's first film school, the Moscow Film School.

He was married to Pamela Feeley ( who had been his girlfriend in Woodstock, New York a quarter century earlier ) from October 18, 1970 until his death.

In 1971, Marvin was sued by Michelle Triola, his live-in girlfriend from 1965 to 1970, who legally changed her surname to ' Marvin '.

Mark Kendall Bingham ( May 22, 1970 – September 11, 2001 ) was an American public relations executive who founded his own company, the Bingham Group.

In 1970, claiming to act in retribution for the June 1956 León Suárez massacre and Juan José Valle's execution, the Montoneros kidnapped and executed former dictator Pedro Eugenio Aramburu ( 1955 – 1958 ) and others who they said were his collaborators, such as unionists, politicians, diplomats, and businessmen.

Moore is best known for The Mary Tyler Moore Show ( 1970 – 77 ), in which she starred as Mary Richards, a 30-something single woman who worked as a local news producer in Minneapolis, and for her earlier role as Laura Petrie ( Dick Van Dyke's wife ) on The Dick Van Dyke Show ( 1961 – 66 ).

Under the title, To Markos III ( supposedly named for a " rich uncle " of Spyropoulos who helped finance the album ), it was released in the UK on the Pye label in May 1970, though reportedly only 250 copies were pressed it was deleted shortly after.

After 1970 they splintered into several violent terrorist groups including the United Red Army who tortured their own members and the Japanese Red Army which murdered civilians and hijacked aircraft.

The term was popularized by the Soviet dissident Michael Voslenski, who in 1970 wrote a book titled Nomenklatura: The Soviet Ruling Class ().

In 1970, Qaboos bin Said Al Said ousted his father, Sa ' id bin Taymur, who later died in exile in London.

" This was elaborated by George Speaight in his Punch & Judy: A History ( 1970 ), who explained that the plotline " is like a story compiled in a parlour game of Consequences ... the show should, indeed, not be regarded as a story at all but a succession of encounters.

Among the most successful were The Easybeats, formed in Sydney but who recorded their international hit " Friday on My Mind " ( 1966 ) in London and remained there for their forays into psychedelic-tinged pop until they disbanded in 1970.

Jimi Hendrix died in London in September 1970, shortly after recording Band of Gypsies ( 1970 ), Janis Joplin died of a heroin overdose in October 1970 and they were closely followed by Jim Morrison of the Doors, who died in Paris in July 1971.

These attacks are also used to draw international attention to struggles which are otherwise unreported such as the Palestinian airplane hijackings in 1970 and the South Moluccan hostage crises in the Netherlands in 1975.

With the exception of a handful of decent players such as Ken Schinkel, Keith McCreary, agitator Bryan Watson and goaltender Les Binkley, talent was otherwise thin, but enough for the Penguins to reach the playoffs in both 1970 and 1972.

The Bank Secrecy Act of 1970 ( or BSA, or otherwise known as the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act ) requires financial institutions in the United States to assist U. S. government agencies to detect and prevent money laundering.

Two fatal accidents ( See Southern Airways Flight 932 November 14, 1970 and Southern Airways Flight 242 April 4, 1977 ) blighted the airline's otherwise excellent safety record.

The venerated XY was released in October 1970, with variations to grille and tail lights but otherwise unchanged bodywork from the XW.

Buick had been the first GM division to bring a personal luxury car to market with its full-size 1963 Riviera but was otherwise slow to react to the developing lower-priced mid-size personal luxury market, which Pontiac created with the 1969 Grand Prix and Chevrolet with the Monte Carlo the following year, 1970.

From 1968 to 1970 the course's late summer meeting was shown on ITV, and from the early 2000s some races from the course occasionally appeared on Channel 4, but otherwise the course had been covered exclusively by the BBC for 50 years from 1956 ( when it first appeared on television ) to 2006.

Other notable early 70s films were Churchill's Leopards ( 1970 ), directed by Maurizio Pradeaux and also starring Giacomo Rossi-Stuart and Klaus Kinski, in which Harrison got to play a double role ; Acquasanta Joe ( 1971 ), directed by Mario Gariazzo and starring Ty Hardin and Lincoln Tate, an otherwise mediocre western worth mentioning for having Harrison cast against type as a villain ; and Dig Your Grave, Friend ... Sabata's Coming ( 1971 ), directed by Juan Bosch, a western livened up by the presence of Spanish actor Fernando Sancho.

It is notable for the inclusion of Ochs ' post-1970 single sides, otherwise unavailable on compact disc and for the inclusion of a cover of Chuck Berry's " School Days ", a previously unavailable outtake from Ochs ' infamous March 27, 1970, concert at Carnegie Hall.

He was one of the first to recognize that polarized light microscopy is a powerful tool, which allows the detection of structures that otherwise be obtained only with great difficulty ( Wolman, 1970 ).

Gilbert Richard Mitchison, Baron Mitchison CBE QC, otherwise known as Dick Mitchison ( 23 March 1894 – 14 February 1970 ), was a British Labour politician.

On 10 April 1970 Papadopoulos announced the formation of the Simvouleftiki Epitropi ( Συμβουλευτική Επιτροπή ) translated as the Advisory Council ( Committee ) otherwise known as Papadopoulos ' ( pseudo ) Parliament.

During the filming, from 1970 to 1971, Jackie Curtis insisted that Warhol be behind the camera, otherwise she would not complete the film.