( 1957, 1970, 2001, 2007 ) The Heavens ( 1970 ), Cartographic Division of the National Geographic Society ( NGS ), Washington, D. C., U. S. A., two sided large map chart depicting the constellations of the heavens ; as special supplement to the August 1970 issue of National Geographic.

* 1970 – In Vietnam, the worst monsoon to hit the area in six years causes large floods, kills 293, leaves 200, 000 homeless and virtually halts the Vietnam War.

Subsequent elections in 1970 and 1974 gave Mancham a small majority in votes, but a large one in seats, through the " first past the post " voting system.

49-PI is a 1. 27 hp ( 947 W ) 5 cc Wankel engine for model airplane use which has been in production essentially unchanged since 1970 ; even with a large muffler, the entire package weighs only 380 grams ( 13. 4 ounces ).

A poll at the time suggested that 74 % of the UK population agreed with the Powell's opinions and his supporters claim that this large public following that Powell attracted may have helped the Conservatives to win the 1970 general election, and perhaps cost them the February 1974 general election, at which Powell turned his back on the Conservatives by endorsing a vote for Labour, who returned as a minority government in early March following a hung parliament.

Between 1970 and 2011, Termini was home to a large Fiat automobile manufacturing facility, where small cars such as the 126, the original Panda, and the Punto have been manufactured.

Therefore, in 1970, the track was renovated and the surface changed to meet the highest international safety requirements that were needed at large events with many spectators.

In addition, Kerry's opponents circulated a photograph showing Fonda and Kerry in the same large crowd at a 1970 anti-war rally, although they were sitting several rows apart.

Many San Francisco gays also moved there after about 1970 from what had been the formerly most prominent gay neighborhood, Polk Gulch, because large Victorian houses were available at low rents or available for purchase for low down payments when their former middle-class owners had fled to the suburbs.

The British government has traditionally been wary of large banknotes since the counterfeiting Operation Bernhard in World War II which caused the Bank of England to withdraw all notes larger than £ 5 from circulation, and not reintroduce other denominations until the early 1960s (£ 10 ), 1970 (£ 20 ) and March 20, 1981 (£ 50 ).

Since 1970 Oxford has annexed large amounts of land to the south, including the communities of Coldwater and Bynum.

Another large example, the Aylesbury Estate in South London, built in 1970, is about to be demolished.

On the other hand, Haarlemmerliede en Spaarnwoude lost large areas to the cities of Haarlem and Amsterdam in 1927, 1963, and 1970.

It was created by a Special Charter adopted by the New Jersey Legislature and approved by the voters in 1970, under which the town is governed by a strong mayor and six councilpersons all elected at large to three-year terms of office.

Between 1942 and 1970, the student population grew from 146 to more than 2, 300 ; the number of teaching faculty rose from 25 to 170, and the college carried out a large building program.

It has been in operation since 1970, and it currently has three large reflecting telescopes.

Drumright is also home to an area vocational and technical school, Central Technology Center, that opened August 22, 1970 and is a large employer.

That year he was elected with his " Revolución en Libertad " (" Revolution in Liberty ") slogan by a large margin ( 56 %), defeating Socialist candidate Salvador Allende who only received 39 % of the vote, but who subsequently won the 1970 Chilean presidential election.

Archaeological excavations by the Archaeological Survey of India ( ASI ) in 1970, 1992 and 2003 in and around the disputed site have indicated a large Hindu complex existed on the site.

The crest was changed in 1970 to a minimalist version that shows a stylised owl with a large round head and eyes perched on the letters S. W. F. C.

May, 1970: During the final days of the month, the IAF launch major air raids against Port Said, believing a large amphibious force is assembling in the town.

Between 1970 and 1979 Madden painted a large series of vertical works, their size determined by her height and reach.

Since 1970, Ansbach has enlarged its municipal area by incorporating adjacent communities.

During the 1970 – 1978 restoration works and excavations inside the building, and under the nearby Muristan, it was found that the area was originally a quarry, from which white meleke limestone was struck.

By 1970, the city had a total area of approximately, more than five times its size in 1940.

The area of responsibility was reduced to that of the Greater London administrative area in 1970 when the Greater London Council, and then London Regional Transport took over responsibility.

* 1970 – The Hard Hat Riot occurs in the Wall Street area of New York City as blue-collar construction workers clash with demonstrators protesting the Vietnam War.

* In Die Erde is nah: die Marsexpedition ( 1970 ), by Ludek Pesek, published in English as The Earth is Near ( 1973 ), a crew of twenty men undertake the first manned mission to Mars, and after landing in the wrong area due to computer malfunction and / or human error, have to cope with vicious sand storms, and a long trek undertaken in vehicles to their original intended area of exploration.

R1 was to be the main site for almost all Swedish nuclear research until 1970 when the reactor was finally decommissioned, mostly due to the increased awareness of the risks associated with operating a reactor in a densely populated area of Stockholm.

By 1970, the latifundio type of industrial farm ( more than 50 hectares in area ) occupied more than 77 per cent of arable land in the country.

In 1970, the François-Rabelais university was founded ; this is centred on the bank of the Loire in the downtown area, and not – as it was then the current practice – in a campus in the suburbs.

Notable MPs for the area have included the industrialist Crawshay Bailey from 1852 to 1868 ; Peter Thorneycroft, Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1957 – 58 and Chairman of the Conservative Party 1975 – 81, who was the town's MP from 1945 to 1966 ; and John Stradling Thomas, MP from 1970 to 1991.

By 1970, the Village of Cross Keys had become among the most desirable places to live in the Baltimore area.

The area included in the constituency was defined in 1948 and 1970 as the burghs of Perth, Abernethy, Alyth, Blairgowrie and Rattray and Coupar Angus ; and the Eastern and Perth districts of the county of Perth.

It is estimated that between 1970 and 2000, the area on which khat was cultivated grew from 8, 000 to 103, 000 hectares.

As far as the pronunciation of / r / is concerned, the area is transitional, the Saint-Maurice River forming a kind of isogloss line ( Cossette 1970 ).

* 1970 – In response to increasingly stringent federal emission standards that would ultimately lead to mandating of unleaded gasoline in 1975 and later-model cars and trucks, Texaco introduced Lead-free Texaco as the first regular-octane lead-free gasoline at stations in the Los Angeles area and throughout Southern California.

Lead-free Amoco was introduced in the Indiana Standard marketing area in 1970.

The new country was still recovering from a severe cyclone that hit the area in 1970 and cause 250, 000 deaths.

The Empire of Kush to the south of Egypt is known from at least 1970 BC, but this name has also been associated by some with the Kassites who inhabited the Zagros area of Mesopotamia, the Sumerian city of Kish.

He was the Member of Parliament for the area in the 1970 / 80s

* On the Isle of Man in the Ballaugh Curraghs area, there is a feral population of over 100 bred originally from a pair that escaped from the nearby Curraghs Wildlife Park in 1970.

Within the Bundesland Schleswig-Holstein, the area remained divided into the districts of Norderdithmarschen ( Northern Ditmarsh ) and Süderdithmarschen ( Southern Ditmarsh ) before they were united in 1970 as the district of Dithmarschen.

The two-county area had a combined population of 187, 606 in 1970.