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In 1970, the white-bordered Union Flag ceased to be the signal for a pilot, but references to it as national colours were not removed from the current Merchant Shipping Act and it was legally interpreted as a flag that could be flown on a merchant ship, as a jack if desired.
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Later, from 1965 to 1970, the Linde Division of Union Carbide produced completely synthetic emeralds by hydrothermal synthesis.
* 1974 – Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, winner of the Nobel Prize in literature in 1970, is exiled from the Soviet Union.
In July 1970, the US withdrew 50 % of its financial support to the ILO following the appointment of an Assistant-Director General from the Soviet Union.
< center > Welsh Rugby Union programme cover of the 1970 North Stand of the National Stadium in 1970 </ center >
* 1970 – Luna program: The Soviet Union lands Lunokhod 1 on Mare Imbrium ( Sea of Rains ) on the Moon.
She was active in student politics and served as the Social Affairs Secretary and Organization Secretary of the National Union of Students from 1969 to 1970.
After working there for a few years, she was hired by the National Union of University Students in Finland to work as a Social Affairs and General Secretary from 1969 to 1970.
Her work in the Union spurred her interest in politics, and in 1970 she obtained a post as a lawyer in the Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions, being the first female ever to work as a lawyer in the Union.
Originally named " hahnium " in honor of Otto Hahn ( 1970 ) but renamed by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry.
Kekkonen informed the Soviet Union in 1970 that if it was no longer prepared to recognize Finland's neutrality, he would not continue as president, nor would the FCMA treaty be extended.
* January 28 – A blow-out on Union Oil's Platform spills 80, 000 to 100, 000 barrels of crude oil into a channel and onto the beaches of Santa Barbara County in Southern California inspiring Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson to organize the first Earth Day in 1970
In December 1969, with a grant from the NIMH Center for Studies of Crime and Delinquency, cytogeneticist Digamber Borgaonkar at Johns Hopkins Hospital began a chromosome survey of ( predominantly African-American ) boys ages 8 to 18 in all Maryland institutions for delinquent, neglected, or mentally ill juveniles, which was suspended from February – May 1970 due to an American Civil Liberties Union ( ACLU ) lawsuit about the lack of informed consent.
Among the more challenging political dilemmas Wilson faced during his two terms in government and his two spells in Opposition before 1964 and between 1970 and 1974 was the issue of British membership of the European Community, the forerunner of the present European Union.
* Sir Ronald Gould ( 1904 — 1986 ), General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers from 1947 — 1970, was educated at Shepton Mallet Grammar School.
Though between 1956 and 1970 the Soviet Union was a net exporter of grain, exporting ( net ) c. 3. 5 million tons per year, from 1970 onward it became an importer.
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He appeared with his wife, Joanne Woodward, in the feature films The Long, Hot Summer ( 1958 ), Rally ' Round the Flag, Boys !, ( 1958 ), From the Terrace ( 1960 ), Paris Blues ( 1961 ), A New Kind of Love ( 1963 ), Winning ( 1969 ), WUSA ( 1970 ), The Drowning Pool ( 1975 ), Harry & Son ( 1984 ), and Mr. and Mrs. Bridge ( 1990 ).
Black Flag was founded by Albert Meltzer and Stuart Christie in 1970, with the name of the periodical being drawn from the traditional anarchist symbol dating back to the 1880s.
He is largely Known today as a sire of outstanding broodmares, but his best offspring on the track was the 1970 American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt and 1987 leading broodmare sire Hoist The Flag.
Trowbridge became extra equerry to the Queen in 1970 and he served as Flag Officer from 1970 to 1975.
Image: Flag of the Governor of Southern Rhodesia ( 1951-1970 ). svg | Flag of the Governor of Southern Rhodesia ( 1951 – 1970 )
Communist Party of Peru-Red Fatherland ( in Spanish: Partido Comunista del Perú-Patria Roja ) is a political party in Peru founded in 1970, through a split in the Peruvian Communist Party-Red Flag.
On the August 9, 1970 NDP edition, the Flypast of the State Flag and the Republic of Singapore Air Force Flypast debuted.
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During this same period, silver gradually ceased to be used in circulating coins ; the United States minted its last circulating silver coin in 1970 in its 40 % half-dollar.
* 1956: Regular production of sarin ceased in the United States, though existing stocks of bulk sarin were re-distilled until 1970.
The first disturbances of the Cultural Revolution began at Peking University in 1966 ; education there ceased between 1966 and 1970.
The Ampex reel-to-reel tape version of The Beatles, released in 1970 after Capitol / EMI ceased manufacturing of pre-recorded reel tapes in North America, featured eight tracks in edited form: " Dear Prudence ", " Glass Onion ", " Don't Pass Me By ", " Why Don't We Do It In The Road ?".
After many changes, including a century of suspension ( 1793 – 1896 ), it ceased to exist in 1970 and thirteen autonomous universities ( University of Paris I – XIII ) were created from it.
Kruse's services ceased in 1963 to be replaced by an air service from Adelaide that started in 1970.
After 1963, coal traffic survived south of Alveley until 1969, while a sparse passenger service continued to link Bewdley with Kidderminster and Hartlebury, until this too ceased in January 1970.
In 1964 and in 1969 and 1970, roughly 300 municipalities ceased to exist and were subsumed into other municipalities.
The church remained in use until 1981 when it was deconsecrated, due to the dwindling size of the Church of Ireland community in Ardbraccan, though it ceased to be used for general worship in 1970.
Following Nasser ’ s death in September 1970, his successor, Anwar Al-Sadat, ceased current hostilities with Israel, focusing instead on rebuilding the Egyptian army and planning a full-scale attack on the Israeli forces occupying the eastern bank of the Suez Canal.
Takahama was raised to city status on December 1, 1970, at which time Hekikai District ceased to exist.
Due to financial problems, the label ceased operations in 1970 and it has been the subject of controversy ever since.
Initially, due to its texture, it could only be processed by hand until it was discovered in that city that by treating it with whale oil, it could be treated by machine The industry boomed (" jute weaver " was a recognised trade occupation in the 1901 UK census ), but this trade had largely ceased by about 1970 due to the appearance of synthetic fibres.
The Move, now comprising just Wood, Lynne and drummer Bev Bevan, ceased touring in 1970 and adopted its ELO alter ego permanently in 1972.
It commenced service on April 29, 1900, served briefly as a Burlington Northern train after the merger on March 2, 1970, and ceased operation the day before Amtrak began service ( April 30, 1971 ).
A termination order was given for the study in December 1969, and all activity under its auspices ceased in January 1970.
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