Botswana and the Soviet Union initiated diplomatic relations on March 6, 1970.

The island had 22 municipalities until March 1970, of which 6 were market cities and 16 parish municipalities.

In 1972, the Blue Angels were awarded the Navy's Meritorious Unit Commendation for the two-year period from 1 March 1970 – 31 December 1971.

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.

While visiting Beijing in 1970 Sihanouk was ousted by a military coup led by Prime Minister General Lon Nol and Prince Sisowath Sirik Matak in the early hours of March 18, 1970.

However, as early as March 12, 1970, the CIA Station Chief told Washington that based on communications from Sirik Matak, Lon Nol's cousin, that " the ( Cambodian ) army was ready for a coup ".

Next came a North Vietnamese attempt to overrun the entire country in March – April 1970, to which U. S. and South Vietnamese forces responded by a limited ground incursion at the end of April ... The outcome in Indochina was not foreordained.

On 19 March 1970 the East and West German Chancellors Willi Stoph and Willy Brandt met in Erfurt, the first such meeting since the division of Germany.

On March 6, 1970, however, their safehouse was destroyed when an explosive they were constructing was accidentally detonated, killing three Weathermen ( Ted Gold, Terry Robbins, and Diana Oughton ).

In March 1970 he became the first of the scientist-astronauts to be assigned to space flight, joining Richard F. Gordon, Jr. ( Commander ) and Vance Brand ( Command Module Pilot ) on the Apollo 15 backup crew.

In March 1970, most of the members of Brown's mid-to-late 1960s road band walked out on him due to money disputes, and The Famous Flames singing group had disbanded ( for the same reason ), with original and founding member Bobby Byrd the only one remaining with Brown.

They had two children, Tammy Sue " Sissy " Bakker Chapman ( born March 2, 1970 ) and Jamie Charles " Jay " Bakker ( born December 18, 1975 ).

Interpol on 4 March 2011 issued a security alert concerning the " possible movement of dangerous individuals and assets " based on United Nations Security Council Resolution 1970, which imposed a travel ban and asset freeze.

* John Robert Cartwright ( 22 December 1949 – 23 March 1970 )

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.

His 1970s films included Monte Walsh ( 1970 ) with Jeanne Moreau, the violent Prime Cut ( 1972 ) with Gene Hackman, Pocket Money ( 1972 ) with Paul Newman, Emperor of the North Pole ( 1973 ) opposite Ernest Borgnine, as Hickey in The Iceman Cometh ( 1973 ) with Fredric March and Robert Ryan, The Spikes Gang ( 1974 ) with Noah Beery, Jr., The Klansman ( 1974 ) with Richard Burton, Shout at the Devil ( 1976 ) with Roger Moore, The Great Scout and Cathouse Thursday ( 1976 ) with Oliver Reed, and Avalanche Express ( 1978 ) with Robert Shaw.

Norman Hackerman ( March 2, 1912 – June 16, 2007 ) was an American chemist, internationally known as an expert in metal corrosion, and a former president of both the University of Texas at Austin ( 1967 – 1970 ) and Rice University ( 1970 – 1985 ).

" The first known use of the phrase punk rock appeared in the Chicago Tribune on March 22, 1970, attributed to Ed Sanders, cofounder of New York's anarcho-prankster band The Fugs.

After a trial that lasted a few months, he was convicted and hanged On 29 March 1970 in Freetown.

In March 1970, Deputy Inspector Seymour Pine raided the Zodiac and 17 Barrow Street.

However, the 2010 census figures released in March 2011 showed the population as of April 1, 2010 at 287, 208, indicating a 25 % loss of population since its zenith in 1970.

Operation Searchlight ordered by Yahya was a planned military pacification carried out by the Pakistan Army to curb the Bengali nationalist movement in erstwhile East Pakistan in March 1971 Ordered by the government in West Pakistan, this was seen as the sequel to Operation Blitz which had been launched in November 1970.

* March 17 – Alfred Newman, American film composer ( died 1970 )

Robert I ( 11 July 1274 – 7 June 1329 ), popularly known as Robert the Bruce ( Medieval Gaelic: Roibert a Briuis ; modern Scottish Gaelic: Raibeart Bruis ; Norman French: Robert de Brus or Robert de Bruys ), was King of Scots from 25 March 1306, until his death in 1329.

* March 3 – Hayley Marie Norman, American actress and model

* March 14 – Astronaut Norman Thagard becomes the first American to ride into space aboard a Russian launch vehicle ( the Soyuz TM-21 ), lifting off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

* March 24 – Norman Fell, American actor ( d. 1998 )

* March 26 – Henry I of England's forces defeat Norman rebels at Bourgtheroulde.

Crawford worked in the radio series The Screen Guild Theater on January 8, 1939 ; Good News ; Baby, broadcast March 2, 1940 on Arch Oboler's Lights Out ; The Word on Everyman's Theater ( 1941 ); Chained on the Lux Radio Theater and Norman Corwin's Document A / 777 ( 1948 ).

* C. E. Norman, Microscopy and Analysis, March 2002, P. 9-12

Norman Beresford Tebbit, Baron Tebbit, CH, PC ( born 29 March 1931 ), is a British politician.

The following difficulty grading system is adapted from Norman Smith's " March Music Notes.

* Norman E. Smith " March Music Notes " Copyright 1993 by Norman E. Smith, Published by Program Note Press.

* Norman E. Smith " March Music Melodies " Copyright 1993 by Norman E. Smith, Published by Program Note Press.

These two marches are often called the Breton March and Norman March respectively.

* 4544 Xanthus ( 1989 FB ) is an Apollo NEO discovered on March 31, 1989 by Henry Holt and Norman G. Thomas at Palomar Observatory

Henry Norman Bethune ( March 4, 1890 – November 12, 1939 ; Chinese name: 白求恩 ; pinyin: Bái Qiúēn ) was a Canadian physician and medical innovator.

In March 1972 Norman performed 38 concerts in 35 days, including a concert at the Royal Albert Hall in the Spring of 1972, for which he claims he was only given about $ 700 by the tour promoter.

By March 1975 Norman was attending the Little Brown Church in Studio City.

Norman and Mangano severed their business association, with Norman selling his interest in Street Level Artists Agency to Mangano, who subsequently resigned in October 1980 to start a new career in working to help the homeless, and becoming the Executive Director of the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness for seven years from March 2002,

In March 1981 Norman was featured on the cover of Contemporary Christian Music ( CCM ) magazine, and was the subject of an extended interview by CCM magazine founder John A. Styll entitled " Trials, Tribulations and Happy Endings ".

After a public memorial service held March 1, 2008, at The Church on the Hill, Turner, Oregon, Norman was buried in Salem's City View Cemetery, and his tombstone reads: " Larry Norman Evangelist Without Portfolio 1947 – 2008 Bloodstained Israelite ".