65 events found for 1970
Vietnam War: Vietnamization continues as President Richard Nixon announces that the United States will withdraw 40,000…
During the construction of Australia's West Gate Bridge, a span of the bridge falls and kills 35 workers. The incident…
Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau invokes the War Measures Act during the October Crisis.
FLQ terrorists murder Quebec Vice-Premier and Minister of Labour Pierre Laporte.
Gary Gabelich sets a land speed record in a rocket-powered automobile called the Blue Flame, fueled with natural gas.