1970

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Centuries:	19th century - 20th century - 21st century
Decades:	1940s  1950s  1960s  - 1970s -  1980s  1990s  2000s
Years:	1967 1968 1969 - 1970 - 1971 1972 1973

Contents 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Films released 5 Hit songs 6 New books

[change] Events

• April 29 - The United States invades Cambodia.
• May 4 - Kent State Shootings: Four students at Kent State University in Ohio are killed by National Guardsmen while protesting against the United States invading Cambodia.
• September 11 - The Ford Pinto introduced.
• September 21 - Monday Night Football debuts on ABC.
• October 18 - Anwar el-Sadat officially becomes president of Egypt.
• October 30 - Monsoon halts Vietnam War
• The first IMAX theatre opens in Japan

[change] Births

• January 29 - Heather Graham, American actress
• February 28 - Daniel Handler, American writer (Lemony Snickets: A Series of Unfortunate Events)
• March 5 - John Frusciante, American musician (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
• March 27 - Mariah Carey, American singer
• May 18 - Tina Fey, American screenwriter and actress
• May 27 - Joseph Fiennes, English actor
• July 8 - Beck, American singer
• July 23 - Charisma Carpenter, American actress
• August 2 - Kevin Smith, American film director
• August 8 - Pascal Duquenne, Belgian actor
• August 12 - Kristopher Schau, Norwegian singer
• August 20 - John Carmack, American video game creator
• September 9 - Macy Gray, American singer and actress
• October 2 - Kelly Ripa, American actress and talk show host
• October 8 - Matt Damon, American actor
• October 9 - Steve Jablonsky, American movie and television composer
• October 15 - Pernilla Wiberg, Swedish skier
• October 28 - Greg Eagles, African-American actor
• December 12 - Jennifer Connelly, American actress
• December 24 - Sascha Fischer, German rugby player
• December 29 - Glen Phillips, American singer and guitarist

[change] Deaths

• February 2 - Bertrand Russell, Welsh philosopher and mathematician (b. 1872)
• February 27- Marie Dionne, one of the Dionne Quintuplets.
• July 27 - António de Oliveira Salazar, 12th President of Portugal (b. 1889)
• August 10 - Alexander Gode, German-American linguist (b. 1906)
• September 3 - Vince Lombardi, American football coach (b. 1913)
• September 5 - Jochen Rindt, German racecar driver (b. 1942)
• September 18 - Jimi Hendrix, American guitarist (b. 1942)
• September 25 - Erich Maria Remarque, German writer (b. 1898)
• September 28 - Gamal Abdel Nasser, President of Egypt (b. 1918)
• November 4 - Friedrich Kellner, German writer (b. 1885)
• November 9 - Charles de Gaulle, President of France (b. 1890)
• December 30 - Sonny Liston, American boxer (b. 1932)

[change] Films released

• MASH

[change] Hit songs

• "(They Long to Be) Close to You" - Carpenters
• "Maybe I'm Amazed" - Paul McCartney
• "After Midnight" - Eric Clapton
• "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" - Diana Ross
• "American Woman" - The Guess Who
• "Amos Moses" - Jerry Reed
• "Border Song (Holy Moses)" - Aretha Franklin
• "Bridge Over Troubled Water" - Simon and Garfunkel
• "Call Me" - Aretha Franklin
• "Can't Stop Loving You" - Tom Jones
• "Cecilia" - Simon and Garfunkel
• "Celebrate" - Three Dog Night
• "Close To You " - Carpenters
• "Come And Get It" - Badfinger
• "Come Together /Something " - The Beatles
• "Cupid " - Johnny Nash
• "Does Anybody Really Know What Time it is" - Chicago
• "Down on the Corner" - Creedence Clearwater Revival
• "El Condor Pasa" - Simon and Garfunkel
• "Eli's Coming" - Three Dog Night
• "Everybody's Out of Town" - B.J. Thomas
• "Fire and Rain" - James Taylor
• "For You Blue" - The Beatles
• "Hand Me Down World" - The Guess Who
• "Heaven Help Us All" - Stevie Wonder
• "If You Could Read My Mind" - Gordon Lightfoot
• "I'll Never Fall in Love Again" - Dionne Warwick
• "Immigrant Song" - Led Zeppelin
• "Instant Karma (We All Shine On)" - John Lennon
• "Isn't It a Pity" - George Harrison
• "It Don't Matter to Me" - Bread
• "It's a New Day (Parts 1 & 2)" - James Brown
• "It's Only Make Believe" - Glen Campbell
• "I've Lost You" - Elvis Presley
• "Jam Up and Jelly Tight" - Tommy Roe
• "Joanne" - Michael Nesmith & The First National Band
• "Kentucky Rain" - Elvis Presley
• "Leaving on a Jet Plane" - Peter, Paul and Mary
• "Let It Be" - The Beatles
• "Let Me Go to Him" - Dionne Warwick
• "Lola " - The Kinks
• "Lonely Days " - The Bee Gees
• "Long and Winding Road" - The Beatles
• "Looking Out My Back Door " - Creedence Clearwater Revival
• "Love the One You're With" - Stephen Stills
• "Mama Told Me (Not to Come)" - Three Dog Night
• "Mississippi Queen" - Mountain
• "My Sweet Lord" - George Harrison
• "No Matter What" - Badfinger
• "No Time " - The Guess Who
• "Oh Happy Day" - Glen Campbell
• "Only Love Can Break Your Heart" - Neil Young
• "Out In the Country" - Three Dog Night
• "Psychedelic Shack" - The Temptations
• "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head" - B.J. Thomas
• "Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand)" - Diana Ross
• "Remember Me" - Diana Ross
• "Ride Captain Ride" - Blues Image
• "See Me, Feel Me " - The Who
• "Share the Land" - The Guess Who
• "Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I'm Yours" - Stevie Wonder
• "Snowbird" - Anne Murray
• "Son of a Preacher Man" - Aretha Franklin
• "Stoney End" - Barbra Streisand
• "Summertime Blues" - The Who
• "The Long and Winding Road" - The Beatles
• "The Wonder of You" - Elvis Presley
• "Travelin' Band" - Creedence Clearwater Revival
• "We've Only Just Begun " - Carpenters
• "What Is Truth?" - Johnny Cash
• "Whole Lotta Love " - Led Zeppelin
• "Who'll Stop The Rain" - Creedence Clearwater Revival
• "Your Song" - Elton John

[change] New books

• Deliverance by James Dickey