Apollo 13 launches. The Apollo 13 mission was launched at 2:13 p.m. EST, April 11, 1970 from launch complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center. Apollo…
Tag: 1970
6 April 1970
Four California Highway Patrol officers are killed in a shootout in Newhall, Los Angeles. In April 06, 1970, four California Highway Patrol Officers were murdered…
5 March 1970
The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty comes into effect. The NPT is a landmark international treaty whose objective is to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and…
19 September 1970
The first performing arts festival, the Glastonbury Festival is held at Michael Eavis’s farm in Glastonbury, United Kingdom. Glastonbury Festival is a five-day festival of…
6 April 1970
California Highway Patrol officers are killed in a shootout in Newhall, Los Angeles.
8 May 1970
The Hard Hat Riot occurs in New York City as blue collar workers clash with demonstrators who are protesting the Vietnam War.
8 April 1970
Israeli bombers strike an Egyptian school (Bahr el-Baqar). 46 children are killed.