1970

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

[edit] 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

[edit] Births

• April 29 - Uma Thurman, actress
• May 22 - Naomi Campbell, model, actress
• May 27 - Joseph Fiennes, actor
• March 30 - Secretariat, race horse
• June 26 - Chris O'Donnell, actor
• July 24 - Jennifer Lopez, actress, singer
• August 6 - M. Night Shyamalan, film director, writer, producer, actor
• August 23 - Jay Mohr, actor, comedian
• August 23 - River Phoenix, musician, actor
• November 18-Peta Wilson, model, actress
• October 8 - Matt Damon, actor

[edit] Deaths

• January 23 - Nell Shipman, actress, writer, producer
• February 27- Marie Dionne, one of the Dionne Quintuplets.
• March 23 - Del Lord, pioneer Hollywood director
• April 11 - Cathy O'Donnell, actress
• April 25 - Anita Louise, actress
• April 26 - Gypsy Rose Lee, burlesque performer, actress, author
• April 28 - Ed Begley, actor
• April 30 - Inger Stevens, actress
• May 14 - Billie Burke, actress, The Wizard of Oz
• July 6 - Marjorie Rambeau, actress
• July 14 - Preston Foster, actor
• July 22 - Fritz Kortner, director
• August 1 - Frances Farmer, actress
• August 10 - Alexander Gode
• September 29 - Edward Everett Horton, actor
• October 10 - Grethe Weiser, actress
• December 23 - Charles Ruggles, actor
• December 30 - Lenore Ulric, actress

[edit] Films released

• Airport
• The Aristocats
• Bob, Carol, Ted, and Alice
• Catch-22
• Five Easy Pieces
• Little Big Man
• Love Story
• The Magic Christian
• MASH
• Patton
• Tora! Tora! Tora!
• Woodstock

[edit] New books

• Deliverance by James Dickey
• I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
• Love Story by Erich Segal
• Trumpet of the Swans by E.B. White

[edit] Hit songs

• "(They Long to Be) Close to You" - Carpenters
• "Maybe I'm Amazed" - Paul McCartney
• "ABC" - The Jackson 5
• "After Midnight" - Eric Clapton
• "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" - Diana Ross
• "All Right Now" - Free
• "American Woman" - The Guess Who
• "Amos Moses" - Jerry Reed
• "Are You Ready?" - Pacific Gas & Electric
• "Arizona" - Mark Lindsay
• "Black Magic Woman " - Santana
• "Blowing Away" - The 5th Dimension
• "Border Song (Holy Moses)" - Aretha Franklin
• "Born to Wander" - Rare Earth
• "Bridge Over Troubled Water" - Simon and Garfunkel
• "Call Me" - Aretha Franklin
• "Candida" - Tony Orlando and Dawn
• "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 Running" - Van Morrison
• "Come Together /Something " - The Beatles
• "Cracklin' Rosie" - Neil Diamond
• "Cry Me A River" - Joe Cocker
• "Cupid " - Johnny Nash
• "Do the Funky Chicken" - Rufus Thomas
• "Do You See My Love (for You Growing)" - Jr. Walker & The All-Stars
• "Does Anybody Really Know What Time it is" - Chicago
• "Down on the Corner" - Creedence Clearwater Revival
• "Easy Come, Easy Go" - Bobby Sherman
• "El Condor Pasa" - Simon and Garfunkel
• "Eli's Coming" - Three Dog Night
• "Everybody Is A Star" - Sly & The Family Stone
• "Everybody's Got the Right to Love" - The Supremes
• "Everybody's Out of Town" - B.J. Thomas
• "Everything is Beautiful" - Ray Stevens
• "Everything's Tuesday" - Chairmen of the Board
• "Evil Ways" - Santana
• "Fire and Rain" - James Taylor
• "For You Blue" - The Beatles
• "Get Ready" - Rare Earth
• "God, Love and Rock & Roll" - Teegarden & Van Winkle
• "Gotta Hold on to This Feeling" - Jr. Walker & The All-Stars
• "Green-Eyed Lady" - Sugarloaf
• "Groovy Situation" - Gene Chandler
• "Gypsy Woman" - Brian Hyland
• "Hand Me Down World" - The Guess Who
• "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" - The Hollies
• "Heaven Help Us All" - Stevie Wonder
• "Hitchin' a Ride" - Vanity Fare
• "I Think I Love You" - The Partridge Family
• "I Want to Take You Higher" - Ike & Tina Turner
• "I Want You Back " - The Jackson 5
• "If I Were a Carpenter" - Johnny Cash & June Carter
• "If You Could Read My Mind" - Gordon Lightfoot
• "I'll Be There" - The Jackson 5
• "I'll Never Fall in Love Again" - Dionne Warwick
• "I'm Not My Brother's Keeper" - The Flaming Ember
• "Immigrant Song" - Led Zeppelin
• "In the Summertime" - Mungo Jerry
• "Indiana Wants Me " - R. Dean Taylor
• "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 a Shame" - The Spinners
• "It's All In the Game" - Four Tops
• "It's Impossible " - Perry Como
• "It's Only Make Believe" - Glen Campbell
• "I've Lost You" - Elvis Presley
• "Jam Up and Jelly Tight" - Tommy Roe
• "Jingle Jangle" - The Archies
• "Joanne" - Michael Nesmith & The First National Band
• "Julie, Do Ya Love Me" - Bobby Sherman
• "Kentucky Rain" - Elvis Presley
• "Knock Three Times " - Tony Orlando and Dawn
• "Leaving on a Jet Plane" - Peter, Paul and Mary
• "Let It Be" - The Beatles
• "Let Me Go to Him" - Dionne Warwick
• "Let's Work Together" - Canned Heat
• "Lola " - The Kinks
• "Lonely Days " - The Bee Gees
• "Long and Winding Road" - The Beatles
• "Look What They've Done to My Song, Ma" - The New Seekers
• "Looking Out My Back Door " - Creedence Clearwater Revival
• "Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)" - Edison Lighthouse
• "Love the One You're With" - Stephen Stills
• "Lucretia MacEvil" - Blood, Sweat & Tears
• "Mama Told Me (Not to Come)" - Three Dog Night
• "Mississippi Queen" - Mountain
• "Mr. Bojangles" - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
• "My Sweet Lord" - George Harrison
• "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye" - Steam
• "No Matter What" - Badfinger
• "No Time " - The Guess Who
• "Oh Happy Day" - Glen Campbell
• "Ohio" - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
• "One Less Bell to Answer" - The 5th Dimension
• "Only Love Can Break Your Heart" - Neil Young
• "Ooh Child" - The Five Stairsteps
• "Our House" - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
• "Out In the Country" - Three Dog Night
• "Overture from Tommy (A Rock Opera)" - The Assembled Multitude
• "Patches" - Clarence Carter
• "Peace Will Come (According to Plan)" - Melanie
• "Precious, Precious" - Jackie Moore
• "Psychedelic Shack" - The Temptations
• "Puppet Man" - The 5th Dimension
• "Question" - The Moody Blues
• "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head" - B.J. Thomas
• "Rainy Night In Georgia" - Brook Benton
• "Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand)" - Diana Ross
• "Reflections of My Life" - Marmalade
• "Remember Me" - Diana Ross
• "Ride Captain Ride" - Blues Image
• "Rubber Duckie" - Ernie (Jim Henson)
• "Save the Country" - The 5th Dimension
• "See Me, Feel Me " - The Who
• "Share the Land" - The Guess Who
• "She Came in Through the Bathroom Window" - Joe Cocker
• "Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I'm Yours" - Stevie Wonder
• "Silver Bird" - Mark Lindsay
• "Snowbird" - Anne Murray
• "Solitary Man " - Neil Diamond
• "Someday We'll Be Together" - Diana Ross and the Supremes
• "Somethings Burning" - Kenny Rogers & the First Edition
• "Son of a Preacher Man" - Aretha Franklin
• "Spill the Wine" - Eric Burdon and War
• "Spirit In The Sky " - Norman Greenbaum
• "Stand By Your Man" - Candi Staton
• "Still Water (Love)" - The Four Tops
• "Stoned Love" - The Supremes
• "Stoney End" - Barbra Streisand
• "Sugar Sugar" - Wilson Pickett
• "Summertime Blues" - The Who
• "Sweet Mary" - Wadsworth Mansion
• "Teach Your Children" - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
• "Thank You (Falettin me Be Mice Elf Agin)" - Sly & The Family Stone
• "The Letter" - Joe Cocker with Leon Russell
• "The Long and Winding Road" - The Beatles
• "The Rapper" - The Jaggerz
• "The Tears Of A Clown" - Smokey Robinson & the Miracles
• "The Wonder of You" - Elvis Presley
• "Travelin' Band" - Creedence Clearwater Revival
• "Venus" - Shocking Blue
• "Walk A Mile in My Shoes" - Joe South & The Believers
• "War" - Edwin Starr
• "We've Only Just Begun " - Carpenters
• "What Is Truth?" - Johnny Cash
• "Whole Lotta Love " - Led Zeppelin
• "Who'll Stop The Rain" - Creedence Clearwater Revival
• "Woodstock " - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
• "Your Song" - Elton John