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# 1970

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

## [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

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