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Top News Stories from 1970

 

 

 

World | U.S. | Economics | Sports | Entertainment | Science

 

 

 

World Events

 

World Statistics

 

Population: 4.378 billion

 

population by decade

 

Nobel Peace Prize: Norman E. Borlaug (US)

 

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  • Biafra surrenders after 32-month fight for independence from Nigeria (Jan. 12).
  • Rhodesia severs last tie with British Crown and declares itself a racially segregated republic (March 1).
  • US troops invade Cambodia (May 1). Background: Vietnam War
  • A Palestinian revolt erupts in Jordan. Forces loyal to King Hussein suppress the revolt and expel the PLO from the country.
  • Earthquake kills more than 50,000 in Peru (May 31).
  • Egyptian President Nasser dies and is replaced by Anwar el-Sadat.
  • Tonga (June 4) and Fiji (Oct. 10) gain independence from Britain.

 

U.S. Events

 

U.S. Statistics

 

President: Richard M. Nixon

 

Vice President: Spiro T. Agnew

 

Population: 205,052,174

 

Life expectancy: 70.8 years

 

Violent Crime Rate (per 1,000): 39.8

 

Property Crime Rate (per 1,000) 36.2

 

Homicide Rate (per 100,000): 8.3

 

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Economics

 

US GDP (1998 dollars): $1,035.60 billion

 

Federal spending: $195.65 billion

 

Federal debt $380.9 billion

 

Median Household Income(current dollars): $8,734 billion

 

Consumer Price Index: $38.8

 

Unemployment: 3.5%

 

Cost of a first-class stamp: $0.06

 

Sports

 

Sports Li

 

Super Bowl

 

Kansas City d. Minnesota

 

World Series

 

Baltimore d. Cincinnati

 

 

NBA Championship

 

New York d. LA Lakers

 

Stanley Cup

 

Boston d. St. Louis

 

Wimbledon

 

Women:Margaret Court d. B.J. King (14-12 11-9)
Men:John Newcombe d. K. Rosewall (5-7 6-3 6-2 3-6 6-1)

 

Kentucky Derby Champion

 

Dust Commander

 

NCAA Basketball Championship

 

UCLA d. Jacksonville

 

NCAA Football Champions

 

Nebraska (AP, FW) (11-0-1); Texas (UPI, NFF-tie), (10-1-0) & Ohio St. (NFF-tie), (9-1-0)

 

World Cup

 

Brazil d. Italy

 

Entertainment

 

Entertainment Awards

 

Pulitzer Prizes

 

Fiction: Collected Stories, Jean Stafford

 

Music: Time's Encomium, Charles Wuorinen

 

Drama: No Place to Be Somebody, Charles Gordone

 

Oscars awarded in 1970

 

Academy Award, Best Picture: Midnight Cowboy,, Jerome Hellman, producer (United Artists)

 

Nobel Prize for Literature: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (USSR)

 

1970 Emmy Awards

 

1970 Tony Awards

 

Grammys awarded in 1970

 

Record of the Year: "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In," 5th Dimension

 

Album of the Year: Blood, Sweat and Tears, Blood, Sweat and Tears (Columbia)

 

Song of the Year: "Games People Play," Joe South, songwriter

 

Miss America: Pamela Anne Eldred (MI)

 

Events

 

  • The Beatles break up. By the end of the year, each member had released a solo album.
  • George C. Scott gives one of film's most memorable performances in Patton. He won the Best Actor Oscar for his turn as the title character, but refused the gold statuette.
  • Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin both die drug-related deaths at age 27.
  • FCC regulations require separate ownership of television networks and studios.
  • Monday Night Football debuts on ABC, with Howard Cosell, Frank Gifford, and Don Meredith giving play-by-play.
  • Midnight Cowboy wins the Best Picture Oscar, the first and only time an X-rated movie received the honor.

 

Movies

 

  • M*A*S*H, Patton, Love Story, Airport

 

Books

 

 

Science

 

Nobel Prizes in Science

 

Chemistry: Luis F. Leloir (Argentina), for discovery of sugar nucleotides and their role in biosynthesis of carbohydrates

 

Physics: Hannes Alfvén (Sweden), for theories in plasma physics; and Louis Néel (France), for discoveries in antiferromagnetism and ferromagnetism

 

Physiology or Medicine:

 

 

Julius Axelrod (US), Ulf S. von Euler (Sweden), and Sir Bernard Katz (UK), for studies of how nerve impulses are transmitted within the body

 

More Nobel Prizes in 1998...

 

  • Biochemist Hamilton O. Smith (US) discovers a restriction enzyme that will allow biologist Daniel Nathans (US) to map a complete viral genome. Background: genetic engineering
  • IBM introduces the floppy disk. Background: Computers and Internet
  • Bar codes (computer-scanned binary signal code) are introduced for retail and industrial use in England.

 

  • The LCD (liquid crystal display) is invented by Hoffmann-La Roche (Switzerland).
  • The Food and Drug Administration warns that birth control pills may cause blood clots. Background: Birth & Contraception
  • Lithium is approved by the FDA for the treatment of manic-depression.

 

Death

 

 

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