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26 January 1970

Events

  • Mick Jagger is fined £200 for possession of cannabis.
  • Rolling Stone Mick Jagger is fined £200 for possession of cannabis.
  • Simon & Garfunkel release their final album together, Bridge Over Troubled Water. The title track and album stay #1 on the Billboard charts for six weeks and go on to win a record six Grammys at the 13th Grammy Awards, including “Record of the Year”, “Song of the Year”, and “Album of the Year.” In Britain it tops the album chart at regular intervals over the next two years, and becomes the bestselling album in Britain during the 1970s.

Births

  • Kirk Franklin, gospel singer

Deaths

  • Albert EvansJones (Cynan), poet (born 1895)
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70s News

Memories always seem to reflect the good times so I thought I'd create this 70s News area to bring you the actual facts of what events made up the 70s. From the inside scoop of the latest blockbuster films to the latest transfer deals going in the first division. Royal wedding and silver jubilee news, power crisis, IRA bombings and strikes.

It's all going to be here, the good, the bad and the downright bizarre. So take a look through these writings to see what was really going on in the seventies.

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