Posts Tagged With :   January 1970

Events

• The Greater London Council announces its plans for the Thames Barrier at Woolwich to prevent flooding (the barrier opens in 1981).

Births

• Mitch Benn, comedian and songwriter
• Skeet Ulrich, American actor

Events

• CBS launches Operation 100, an allout campaign to discredit NBC and all it stands for, using the slogan “The man can’t bust our network.”

Births

• Donald Haddow, swimmer
• Tim Foster, British rower
• Udo Suzuki, Japanese comedian

Deaths

• Hal March, American actor (b. 1920)

Events

• The grave of Karl Marx is vandalised by antiGermanic racists at Highgate in London.

Births

• DJ Quik, American rapper and producer
• DJ Quik, rapper and record producer

Deaths

• David O. McKay, 9th president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints (b. 1873)

Events

• Cyclone Ada hits Central Queensland, killing 14.

Births

• Genndy Tartakovsky, Russian animator
• Jeremy Roenick, American hockey player

Deaths

• Billy Stewart, scat singer, 32 (car accident)
• Simon Kovar, bassoonist

Events

• John Lennon’s London art gallery exhibit of lithographs, Bag One, is shut down by Scotland Yard for displaying “erotic lithographs”
• The federal government announces plans to convert the nation to the metric system

Events

• After a 32month fight for independence from Nigeria, Biafran forces under Philip Effiong formally surrender to General Yakubu Gowon.

Births

• Shane McMahon, American professional wrestler and wrestling executive

Events

• Diana Ross & The Supremes perform their farewell live concert together at the Frontier Hotel in Las Vegas. Ross’s replacement, Jean Terrell, is introduced onstage at the end of the last show.

Deaths

• Harry M. Woods, American songwriter (b. 1896)

Births

• Marco Pantani, Italian cyclist (d. 2004)

Events

• Biafra capitulates, ending the Nigerian civil war.

Births

• Raekwon, rapper
• Zack de la Rocha (Rage Against the Machine)

Events

• Super Bowl IV: The Kansas City Chiefs beat the heavily favored Minnesota Vikings 23