Posts Tagged With :   January 1970

Deaths

• Pavel Belyayev, Soviet cosmonaut (b. 1925)

Events

• Larry Fine, the second member of The Three Stooges, suffers a massive stroke, effectively ending his career.

Births

• Lara Fabian, Canadian/Belgian singer
• Mia X, rapper

Deaths

• Jani Christou, composer, 44 (car accident)

Births

• Rachel Friend, actress

Events

• Max Yasgur, owner of the New York farm where the 1969 Woodstock Festival was held, is sued for $35,000 in property damages by neighboring farmers.

Births

• Andrew Burnham, politician
• Doug E. Doug, American comedian, actor and director
• Todd Day, American basketball player

Deaths

• Robert Barrat, American actor (b. 1889)

Debuts

• Kate debuts on ITV (1970
  

Events

• An earthquake (Richter Scale 7.7 magnitude) at Yunnan, China kills at least 15,621.
• The first episode of All My Children is broadcast on the ABC television network.
• The first episode of US soap opera All My Children is broadcast on the ABC television network.

Debuts

• Soap opera All My Children premieres on ABC (1970
  

Events

• The Who drummer Keith Moon fatally runs over his chauffer with his Bentley trying to escape a mob outside a pub. The death is later ruled an accident.

Births

• Chris Kanyon, American professional wrestler (d. 2010)

Deaths

• JeanEtienne Valluy, French general (b. 1899)

Events

• Former Pink Floyd frontman Syd Barrett releases his first solo album The Madcap Laughs.
• Jon Pertwee makes his first appearance as the Third Doctor in the Doctor Who serial Spearhead from Space. It also marks the first time that the series was broadcast in colour.

Births

• Christian Duguay, American comic actor

Births

• Eric Whitacre, American composer
• Royce Clayton, American baseball player

Events

• Age of majority for most legal purposes reduced from 21 to 18 under terms of the Family Law Reform Act 1969.
• Control of London Transport passes from the London Transport Board (reporting to the Minister of Transport) to the London Transport Executive of the Greater London Council, except for country area (green) buses which pass to London Country Bus Services, a subsidiary of the National Bus Company.
• Half crown coin ceases to be legal tender.
• National Westminster Bank begins trading following merger of National Provincial Bank and Westminster Bank.
• The cities Fort William and Port Arthur are merged to create Thunder Bay, Ontario
• UNIX epoch begins.

Births

• Brooke Looney
• Kimberly Page, American model
• Shelley O’Donnell, netballer

Deaths

• Rose Dolly, American actress (b. 1892)