JANUARY
56th Rose Bowl: #5 Southern California beats #7 Michigan, 10-3
36th Sugar Bowl: #13 Mississippi beats #3 Arkansas, 27-22
36th Orange Bowl: #2 Penn State beats #6 Missouri, 10-3
US population is 293,200,000; African American population: 22,600,000 (11.1%)
Beatles last recording session at EMI studios
NFL Championship, Metropolitan Stadium, Bloomington: Minnesota Vikings beat Cleveland Browns, 27-7
Soap Opera "All My Children" premieres on ABC
Preview Center opens at Walt Disney World, Florida - first building to open
20th NFL Pro Bowl, LA Memorial Coliseum: West beats East, 16-13; MVPs: Gale Sayers, Chicago Bears, HB; George Andrie, Dallas Cowboys, DE
1st commercial Boeing 747 flight, Pan American World Airways flies from New York City to London in 6½ hours
"Bridge over Troubled Water" 5th and final studio album by Simon & Garfunkel is released (Grammy Award Album of the Year, Best Engineered Non-Classical Album 1971)
1970 NFL Draft: Terry Bradshaw from Louisiana Tech first pick by Pittsburgh Steelers
"M*A*S*H", directed by Robert Altman, starring Donald Sutherland and Elliott Gould, is released (Palme d'Or 1970)
FEBRUARY
27th Golden Globes: Anne of the Thousand Days, John Wayne, & Genevieve Bujold
Chicago 7 defendants found innocent of inciting to riot
Jackson 5 make TV debut on "American Bandstand"
Holy Eucharist given by women for 1st time in Roman Catholic service
Beatles release "Beatles Again" aka "Hey Jude" album
End of US commercial whale hunting
MARCH
Supreme Court ruled draft evaders can not be penalized after 5 years
Nuclear non-proliferation treaty goes into effect
Beatles release "Let it Be" in UK
12th Grammy Awards: Aquarius, Crosby Stills & Nash, Peggy Lee win
US lowers voting age from 21 to 18....................just for us!
Two-week US postal strike begins; it is against the government and is the largest wildcat strike in US history
Concorde makes its 1st supersonic flight (700 MPH/1,127 KPH)
500th nuclear explosion announced by the US since 1945
APRIL
President Richard Nixon signs bill limiting cigarette advertisements from 1st Jan 1971
Paul McCartney officially announces the split of The Beatles
Apollo 13 launched to Moon; on way to moon announces "Okay, Houston, we've had a problem here", as Beech-built oxygen tank explodes en route to Moon, unable to land, returns in 6 days
Paul McCartney's 1st solo album "McCartney" is released
US and South Vietnamese forces launch an incursion into Cambodia, expanding the Vietnam War
MAY
National Guard kills 4 at Kent State in Ohio
Construction workers break up an anti-war rally in NYC's Wall Street
Thousands of students protest against the Vietnam War following the Kent State shootings in Ohio
"Long & Winding Road" becomes Beatles' last American release
Ernie Banks hits his 500th home run
Race riots in Augusta Georgia; 6 blacks killed (5 by cops)
Cops kill 2 students in racial disturbance (Jackson State U, Miss)
Mississippi Highway Patrol kills 2 at Jackson State College
Hank Aaron becomes 9th player to get 3,000 hits
100,000 march in NY supporting US policies in Vietnam
National Guard mobilizes to quell disturbances at Ohio State University
JUNE
"Everything Is Beautiful" by Ray Stevens hits #1
22nd Emmy Awards: Marcus Welby, Robert Young & Susan Hampshire win
The Who's "Tommy" is performed at NY's Lincoln Center
Rocker and blues singer Janis Joplin debuts in Kentucky
President Richard Nixon signs extension of the 1965 Voting Rights Act that requires voting age at 18 in all federal, state, and local elections
Rocker and singer Chubby Checker arrested for marijuana possession
"Catch 22" opens in movie theaters
JULY
Casey Kasem's "American Top 40" debuts on LA radio
Thor Heyerdahl crosses Atlantic on raft Ra II, arrives in Barbados from Morocco in 57 days
Willie Mays becomes 10th baseball player to get 3,000 hits
Cincinnati Reds Johnny Bench hits 3 consecutive HRs off Philadelphia Phillies Steve Carlton
37th NFL Chicago All Star Game: Kansas City 24, All Stars 3 (69,940)
Chet Huntley retires from NBC, ends "Huntley-Brinkley Report"
AUGUST
US Black P. Panther leader Huey Newton freed from jail after two trials ended in hung juries and the district attorney decides against a 4th trial
Jim Morrison's trial for "lewd and lascivious behavior" begins in Miami
Elton John's 1st US appearance (Los Angeles)
Jimi Hendrix creates his last studio recording at Electric Lady Studios in New York, an instrumental called "Slow Blues"
"I'll Be There" single by The Jackson 5 is released (Billboard Song of the Year 1970)
The Ford Pinto is introduced.
US LSD professor Timothy Leary escapes from California jail
"The Mary Tyler Moore" show premieres on CBS
SEPTEMBER
Jim Morrison found guilty of "open profanity and indecent exposure" after allegedly exposing himself at a concert in Miami in 1969
"Monday Night Football" premieres on ABC - Browns 31, Jets 21
OCTOBER
14 members of the Wichita State University Football team as well as 17 administrators and supporters are killed in a plane crash in the Rocky Mountains
First umpires strike in MLB history lasts one day during League Championship Series; AL and NL presidents recognise newly-formed MLB Umpires Association; negotiate labor contract
PBS becomes a US television network.
IBM announces System 370 computer
US President Richard Nixon requests 1,000 new FBI agents for college campuses
"Doonesbury" comic strip debuts in 28 newspapers
NOVEMBER
US President Richard Nixon promises gradual troop removal of Vietnam
Scientists perform 1st artificial synthesis of a live cell
Vice President Spiro Agnew calls TV executives "impudent snobs"
Douglas Engelbart receives the patent for the first computer mouse
Joe Frazier KOs Bob Foster in 2 for heavyweight boxing title
UN General Assembly accepts membership of People's Republic of China
George Harrison releases "My Sweet Lord" single in the US
36th Heisman Trophy Award: Jim Plunkett, Stanford (QB)
George Harrison releases his triple album set "All Things Must Pass"
DECEMBER
Unemployment in US increases to 5.8%
"Love Story" film based on the novel by Erich Segal, directed by Arthur Hiller and starring Ryan O'Neal and Ali McGraw is released
Elvis Presley meets US President Richard Nixon in the White House - the image of this meeting is the most requested photo from the entire National Archives
Paul McCartney files a lawsuit to disolve The Beatles
Average Cost of new house $23,450.00
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Average Monthly Rent $140.00
Cost of a gallon of Gas 36 cents
United States postage Stamp 6 cents
Sports Illustrated 15 cents
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AMC Gremlin $1879
1 Carat Diamond Ring $299
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