WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO NOVEMBER 1970
Find out what all happened February to November 1970

The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is founded. (5. October 1970)

Fiji joins the United Nations. (13. October 1970)

Siad Barre declares Somalia a socialist state. (20. October 1970)

Fiji becomes independent. (10. October 1970)

The Laguna Fire starts in San Diego County, California, burning 175,425 acres (709.92 km2). (26. September 1970)

After 11 years of construction, the Aswan High Dam in Egypt is completed. (21. July 1970)

The 1970 Bhola cyclone makes landfall on the coast of East Pakistan becoming the deadliest tropical cyclone in history. (12. November 1970)

Vietnam War: Captain Ernest Medina is charged by the U.S. Military with My Lai war crimes. (10. March 1970)

Southern Airways Flight 932 crashes in the mountains near Huntington, West Virginia, killing 75, including members of the Marshall University football team. (14. November 1970)

Paul McCartney announces that he is leaving The Beatles for personal and professional reasons. (10. April 1970)

French submarine Eurydice explodes underwater, resulting in the loss of the entire 57-man crew. (4. March 1970)

Bobby Orr scores "The Goal" to win the 1970 Stanley Cup Finals, for the Boston Bruins' fourth NHL championship in their history. (10. May 1970)

U.S. President Richard Nixon asks the U.S. Congress for $155 million in supplemental aid for the Cambodian government. (18. November 1970)

Thor Heyerdahl sets sail from Morocco on the papyrus boat Ra II to sail the Atlantic Ocean. (17. May 1970)

Soviet submarine K-8, carrying four nuclear torpedoes, sinks in the Bay of Biscay four days after a fire on board. (12. April 1970)

In Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe, 1.5 inches (38.1 mm) of rain fall in a minute, the heaviest rainfall ever recorded. (26. November 1970)

After being appointed on May 15, Anna Mae Hays and Elizabeth P. Hoisington officially receive their ranks as U.S. Army Generals, becoming the first females to do so. (11. June 1970)

The U.S. postal strike of 1970 begins, one of the largest wildcat strikes in U.S. history. (18. March 1970)

Attempted assassination of King Hussein of Jordan by Palestinian guerrillas, who attack his motorcade. (1. September 1970)

Vietnam War: The Supreme Court of the United States votes 6 to 3 against hearing a case to allow Massachusetts to enforce its law granting residents the right to refuse military service in an undeclared war. (9. November 1970)