WHAT ALL HAPPENED APRIL TO OCTOBER 1970
Find out what all happened April to October 1970

Thirty-five construction workers are killed when a section of the new West Gate Bridge in Melbourne collapses. (15. October 1970)

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

The Hutt River Province Principality secedes from Australia. (21. April 1970)

King Hussein of Jordan declares military rule following the hijacking of four civilian airliners by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). This results in the formation of the Black September Palestinian paramilitary unit. (16. September 1970)

In response to the October Crisis terrorist kidnapping, Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau of Canada invokes the War Measures Act. (16. October 1970)

Protests erupt in Seattle, Washington, following the announcement by U.S. President Richard Nixon that U.S. Forces in Vietnam would pursue enemy troops into Cambodia, a neutral country. (1. May 1970)

The Lubbock Tornado, a F5 tornado, hits Lubbock, Texas, killing 26 and causing $250 million in damage. (11. May 1970)

The Soviet Tupolev Tu-144 becomes the first commercial transport to exceed Mach 2. (26. May 1970)

Tonga gains independence from the United Kingdom. (4. June 1970)

The Red Army Faction is established in West Germany. (14. May 1970)

Vietnam War: U.S. President Richard M. Nixon formally authorizes American combat troops to fight communist sanctuaries in Cambodia. (28. April 1970)

Organized by Mexican American union leader César Chávez, the Salad Bowl strike, the largest farm worker strike in U.S. history, begins. (23. August 1970)

In Montreal, Quebec, a national crisis hits Canada when Quebec Vice-Premier and Minister of Labour Pierre Laporte becomes the second statesman kidnapped by members of the FLQ terrorist group. (10. October 1970)

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

The Khmer Republic is proclaimed in Cambodia. (9. October 1970)

The first Chinese satellite, Dong Fang Hong I, is launched. (24. April 1970)

The Patent Cooperation Treaty is signed. (19. June 1970)

A British airliner is hijacked by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and flown to Dawson's Field in Jordan. (9. September 1970)

Jochen Rindt become the only driver to posthumously win the Formula One World Drivers' Championship (in 1970), after being killed in practice for the Italian Grand Prix. (5. September 1970)

Jordan makes a deal with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) for the release of the remaining hostages from the Dawson's Field hijackings. (30. September 1970)