WHAT ALL HAPPENED APRIL TO MAY 1970
Find out what all happened April to May 1970

President Richard Nixon appoints Anna Mae Hays and Elizabeth P. Hoisington the first female United States Army Generals. (15. May 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)

During the Cambodian Civil War, massacres of the Vietnamese minority results in 800 bodies flowing down the Mekong River into South Vietnam. (15. April 1970)

An oxygen tank aboard Apollo 13 explodes, putting the crew in great danger and causing major damage to the spacecraft while en route to the Moon. (13. April 1970)

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

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

President Richard Nixon signs the Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act into law, requiring the Surgeon General's warnings on tobacco products and banning cigarette advertisements on television and radio in the United States, starting on January 1, 1971. (1. April 1970)

The Gambia becomes a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations, with Dawda Jawara as the first President. (24. April 1970)

The Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization enters into force. (26. April 1970)

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

Bahr el-Baqar incident: Israeli bombers strike an Egyptian school. 46 children are killed. (8. April 1970)

The first Earth Day is celebrated. (22. April 1970)

Vietnam War: United States and South Vietnamese forces invade Cambodia to hunt Viet Cong. (29. April 1970)

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

Philip Lafayette Gibbs and James Earl Green are killed at Jackson State University by police during student protests. (15. May 1970)

The drilling of the Kola Superdeep Borehole begins in the Soviet Union. (24. May 1970)

Vietnam War: In Washington, D.C., 75,000 to 100,000 war protesters demonstrate in front of the White House. (9. May 1970)

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

Apollo program: The ill-fated Apollo 13 spacecraft returns to Earth safely. (17. April 1970)

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