WHAT ALL HAPPENED JUNE TO NOVEMBER 1970
Find out what all happened June to November 1970

Palestinian terrorists blow up three hijacked airliners in Jordan, continuing to hold the passengers hostage in various undisclosed locations in Amman. (12. September 1970)

California judge Harold Haley is taken hostage in his courtroom and killed during an effort to free George Jackson from police custody. (7. August 1970)

Salvador Allende is elected President of Chile. (4. September 1970)

Montreal, Quebec: Quebec Vice-Premier and Minister of Labour Pierre Laporte murdered by members of the FLQ terrorist group. (17. October 1970)

The then new feminist movement, led by Betty Friedan, leads a nation-wide Women's Strike for Equality. (26. August 1970)

Vietnam War: Lieutenant William Calley goes on trial for the My Lai Massacre. (17. November 1970)

Charles Manson Infamous trial for the Sharon Tate murders begin. (15. June 1970)

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

Vietnam War: Vietnamization – For the first time in five years, an entire week ends with no reports of American combat fatalities in Southeast Asia. (10. November 1970)

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

Montreal: British Trade Commissioner James Cross is kidnapped by members of the FLQ terrorist group, triggering the October Crisis. (5. October 1970)

Club Cinq-Sept fire in Saint-Laurent-du-Pont, France kills 146 young people. (1. November 1970)

Luna programme: The Soviet Union lands Lunokhod 1 on Mare Imbrium (Sea of Rains) on the Moon. This is the first roving remote-controlled robot to land on another world and is released by the orbiting Luna 17 spacecraft. (17. November 1970)

President General Yahya Khan abolishes One-Unit of West Pakistan restoring the provinces. (1. July 1970)

Vietnam War: Vietnamization – The United States turns control of the Binh Thuy Air Base in the Mekong Delta over to South Vietnam. (4. November 1970)

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

"The Long and Winding Road" becomes the Beatles' last US Number 1 song. (13. June 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)

Penn Central declares Section 77 bankruptcy, largest ever US corporate bankruptcy up to this date. (21. June 1970)

Two passenger jets bound from Europe to New York are simultaneously hijacked by Palestinian terrorist members of the PFLP and taken to Dawson's Field in Jordan. (6. September 1970)