WHAT ALL HAPPENED JULY TO OCTOBER 1970
Find out what all happened July to October 1970

The Troubles: the "Falls Curfew" begins in Belfast, Northern Ireland. (3. July 1970)

Vietnam War: Operation Jefferson Glenn begins — the United States 101st Airborne Division and the South Vietnamese 1st Infantry Division initiate a new operation in Thừa Thiên–Huế Province. (5. September 1970)

Gary Gabelich sets a land speed record in a rocket-powered automobile called the Blue Flame, fueled with natural gas. (23. October 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)

Vietnam War: US President Richard Nixon announces that the United States will withdraw 40,000 more troops before Christmas (12. October 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)

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

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

The domestic Soviet Aeroflot Flight 244 is hijacked and diverted to Turkey. (15. October 1970)

Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser dies of a heart attack in Cairo. Anwar Sadat is named as Nasser's temporary successor, and will later become the permanent successor. (28. September 1970)

Bill Shoemaker sets record for most lifetime wins as a jockey (passing Johnny Longden). (7. September 1970)

The first Glastonbury Festival is held at Michael Eavis's farm in Glastonbury, United Kingdom. (19. September 1970)

Syrian tanks roll into Jordan in response to continued fighting between Jordan and the fedayeen. (20. September 1970)

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

A fire consumes the wooden home of Norwegian composer Geirr Tveitt and irretrievably destroys about 90 percent of his output. (12. July 1970)

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

Chicano Moratorium against the Vietnam War, East Los Angeles, California. Police riot kills three people, including journalist Ruben Salazar. (29. August 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)

Cease-fire between Jordan and the Fedayeen ends fighting triggered by four hijackings on September 6 and 9. (25. September 1970)