WHAT HAPPENED IN 1970.
Look what happened the 1970.

Vietnam War: Operation Ivory Coast – A joint Air Force and Army team raids the Son Tay prison camp in an attempt to free American prisoners of war thought to be held there. (21. November 1970)

In Japan, author Yukio Mishima and one compatriot commit ritualistic seppuku after an unsuccessful coup attempt. (25. November 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)

The United States Environmental Protection Agency begins operations. (2. December 1970)

Soviet spacecraft Venera 7 successfully land on Venus. It is the first successful soft landing on another planet (15. December 1970)

The South Korean ferry Namyong Ho capsizes in the Korea Strait, killing over 300 people. (15. December 1970)

Polish 1970 protests: In Gdynia, soldiers fire at workers emerging from trains, killing dozens. (17. December 1970)

The North Tower of the World Trade Center in Manhattan, New York, New York is topped out at 1,368 feet (417 m), making it the tallest building in the world. (23. December 1970)

The Democratic Republic of the Congo officially becomes a single-party state. (23. December 1970)

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