WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO MAY 1970
Find out what all happened February to May 1970

Soviet submarine K-8, carrying four nuclear torpedoes, sinks in the Bay of Biscay four days after a fire on board. (12. April 1970)

The Hard Hat Riot occurs in the Wall Street area of New York City as blue-collar construction workers clash with demonstrators protesting the Vietnam War. (8. May 1970)

Apollo 13 is launched. (11. April 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)

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

The Ancash earthquake causes a landslide that buries the town of Yungay, Peru; more than 47,000 people are killed. (31. May 1970)

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

Vietnam War: Captain Ernest Medina is charged by the U.S. Military with My Lai war crimes. (10. March 1970)

Gediz earthquake: A 7.2 magnitude earthquake strikes western Turkey at about 23:05 local time, killed 1,086 and injured 1,260. (28. March 1970)

Nine terrorists from the Japanese Red Army hijack Japan Airlines Flight 351 at Tokyo International Airport, wielding samurai swords and carrying a bomb. (31. March 1970)

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

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

The Chicago Seven are found not guilty of conspiring to incite riots at the 1968 Democratic National Convention. (18. February 1970)

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

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

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

My Lai Massacre: The United States Army charges 14 officers with suppressing information related to the incident. (17. March 1970)

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