WHAT ALL HAPPENED MAY TO SEPTEMBER 1970
Find out what all happened May to September 1970

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

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)

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

NASA announces the cancellation of two Apollo missions to the Moon, Apollo 15 (the designation is re-used by a later mission), and Apollo 19. (2. September 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)

Jordan makes a deal with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) for the release of the remaining hostages from the Dawson's Field hijackings. (30. September 1970)

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

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

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

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

Patricia Palinkas becomes the first woman to play professionally in an American football game. (15. August 1970)

Attempted assassination of King Hussein of Jordan by Palestinian guerrillas, who attack his motorcade. (1. September 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)

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

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

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

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

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

Richard Nixon delivers a special congressional message enunciating Native American self-determination as official US Indian policy, leading to the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975. (8. July 1970)