WHAT ALL HAPPENED SEPTEMBER TO NOVEMBER 1970
Find out what all happened September to November 1970

Siad Barre declares Somalia a socialist state. (20. October 1970)

In Vietnam, the worst monsoon to hit the area in six years causes large floods, kills 293, leaves 200,000 homeless and virtually halts the Vietnam War. (30. October 1970)

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

The Dawson's Field hijackers release 88 of their hostages. The remaining hostages, mostly Jews and Israeli citizens, are held until September 25. (11. September 1970)

Vietnam War: In Paris, a Communist delegation rejects US President Richard Nixon's October 7 peace proposal as "a manoeuvre to deceive world opinion". (8. October 1970)

Soviet Union enters ICAO, making Russian the fourth official language of organization. (14. November 1970)

Vietnam War: US President Richard Nixon announces that the United States will withdraw 40,000 more troops before Christmas (12. October 1970)

U.S. President Richard Nixon asks the U.S. Congress for $155 million in supplemental aid for the Cambodian government. (18. November 1970)

Bhola cyclone: A 150-mph tropical cyclone hits the densely populated Ganges Delta region of East Pakistan (now Bangladesh), killing an estimated 500,000 people in one night. This is regarded as the 20th century's worst natural disaster. (13. November 1970)

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

In Japan, author Yukio Mishima and one compatriot commit ritualistic seppuku after an unsuccessful coup attempt. (25. November 1970)

Southern Airways Flight 932 crashes in the mountains near Huntington, West Virginia, killing 75, including members of the Marshall University football team. (14. November 1970)

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

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)

Jochen Rindt become the only driver to posthumously win the Formula One World Drivers' Championship (in 1970), after being killed in practice for the Italian Grand Prix. (5. September 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)

Kostas Georgakis, a Greek student of geology, sets himself ablaze in Matteotti Square in Genoa, Italy, as a protest against the dictatorial regime of Georgios Papadopoulos. (19. September 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 Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is founded. (5. October 1970)