1970

1903

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is subordinated to the Public Health Service. July 3 – * All 112 people on board Dan-Air Flight 1903 are killed when the British De Havilland Comet crashed into the mountains north of Barcelona. *The French Army detonates a 914 kiloton thermonuclear device in the Mururoa Atoll.

1968

John Broome over his book The Destruction of Convoy PQ17. February 18 – A jury finds the Chicago Seven defendants not guilty of conspiring to incite a riot, in charges stemming from the violence at the 1968 Democratic National Convention.

1970

All passengers and crew are eventually freed. ===April=== April 1 * American President Richard Nixon signs the Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act into law, banning cigarette television advertisements in the United States from January 1, 1971. * American Motors Corporation introduces the Gremlin. * The 1970 United States Census begins.

POWs are moved to a handful of central prison complexes as a result of this raid). * 1970 Australian Senate election: The Liberal/Country Coalition Government led by Prime Minister John Gorton and the Labor Party led by Gough Whitlam each ended up with 26 seats; both suffering a swing against them.

1883) * Jochen Rindt, Austrian racing driver, 1970 Formula One Driver's Champion (b.

1971

All passengers and crew are eventually freed. ===April=== April 1 * American President Richard Nixon signs the Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act into law, banning cigarette television advertisements in the United States from January 1, 1971. * American Motors Corporation introduces the Gremlin. * The 1970 United States Census begins.

1981

Ross's replacement, Jean Terrell, is introduced onstage at the end of the last show. January 15 – After a 32-month fight for independence from Nigeria, Biafran forces under Philip Effiong formally surrender to General Yakubu Gowon. January 20 – The Greater London Council announces its plans for the Thames Barrier at Woolwich to prevent flooding (the barrier opens in 1981). January 21 * Pan American Airways offers the first commercially scheduled Boeing 747 service from John F.




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