What Happened in Dec 1970
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Love releases False Start
False Start is the sixth album by the American rock band Love, released in December 1970. The second and final Love album for Blue Thumb Records... Read more
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"The Go-Between" Is Released
The Go-Between is Harold Pinter's 1970 film adaptation of the novel by L. P. Hartley. A British production directed by Joseph Losey, it stars... Read more
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The Bee Gees release 2 Years On
2 Years On is the Bee Gees' eighth album (the group's sixth international release) released in December 1970. The album reached #32 on the U.S.... Read more
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Creation of the United States Environmental Protection Agency
On July 9, 1970, President Nixon transmitted Reorganization Plan No. 3 to the United States Congress by executive order, creating the EPA as a... Read more
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Jim Plunkett Wins Heisman Trophy
In three seasons with the Indians his total offensive records included most pass attempts, 962; most pass completions, 530; most net yards passing,... Read more
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"The Garden Of The Finzi-Continis" Is Released
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (Italian: Il giardino dei Finzi-Contini) is a film adaptation of Giorgio Bassani's novel of the same name. It was... Read more
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"Gimmer Shelter" Is Released
Gimme Shelter is a 1970 documentary film directed by Albert and David Maysles and Charlotte Zwerin, chronicling The Rolling Stones' 1969 US tour,... Read more
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Norman Borlaug is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
Norman Ernest Borlaug (March 25, 1914 – September 12, 2009) was an American agronomist, humanitarian, and Nobel laureate who has been deemed the... Read more
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The Aristocats is premiered
The Aristocats is an animated feature produced and released by Walt Disney Productions in 1970. The twentieth animated feature in the Walt Disney... Read more
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"Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" Premieres
Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town is a 1970 stop motion television special, made by Rankin-Bass with models carved from wood (as with most Rankin-Bass... Read more
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"Little Big Man" Is Released
Little Big Man is a 1970 American Western film directed by Arthur Penn and based on the 1964 novel by Thomas Berger. It is a picaresque comedy and... Read more
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"The Little Theatre Of Jean Renoir" Is Released
The Little Theatre of Jean Renoir (French: Le Petit théâtre de Jean Renoir) is a 1970 television film written and directed by Jean Renoir. The last... Read more
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Passage of the Clean Air Act Extension of 1970, Leading to the Adoption of Catalytic Converters
The Clean Air Act Extension of 1970 (84 Stat. 1676, Public Law 91-604) is a United States federal law that requires the Environmental Protection... Read more