What Happened In July 1970 In History

Historical Events for July, 1970

• 1st » President General Yahya Khan abolishes One-Unit of West Pakistan restoring the provinces.
• 3rd » The Troubles: The "Falls Curfew" begins in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
• 8th » 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.
• 12th » A fire consumes the wooden home of Norwegian composer Geirr Tveitt and irretrievably destroys about 90 percent of his output.
• 21st » After 11 years of construction, the Aswan Dam known as Aswan High Dam in Egypt is completed.
• 23rd » Qaboos bin Said al Said becomes Sultan of Oman after overthrowing his father, Said bin Taimur initiating massive reforms, modernization programs and end to a decade long civil war.
• 31st » Black Tot Day: The last day of the officially sanctioned Rum Naval rum or rum ration in the Royal Navy.

Famous Birthdays on July in 1970

• 1st » Melissa Peterman, American actress and producer
• 1st » Nikos Samaras, Greek volleyball player (d. 2013)
• 1st » Henry Simmons, American actor
• 2nd » Derrick Adkins, American hurdler
• 2nd » Yancy Butler, American actress
• 2nd » Colin Edwin, Australian bass player (Porcupine Tree and Henry Fool (band) named Henry Fool)
• 2nd » Scotty 2 Hotty, American wrestler and firefighter
• 2nd » Monie Love, English-American rapper (Native Tongues)
• 2nd » Steve Morrow, Irish footballer and manager
• 3rd » Serhiy Honchar, Ukrainian cyclist
• 3rd » Audra McDonald, American actress and singer
• 3rd » Teemu Selänne, Finnish-American ice hockey player
• 3rd » Shawnee Smith, American actress and singer (Smith & Pyle)
• 4th » Christian Giesler, American bass player (Kreator)
• 4th » Tony Vidmar, Australian footballer and manager
• 5th » Mac Dre, American rapper and producer, founded Thizz Entertainment (d. 2004)
• 5th » Valentí Massana, Spanish race walker
• 6th » Inspectah Deck, American rapper, producer, and actor (Wu-Tang Clan)
• 6th » Martin Smith (English musician) e.g Martin Smith, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Delirious?)
• 7th » Robia LaMorte, American actress and dancer
• 7th » Wayne McCullough, Irish boxer
• 7th » Zoë Tyler, English singer and actress
• 7th » Erik Zabel, German cyclist
• 8th » Beck, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 8th » Sylvain Gaudreault, Canadian educator and politician
• 8th » Todd Martin, American tennis player and coach
• 9th » Trent Green, American football player and sportscaster
• 9th » Masami Tsuda, Japanese author and illustrator
• 10th » Lisa Coleman (actress) known as Lisa Coleman, English actress
• 10th » Adam Hills, Australian comedian and actor
• 10th » Gary LeVox, American singer-songwriter (Rascal Flatts)
• 10th » Jason Orange, English singer-songwriter and dancer (Take That)
• 10th » John Simm, English actor
• 10th » Helen Sjöholm, Swedish singer and actress
• 11th » Justin Chambers, American actor
• 11th » Mark Fox (journalist) named Mark Fox, English journalist
• 11th » Sajjad Karim, English politician
• 12th » Aure Atika, Portuguese-French actress
• 12th » Lee Byung-hun, South Korean actor
• 12th » Juba Kalamka, American rapper (Deep Dickollective)
• 13th » Barry Pinches, English snooker player
• 13th » Andrei Tivontchik, German pole vaulter
• 14th » Thomas Lauderdale, American pianist (Pink Martini)
• 14th » Nina Siemaszko, American actress
• 15th » Chi Cheng (musician) e.g Chi Cheng, American bass player (Deftones) (d. 2013)
• 15th » Jim Rash, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 16th » Raimonds Miglinieks, Latvian basketball player
• 16th » Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Thai director, producer, and screenwriter
• 18th » Cheryl Casone, American journalist
• 19th » Bill Chen, American poker player and software designer
• 19th » Nicola Sturgeon, Scottish politician, Deputy First Minister of Scotland
• 21st » Angus MacNeil, Scottish engineer and politician
• 21st » Shawn Stasiak, American wrestler and chiropractor
• 22nd » Craig Baird, New Zealand race car driver
• 22nd » Jason Becker, American guitarist and songwriter (Cacophony (band) or Cacophony)
• 22nd » Sergei Zubov, Russian ice hockey player
• 23rd » Charisma Carpenter, American actress
• 23rd » Thea Dorn, German author and playwright
• 23rd » Sam Watters, American singer-songwriter and producer (Color Me Badd)
• 24th » Stephanie Adams, American model and author
• 24th » Julia Bradbury, Irish-English journalist
• 24th » Elli Kokkinou, Greek singer
• 25th » Ernesto Alterio, Argentinian-Spanish actor
• 26th » Joan Wasser, American singer-songwriter and violinist (The Dambuilders, Those Bastard Souls, and Antony and the Johnsons)
• 27th » Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Danish actor and producer
• 27th » David Davies (Welsh politician) named David Davies, English-Welsh politician
• 28th » Michael Amott, Swedish guitarist and songwriter (Arch Enemy, Spiritual Beggars, Candlemass, Carcass (band) named Carcass, and Carnage (band) called Carnage)
• 28th » Isabelle Brasseur, Canadian figure skater
• 28th » Paul Strang, Zimbabwean cricketer and coach
• 29th » Jonah Falcon, American actor
• 29th » Adele Griffin, American author
• 29th » Andi Peters, English journalist, actor, and producer
• 29th » John Rennie (cricketer) or John Rennie, Zimbabwean cricketer
• 30th » Alun Cairns, Welsh politician
• 30th » Dean Edwards, American comedian and actor
• 30th » Christopher Nolan, English-American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 31st » Ahmad Akbarpour, Iranian author and poet
• 31st » Ben Chaplin, English actor
• 31st » Andrzej Kobylański, Polish footballer and manager
• 31st » Giorgos Sigalas, Greek basketball player, coach, and sportscaster
• 31st » Amanda Stepto, Canadian actress
• 31st » Dave Wedge, American journalist and author

Famous Deaths for July 1970

• 4th » Barnett Newman, American painter (b. 1905)
• 4th » Harold Stirling Vanderbilt, American sailor and businessman (b. 1884)
• 10th » Bjarni Benediktsson, Icelandic politician, 13th Prime Minister of Iceland (b. 1908)
• 13th » Leslie Groves, American general (b. 1896)
• 14th » Preston Foster, American actor and singer (b. 1900)
• 14th » Luis Mariano, Spanish tenor (b. 1914)
• 20th » Iain Macleod, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1913)
• 21st » Mikhail Mikhaylovich Gerasimov, Russian anthropologist and sculptor (b. 1907)
• 21st » Bob Kalsu, American football player and lieutenant (b. 1945)
• 22nd » George Johnston (novelist) or George Johnston, Australian journalist and author (b. 1912)
• 24th » Peter de Noronha, Indian businessman, philanthropist, and civil servant (b. 1897)
• 26th » Robert Taschereau, Canadian jurist, 11th Chief Justice of Canada (b. 1896)
• 27th » António de Oliveira Salazar, Portuguese politician, 100th Prime Minister of Portugal (b. 1889)
• 29th » John Barbirolli, English cellist and conductor (b. 1899)
• 30th » Walter Murdoch, Scottish-Australian academic (b. 1874)
• 30th » George Szell, Hungarian-American conductor and composer (b. 1897)
• 31st » Walter Briggs, Jr., American businessman (b. 1912)

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