What Happened on January 1, 1970

Historical Events

• "The Epoch" (Time 0 for UNIX systems, Midnight GMT)
• 36th Orange Bowl: #2 Penn State beats #6 Missouri, 10-3

• 36th Sugar Bowl: #13 Mississippi beats #3 Arkansas, 27-22
• 56th Rose Bowl: #5 Southern California beats #7 Michigan, 10-3
• Afro-American Historical Calendar Series Established
• Charles "Chub" Feeney becomes president of baseball's National League
• Revised calendar for Western (RC) Church goes into effect
• The Netherland Christian Workers Union (NCW) forms
• The Ulster Defence Regiment (UDR), an infantry regiment of the British Army, comes into existence
• The University College of Zululand, formerly affiliated to the University of South Africa, attains full academic autonomy as the University of Zululand.
• US Federal oil depletion allowance reduced from 27.5 to 22.0 percent

Famous Birthdays

• Brian Morton, Wollongong Australia, canoeist (Olympics 1996)
• Gabriel Jarret, American actor

Holidays: New Year's Day (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United States)

Music Charts

• #1 Song: Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head - B.J. Thomas
• #1 Song: Two Little Boys - Rolf Harris