Historical Events in February 1970

Feb 1 Northern Ireland PM Chichester-Clark meets British Home Secretary James Callaghan to discuss the economy of Northern Ireland

Feb 2 Pete Maravich becomes 1st to score 3,000 college basketball points

Feb 2 27th Golden Globes: Anne of the Thousand Days, John Wayne, & Genevieve Bujold

Feb 4 "Patton" directed by Franklin J. Schaffner and starring George C. Scott premieres in New York (Academy Awards Best Picture 1971)

Feb 5 1st Test Cricket ton of Barry Richards, 126, 164 balls, 20 fours 1 six
Feb 5 Test Cricket debut of John Traicos, South Africa v Australia, Durban
Feb 5 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
Feb 5 WSCV TV channel 51 in Fort Lauderdale, FL (IND) suspends broadcasting
Feb 6 Graeme Pollock completes 274 v Australia at Durban
Feb 6 NBA expands to 18 teams with Buffalo, Cleveland, Houston & Portland
Feb 7 "Hollywood Palace" last airs on ABC TV
Feb 7 "Jingle Jangle" hits #10 on the pop singles chart by Archies
Feb 7 LSU's "Pistol" Pete Marovich scores 69 pts in losing cause
Feb 7 US female Figure Skating championship won by Janet Lynn
Feb 7 US male Figure Skating championship won by Tim Wood
Feb 10 26.4 cm precipitation falls on Mount Washington NH (state record)
Feb 10 Dry powder avalanche moving at 120 mph smashes into youth hostel at Val d'Isere, France, killing 40 Belgian, French, & German youths
Feb 11 26.37 cm (10.38") of rainfall, Mt Washington, NH (state 24-hr rec)
Feb 11 Japan becomes 4th nation to put a satellite (Osumi) in orbit

Feb 11 John Lennon pays £1,344 fines for 96 protesting South African rugby team playing in Scotland
Feb 12 Anthony Shaffer's "Sleuth" premieres in NYC
Feb 13 Man-eating tiger is reported to have killed 48, 80 km from New Delhi
Feb 13 NL offices begins move from Cincinnati to San Francisco (completed Feb 23)
Feb 13 16th National Film Awards (India): "Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne" wins the Golden Lotus
Feb 14 "Gantry" closes at George Abbott Theater NYC after 1 performance
Feb 15 Ard Schenk becomes world champion all-round skater
Feb 15 Dominican DC-9 crashes into sea at Santo Domingo, kills 102
Feb 15 KAMU TV channel 15 in College Station, TX (PBS) begins broadcasting
Feb 15 Nationalists disrupt UN session on Congo

Feb 16 Joe Frazier TKOs Jimmy Ellis in 5 for heavyweight boxing title

Feb 17 US army officer Jeffrey MacDonald murders his pregnant wife & two small daughters
Feb 17 Robert Marasco's "Child's Play" premieres in NYC
Feb 18 Chicago 7 defendants found innocent of inciting to riot

Feb 18 US President Richard Nixon launches the "Nixon doctrine"

Feb 19 AL Cy Young winner Denny McLain suspended for bookmaking
Feb 19 USSR launches Sputnik 52 & Molniya 1-13 communications satellite
Feb 21 Jackson 5 make TV debut on "American Bandstand"
Feb 21 Pathet Lao conquers Xieng Khuang & Muong Suy
Feb 22 "Charles Aznavour" closes at Music Box Theater NYC after 23 performances
Feb 22 12th Daytona 500: Pete Hamilton wins (149.601 MPH)
Feb 23 Guyana becomes a republic (National Day)
Feb 23 Holy Eucharist given by women for 1st time in Roman Catholic service
Feb 24 29 Swiss Army officers die in avalanche (Reckingen, Switzerland)
Feb 24 Heintje Simons (14) wins 7 gold records
Feb 24 KVDO TV channel 3 in Salem, OR (IND) begins broadcasting
Feb 26 "Georgy" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 4 performances
Feb 26 Beatles release "Beatles Again" aka "Hey Jude" album
Feb 27 NY Times (falsely) reports US army has ended domestic surveillance
Feb 28 "Georgy" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 4 performances
Feb 28 Bicycles permitted to cross Golden Gate Bridge
Feb 28 Caroline Walker runs world female record marathon (3:02:53)
Feb 28 KIIN (now KUN) TV channel 12 in Iowa City, IA (PBS) 1st broadcast
Feb 28 WUTR TV channel 20 in Utica-Rome, NY (ABC) begins broadcasting