May 1970 in History

Events in History

Event of Interest

May 4 Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin confirms the existence of Russian military advisors in Egypt

May 5 US performs nuclear test at Nevada test Site

Event of Interest

May 6 Irish Prime Minister Jack Lynch sacks two ministers in the Irish government over allegations of illegal arms importation

May 6 Yuchiro Miura of Japan skis down Mt Everest
May 8 Construction workers break up an anti-war rally in NYC's Wall Street
May 8 Thousands of students protest against the Vietnam War following the Kent State University shootings in Ohio
May 11 Henry Marrow is murdered in a violent racially-motivated crime in Oxford, North Carolina.
May 12 Harry Blackmun is confirmed as a justice on Supreme Court
May 12 Race riots in Augusta Georgia; 6 blacks killed (5 by cops)
May 12 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

Presidential Convention

May 14 Harry Blackmun (61), nominated by Richard Nixon, earns seat on US Supreme Court after confirmation by US Senate, 94-0; serves until 1994

Event of Interest

May 14 Militant leftist Red Army Faction leader Andreas Baader freed from prison after serving 2 years in West Berlin

May 14 NYC local newspaper "Our Town" begins publishing
May 15 Elizabeth Hoisington and Anna Mae Mays named 1st female US generals
May 15 France performs nuclear test at Mururoa atoll
May 15 Mississippi Highway Patrol kill 2 students during racial disturbance at Jackson State University in Mississippi
May 20 100,000 march in NY supporting US policies in Vietnam
May 20 2 die and 70 injured when 2 NYC subway trains crash in Queens
May 21 National Guard mobilizes to quell disturbances at Ohio State University
May 21 USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
May 22 Arab terrorists kill 9 children & 3 adults on a school bus
May 22 France performs nuclear test at Mururoa atoll
May 23 A fire breaks out in the Britannia Bridge over the Menai Straits in north Wales contributing to its partial destruction and causing approximately £1,000,000 worth of fire damage
May 23 USSR performs nuclear test (underground)
May 24 The drilling of the Kola Superdeep Borehole begins in the Soviet Union
May 26 The Soviet Tupolev Tu-144 becomes the first commercial transport to exceed Mach 2
May 27 British expedition climbs south face of Annapurna I in the Himalayas in north-central Nepal, 10th highest mountain
May 27 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
May 28 Arms Trial Begins: several men are charged in a Dublin court with conspiracy to illegally import arms for use by the Irish Republican Army (IRA)
May 28 The formerly united Free University of Brussels officially splits into two separate entities, the French-speaking Université Libre de Bruxelles and the Dutch-speaking Vrije Universiteit Brussel.
May 29 USSR performs underground nuclear test
May 31 7.75 Ancash earthquake off coast of Peru kills 66-70,000 and sets off world's deadliest avalanche

Cathedral of Brasília

May 31 Cathedral of Brasília, designed by architect Oscar Niemeyer is dedicated in the Brazilian capital Brasília

Birthdays in History

May 5 Naomi Klein, Canadian author (This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate) and activist, born in Montreal, Quebec
May 5 Soheil Ayari, French-Iranian racer, born in Aix-les-Bains, Savoie, France
May 7 Jenny Saville, English painter (Propped), born in Cambridge, England
May 23 Blake Schwendiman, American author
May 23 Yigal Amir, Israeli assassin of Yitzhak Rabin
May 26 Nobuhiro Watsuki, Japanese manga artist (Rurouni Kenshin), born in Tokyo, Japan
May 27 Tim Farron, British politician
May 29 Natarsha Belling, Australian news presenter, born in Mudgee, Australia
May 30 Ness Wadia, Indian industrialist

Weddings in History

Al Gore

May 19 US Vice President Al Gore weds (22) weds author Tipper Aitcheson (21) at the Washington National Cathedral in Washington, D.C.

John Kerry

May 23 US Secretary of State John Kerry (26) weds heiress Julia Stimson Thorne (25)

Deaths in History

May 1 Yi Un, last Crown Prince of Korea, dies at 72
May 4 Allison Beth Krause, American student, killed by soldiers of the Ohio Army National Guard at Kent State University while protesting against US military at 19
May 4 Jeffrey Miller, American student, killed by soldiers of the Ohio Army National Guard at Kent State University while protesting against US military, at 20
May 4 Sandra Scheuer, American student, killed by soldiers of the Ohio Army National Guard at Kent State University while protesting against US military, at 20
May 4 William Schroeder, American student, killed by soldiers of the Ohio Army National Guard at Kent State University while protesting against US military at 20
May 6 Wharton Esherick, American artist and sculptor who worked primarily in wood, dies at 82
May 9 Andrew Watson Myles, Canadian politician, dies at 86
May 9 Walter P. Reuther, American worker's union leader & president of the CIO, dies in a plane crash at 62

Nelly Sachs (1891-1970)

May 12 German-Swedish poet and playwright (O the Chimneys - Nobel Prize for Literature 1966), dies at 78

May 12 Wladyslaw Anders, Polish army general (WWI and WWII), and politician (Parliament-in exile), dies at 78
May 13 William Dobell, Australian portrait artist, dies at 70
May 17 Nigel Balchin, English author (My Executioner), dies at 61
May 19 Tadeusz Breza, Polish writer (The Bronze Gate), dies at 64
May 21 E. L. Grant Watson, Australian biologist (b. 1885)
May 22 Joseph W Krutch, American writer (Measure of Man), dies at 76
May 27 Emmy van Lokhorst, Dutch writer and literary critic, dies at 78
May 29 Eve Hesse, German born Jewish American sculptor dies of a brain tumor aged 34
May 29 John Gunther, American author and host (John Gunther's High Road), dies at 68