What is 1970?
{{Year nav|1970}} {{Year in various calendars|1970}} '''1970''' ([[Roman numerals|MCMLXX]]) was a [[common year starting on Thursday]] in the [[Gregorian calendar]], the 1970th year of the [[Common Era]] (CE) and ''[[Anno Domini]]'' (AD) designations, {{Year article header/year number|1970}} == Events == [[File:1978 Ford Pinto hatchback at 2015 Rockville Show 3of5.jpg|thumb|1978 [[Ford Pinto]]]] * [[January 12]] &ndash; The [[Nigerian Civil War]] ends. * [[February 1]] &ndash; The [[Benavidez rail disaster]] near [[Buenos Aires]], Argentina kills 236. * [[February 14]] &ndash; The Who record the iconic live rock album ''[[Live at Leeds]]''. *[[March 1]] &ndash; [[Rhodesia]] declares itself a [[republic]]. * [[April 29]] – The [[United States]] invades [[Cambodia]]. * [[May 4]] – Kent State Shootings: Four students at [[Kent State University]] in [[Ohio]] are killed by [[National Guardsmen]] while protesting against the United States invading Cambodia. * [[May 31]] – A major [[1970 Ancash earthquake|earthquake]] hits southern [[Peru]], killing tens of thousands of people. * [[June 24]] &ndash; The [[United States Senate]] repeals the [[Gulf of Tonkin Resolution]] of [[1964]]. * [[June 28]] &ndash; U.S. ground troops withdraw from [[Cambodia]]. * [[July 1]] – The disputed Territories of [[Pakistan-administered Kashmir]] split to form [[Azad Kashmir]] and [[Gilgit Baltistan]] both of which are autonomous special areas of Pakistan. * [[September 11]] – The [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] Pinto introduced. * [[September 21]] – ''[[Monday Night Football]]'' debuts on ABC. * [[October 18]] – [[Anwar el-Sadat]] officially becomes president of [[Egypt]]. * [[October 30]] – [[Monsoon]] halts [[Vietnam War]]. *[[November 3]] – [[Salvador Allende]] becomes president of [[Chile]]. *[[December 1]] – [[Luis Echeverría]] becomes [[president of Mexico]]. * The first [[IMAX]] theatre opens in [[Japan]] == Births == [[File:Kevin Smith VidCon 2012.jpg|thumb|[[Kevin Smith]] in 2012]] * [[January 29]] – [[Heather Graham]], [[United Stat