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1970 – Singer-songwriter-guitarist-musician Jimi Hendrix dies of a drug overdose at the age 27. 1970 – Singer Janis Joplin dies of a drug overdose at the age of 27. 1970 – The Environmental Protection Agency is created. 1970 – The Occupational Safety and Health Act, or OSHA, is signed into law. 1971 – Singer Jim Morrison dies of a ...
BGEN Anna Mae Hays, circa 1970. June 6 – A D-Day celebration is held in Washington, D.C., on the 26th anniversary of the event. June 11 – The United States gets its first female generals: Anna Mae Hays and Elizabeth P. Hoisington. June 21 – Penn Central declares Section 77 bankruptcy, the largest ever US corporate bankruptcy up to this date.
Independence Day: 27 October: 1979 Samoa: Independence Day: 1 June: 1962 New Zealand São Tomé and Príncipe: Independence Day: 12 July: 1975 Portugal: Effective date of the agreement with Portugal reached on 26 November 1974. [75] [76] Senegal: Independence Day: 4 April: 1960 France Serbia: Statehood Day: 15 February: 1804 and 1835 Ottoman Empire
Date(s) April 1, 1975 – July 4, 1976 ( – ) Location(s) United States of America: Previous event: Sesquicentennial (1926) Next event: Semiquincentennial (2026) Activity: 200th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence: President: Gerald Ford: Organized by: American Revolution Bicentennial Commission (1966–73)
The United States recognizes the independence of the Republic of Cuba, May 20, 1902 The United States formally ends its occupation of Cuba , May 20, 1902 The United States seizes opportunity to build a ship canal across the Isthmus of Panama , January 22, 1903 – August 15, 1914
The Battle of Fallen Timbers, which occurred on August 20, 1794, was a significant military clash between the United States and the Northwest Indian Confederation along the Maumee River near present-day Toledo, Ohio. Following two major defeats suffered by the U.S. at the hands of the confederation, Major General Anthony Wayne assumed command ...
A major event in music in the early 1970s was the deaths of popular rock stars Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, and Jim Morrison, all at the age of 27. Two of popular music's most successful artists from other eras died within eight weeks of each other in 1977.
1970 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1970th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 970th year of the 2nd millennium, the 70th year of the 20th century, and the 1st year of the 1970s decade.