1970

From left to right, top to bottom:

• Mary Ann Vecchio kneeling over the dead body of Jeffrey Miller after police open fire on a student protest in Kent State University in Kent, Ohio; May 4, 1970.

• Canadian Army soldier standing guard in Montreal after War Measures Act is envoked following an increase in Quebec separatist violence; October 18, 1970.

• Elvis visiting U.S. President Richard Nixon in the White House; December 21, 1970.

• New Nigerian Newspaper stating the capture of the city of Owerri, declaring the end of the Nigerian Civil War; January 7, 1970.

• Poster for the 1970 FIFA World Cup held in Mexico that year.

• The Break-up of the Beatles; Daily Mirror Article claiming Paul McCartney has left the Beatles after Q&A package, one month before the release of their final album Let It Be; April 10, 1970.

• Tu-144 becomes the first passenger airplane to break Mach 4; May 26, 1970.

• Bhola Cyclone impacts East Pakistan (Bangladesh) and becomes the deadliest tropical cyclone recorded killing 300,000-500,000; November 13, 1970.

• A monument to when German Chancellor Willy Brandt goes down on his knees in front of a monument to the victims of the Warsaw Ghetto on December 7, 1970.

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1970 (MCMLXX) 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.