221 notable events from 1970 — air crashes, murders and wars. Page 1 of 3.
- Kent State shootings
May 4, 1970 · United States · Massacre
- Samuel Little
Jan 1, 1970–Jan 1, 2005 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Dean Corll
Jan 1, 1970–Jan 1, 1973 · United States · Attack (other)
- Fukuoka University Wandervogel Club brown bear incident
Jul 29, 1970 · Japan · Attack (other)
- Mishima Incident
Nov 25, 1970 · Japan · War & armed conflict
- Japan Air Lines Flight 351
Mar 31, 1970 · Japan · Aviation accident
- Black September
Sep 6, 1970–Jul 17, 1971 · Jordan · War & armed conflict
- Fritz Honka
Jan 1, 1970–Jan 1, 1975 · Germany · Murder & homicide
- Sean Flynn (photojournalist)
Apr 6, 1970 · Cambodia · War & armed conflict
- Highway of Tears
Jan 1, 1970 · Canada · Murder & homicide
- North Korean abductions of Japanese citizens
1970s–1980s · Japan · Kidnapping & hostage
- 1970 Ancash earthquake
May 31, 1970 · Peru · Earthquake
- David Owen Brooks
Dec 13, 1970–Aug 3, 1973 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Sangaku Base Incident
1970s · Japan · Murder & homicide
- Jeffrey R. MacDonald
Feb 17, 1970 · Attack (other)
- Murder of Muriel McKay
1970 · United Kingdom · Murder & homicide
- Isdal Woman
Nov 29, 1970 · Norway · War & armed conflict
- Koza riot
Dec 20, 1970 · Japan · Riot & unrest
- Swissair Flight 330
Feb 21, 1970 · Switzerland · Terrorism
- Golpe Borghese
Dec 8, 1970 · Italy · War & armed conflict
- Dawson's Field hijackings
Sep 6, 1970 · Jordan · Aviation accident
- October Crisis
Oct 1970 · Canada · Crisis
- Donald Harvey
Jan 1, 1970–Jan 1, 1987 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Southern Airways Flight 932
Nov 14, 1970 · United States · Aviation accident
- Kniefall von Warschau
Dec 7, 1970 · Poland · War & armed conflict
- Senkaku Islands dispute
Jan 1, 1970 · Japan · Crisis
- Mauro De Mauro
Sep 16, 1970 · Italy · War & armed conflict
- Sainbari murder
Mar 17, 1970 · India · Murder & homicide
- Casati Stampa murders
Aug 30, 1970 · Italy · Murder & homicide
- December 1970 protests in Poland
Dec 19, 1970 · Poland · Crime & justice
- 1970 Huascarán debris avalanche
May 31, 1970 · Peru · Natural disaster
- Jackson State killings
May 15, 1970 · United States · Shooting
- Dana Stone
Apr 6, 1970 · War & armed conflict
- Club Cinq-Sept fire
Nov 1, 1970 · France · Fire
- 1970 Seto Inland Sea hijacking
May 1970 · Japan · Aviation accident
- Air Canada Flight 621
Jul 5, 1970 · Canada · Aviation accident
- ALM Flight 980
May 2, 1970 · Virgin Islands · Aviation accident
- Greenwich Village townhouse explosion
Mar 6, 1970 · United States · Bombing & explosion
- 1970 Cambodian coup d'état
Mar 18, 1970 · Cambodia · War & armed conflict
- Central American crisis
1970s–1990s · Nicaragua · Crisis
- Reggio revolt
Jul 5, 1970–Feb 23, 1971 · Italy · War & armed conflict
- Nishiyama affair
1970s · Japan · Crime & justice
- Hard Hat Riot
May 8, 1970 · United States · Riot & unrest
- Wichita State University football team plane crash
Oct 2, 1970 · United States · Aviation accident
- Tony Ables
Jan 1, 1970–Jan 1, 1990 · Murder & homicide
- Newhall incident
Apr 5, 1970 · United States · Shooting
- Liberation of Andreas Baader
May 14, 1970 · Germany · Crime & justice
- Sterling Hall bombing
Aug 24, 1970 · United States · Bombing & explosion
- Eastern Air Lines Shuttle Flight 1320
Mar 17, 1970 · United States · Aviation accident
- 1970 Omani coup d'état
Jul 23, 1970 · Oman · War & armed conflict
- Burgos trials
Dec 3, 1970–Dec 9, 1970 · Spain · War & armed conflict
- Edmund Kolanowski
Jan 1, 1970–Jan 1, 1982 · Poland · Murder & homicide
- Cornfield Bomber
Feb 2, 1970 · United States · Aviation accident
- 1970 Tenroku gas explosion
Apr 8, 1970 · Japan · Bombing & explosion
- Christer Pettersson
Dec 20, 1970 · Murder & homicide
- Naganuma Nike Case
1970s · Japan · Crime & justice
- 1970 Syrian coup d'etat
from Nov 13, 1970 · Syrian Arab Republic · War & armed conflict
- Parque Central Complex
Jan 1, 1970 · Venezuela
- Operation Rimon 20
Jul 30, 1970 · Egypt · War & armed conflict
- Alexander family murders
Dec 16, 1970 · Spain · Massacre
- Carlton Gary
Jul 1, 1970–Apr 19, 1978 · Attack (other)
- Babes in the Wood murders (Epping Forest)
Mar 31, 1970 · United Kingdom · Murder & homicide
- 1970 Mount Everest disaster
Apr 5, 1970 · Nepal · Natural disaster
- Alta controversy
Jan 1, 1970–Jan 1, 1982 · Norway · Scandal & controversy
- Bahr El-Baqar primary school bombing
Apr 8, 1970 · Egypt · Bombing & explosion
- Steel crisis
1970s · Crisis
- Marin County Civic Center attacks
Aug 7, 1970 · United States · Terrorism
- Ion Rîmaru
Apr 8, 1970–May 4, 1971 · Romania · Shooting
- Dan-Air Flight 1903
Jul 3, 1970 · Spain · Aviation accident
- Operation Green Sea
Nov 22, 1970 · Guinea · War & armed conflict
- Tokyo Garbage War
1970s · Japan · War & armed conflict
- Assassination of Pedro Eugenio Aramburu
Jun 1, 1970 · Argentina · Murder & homicide
- Dymshits–Kuznetsov hijacking affair
Jun 15, 1970 · Russian Federation · Aviation accident
- Crawford family murder
Jul 2, 1970 · Australia · Murder & homicide
- Falls Curfew
Jul 5, 1970 · United Kingdom · Terrorism
- Kamiakazuka police box attack incident
Dec 18, 1970 · Japan · Attack (other)
- Murders of Kerry Graham and Francine Trimble
1970s · United States · Crime & justice
- Murders of Jacqueline Ansell-Lamb and Barbara Mayo
Mar 8, 1970 · Murder & homicide
- LANSA Flight 502
Aug 9, 1970 · Peru · Aviation accident
- Joseph Baldi
Jan 1, 1970–Jan 1, 1972 · Murder & homicide
- Zemla Intifada
Jun 17, 1970 · Western Sahara · Riot & unrest
- Aeroflot Flight 244
Oct 15, 1970 · Türkiye · Aviation accident
- Mimi Wong
Jan 6, 1970 · Singapore · Murder & homicide
- Project FUBELT
1970 · United States · Terrorism
- Disappearance of Cheryl Grimmer
Jan 12, 1970 · Australia · Disappearance
- Tokyo University of Education student lynch murder case
Aug 3, 1970 · Japan · Murder & homicide
- Battle of St Matthew's
Jun 27, 1970–Jun 28, 1970 · United Kingdom · War & armed conflict
- Serviços Aéreos Cruzeiro do Sul Flight 114
Jan 1, 1970 · Uruguay · Kidnapping & hostage
- Disappearance of Helen Claire Frost
Oct 13, 1970 · Canada · Disappearance
- Dominicana de Aviación Flight 603
Feb 15, 1970 · Dominican Republic · Aviation accident
- 1970 Colombia earthquake
Jul 31, 1970 · Peru · Earthquake
- Trans International Airlines Flight 863
Sep 8, 1970 · United States · Aviation accident
- Gay gang murders
Jan 1, 1970–Jan 1, 2010 · Australia · Murder & homicide
- Gioia Tauro Massacre
Jul 22, 1970 · Italy · Attack (other)
- Teoponte Guerrilla
1970 · Bolivia · War & armed conflict
- Sinking of Namyoung-Ho
Dec 1970 · South Korea · Maritime disaster
- New Haven Black Panther trials
Jan 1, 1970 · United States · Crime & justice
- Bogotá Bracelet
May 1970 · Colombia · Scandal & controversy
- Disappearance of Robin Graham
Nov 15, 1970 · Disappearance
- Avivim school bus bombing
May 22, 1970 · Israel · Terrorism