1970

Events

Dated Events

• Real World: January 15. Muammar al-Qadafi becomes premier of Libya.

• Real World: February 11. Japan launches its first satellite into orbit, making it the fourth nation on Earth to do so.

• Real World: March 1. Rhodesia becomes a racially segregated republic.

• Real World: March 5. The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, signed by 43 nations, goes into effect.

• Real World: April 11. The ill-fated Apollo 13 mission is launched. After suffering near-disaster, they return to Earth on April 17.

• Real World: April 29. U.S. troops invade Cambodia in search of Viet Cong troops.

• Real World: May 4. Four students killed by National Guardsmen during riots at Kent State University.

• Real World: June 4. Tonga becomes independent.

• Real World: October 9. Khmer Republic declared in Cambodia.

• Real World: October 10. Fiji becomes independent.

• Real World: October 17. Anwar Sadat becomes president of Egypt.

Undated Events

• Gargoyles, Gargoyles: The Goliath Chronicles: Tony Dracon and Derek Maza (later Talon) are born. (Ask Greg)

New Fictional Works

Notable Books

I Will Fear No Evil by Robert A. Heinlein, Ringworld by Larry Niven, The Crystal Cave by Mary Stewart.

Notable Films

Beneath the Planet of the Apes, The Phantom Tollbooth, Crimes of the Future.

Notable Comic Books

Green Lantern/Green Arrow #76; Conan the Barbarian #1; Superman's Pal: Jimmy Olsen #134 (first Darkseid).

Notable Television Series

• Beginning: UFO.

• Continuing: Dark Shadows (Season 5), Doctor Who (Season 8), Night Gallery (Season 2).

• Ending: The Adventures of Batman, The Adventures of Gulliver, Here Comes the Grump, The Invaders, Land of the Giants, Sky Hawks.

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