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April 13, 1970

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Headlines from April 13, 1970

Family of Six, Like Many, Digs Deeper to Handle College Costs

By Robert Reinhold Special to The New York Times

Article on trend toward rising tuition costs cites problems of Petta family, Tulsa, Okla; Educ Office estimates avg cost for fixed fees is now up to $2,576 at private colls and $1,196 at state schools; chart on avg costs for private and pub colls cites avg charges for tuition, room and bd from '57-58, projected through '77-78

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of April 8, 1970, covering April 13, 1970.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon & Garfunkel

    Bridge Over Troubled Water

    Simon & Garfunkel

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    9
  2. 2
    Album cover for Hey Jude by The Beatles

    Hey Jude

    The Beatles

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    4
  3. 3
    Album cover for Deja Vu by Crosby| Stills| Nash & Young

    Deja Vu

    Crosby| Stills| Nash & Young

    Last week
    9
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    2
  4. 4
    Album cover for Morrison Hotel/Hard Rock Cafe by The Doors

    Morrison Hotel/Hard Rock Cafe

    The Doors

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    6
  5. 5
    Album cover for Santana by Santana

    Santana

    Santana

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    31

Notable Births

Ricky Schroder

1970Ricky Schroder, American actor[†]

Richard Bartlett Schroder is an American actor and filmmaker. As a child actor billed as Ricky Schroder he debuted in the film The Champ (1979), for which he became the youngest Golden Globe award recipient, and went on to become a child star on the sitcom Silver Spoons (1982–87). He has continued acting as an adult, usually billed as Rick Schroder, notably in the Western miniseries Lonesome Dove (1989) and on the police drama series NYPD Blue (1998–2001). He made his directorial debut with the film Black Cloud (2004) and has produced several films and television series, including the anthology film Locker 13 and the war documentary The Fighting Season.

Historical Events

Oxygen

1970An oxygen tank aboard the Apollo 13 Service Module explodes, putting the crew in great danger and causing major damage to the Apollo command and service module (codenamed "Odyssey") while en route to the Moon.[†]

Oxygen is a chemical element; it has symbol O and atomic number 8. It is a member of the chalcogen group in the periodic table, a highly reactive nonmetal, and a potent oxidizing agent that readily forms oxides with most elements as well as with other compounds. Oxygen is the most abundant element in Earth's crust, making up almost half of the Earth's crust in the form of various oxides such as water, carbon dioxide, iron oxides and silicates. It is the third-most abundant element in the universe after hydrogen and helium.

Historical Context for April 13, 1970

In 1970, the world population was approximately 3,694,683,794 people[†]