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Govt frees 40 pol prisoners; 40 depart on jetliner destined for Algiers; von Holleben repts he is in good health and has been well-treated, messages relayed by kidnappers; Medici signs decree banning 40 from returning to Brazil; 40 lost citizenship under law passed after Elbrick kidnapping
over 60 of Saigon's 124 unions stage 24-hour strike in sympathy with 283 Govt workers who were dismissed for lack of work
City Council sets basic rate at $5.889; tax is expected to yield $2.1-billion, fiscal '71; boro rates; Manhattan $5.906 (up 36.6c), Bronx $5.967 (up 43c), Bklyn $5.903 (up 36.6c), Queens $5.916 (up 35.3c), Richmond $5.906 (up 36.2c)
writes prevailing opinion in Sup Ct 5-3 decision that men who object to mil service for purely moral and ethical reasons are entitled to draft exemptions as conscientious objectors
Cambodian and S Vietnamese troops fail in 3 attempts to drive Vietnamese Communists from Kompong Speu; relatively light casualties indicate no major effort has been made to dislodge enemy; Cambodian comdr says unconfirmed repts say 30 cars carrying civilians attempted to pass through city from Kompong Som, had been stopped by enemy soldiers and that occupants of 1 car were slain; S Vietnamese troops claim to have killed 110 Communist Vietnamese soldiers in 3 battles around Preyveng; 4 persons killed when enemy troops ambush Cambodian convoy; other clashes
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of June 10, 1970, covering June 16, 1970.
The Beatles
Paul McCartney
Soundtrack
Crosby| Stills| Nash & Young
Simon & Garfunkel
1970Younus AlGohar, Pakistani poet and academic, co-founded Messiah Foundation International[†]
Younus AlGohar is a British co-founder of Messiah Foundation International, a spiritual organisation which advocates for Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi mystical teachings and claims he is the Messiah (Mahdi). He authored the books Mysterious Horizons – Beyond God (2007), and Nisāb-e-Mehdi نصا ب مہدی (2010).
1970Clifton Collins Jr., American actor[†]
Clifton Craig Collins Jr. is an American film and television actor. He is a Primetime Emmy Award, Independent Spirit Award, Satellite Award, and four-time ALMA Award nominee, and a Screen Actors Guild Award winner. Prior to 1999, he was credited as Clifton Gonzalez Gonzalez.
1970Cobi Jones, American soccer player and manager[†]
Cobi N'Gai Jones is an American former professional soccer player and commentator. He is an analyst for MLS Season Pass on Apple TV. He has also been seen on Time Warner Cable SportsNet, Fox Sports, BeIN Sports, the Pac-12 Network, and as the host of the Totally Football Show: American Edition. In addition, during the 1990s, he hosted the health show Mega-Dose on MTV.
1970Phil Mickelson, American golfer[†]
Philip Alfred Mickelson is an American professional golfer who currently plays in the LIV Golf League. He has won 45 events on the PGA Tour, including six major championships: three Masters titles, two PGA Championships, and one Open Championship (2013). With his win at the 2021 PGA Championship, Mickelson became the oldest major championship winner in history at the age of 50 years, 11 months, and 7 days. He is nicknamed "Lefty", as he plays left-handed.
1970Sydney Chapman, English mathematician and geophysicist (born 1888)[†]
Sydney Chapman was a British mathematician and geophysicist. His work on the kinetic theory of gases, solar-terrestrial physics, and the Earth's ozone layer has inspired a broad range of research over many decades.
1970Brian Piccolo, American football player (born 1943)[†]
Louis Brian Piccolo was an American professional football player who was a halfback for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL) for four years. He played college football for the Wake Forest Demon Deacons. He died at age 26 from embryonal cell carcinoma, an aggressive form of germ cell testicular cancer, first diagnosed after it had spread to his chest cavity.
In 1970, the world population was approximately 3,694,683,794 people[†]