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June 30, 1970

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Headlines from June 30, 1970

U.S. URGED TO AID BLUE‐COLLAR MAN

By Jack Rosenthal Special to The New York Times

White House panel urges aiding lower-middle-income families by allowing families earning up to $10,000 to deduct child care costs when mothers work, rept to Nixon; puts cost to Govt at some $60-million

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Cambodian Decision: Why President Acted

By Hedrick Smith Special to The New York Times

Survey of factors leading to Nixon's decision to send US troops into Cambodia; Nixon's belief that Cambodia presented 1st feasible opportunity to demonstrate that he could meet force with force, intelligence repts that enemy comdrs were moving against Cambodia, collapse of overtures to N Vietnamese and other pertinent factors discussed; map

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of June 24, 1970, covering June 30, 1970.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Let It Be (Soundtrack) by The Beatles

    Let It Be (Soundtrack)

    The Beatles

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    5
  2. 2
    Album cover for McCartney by Paul McCartney

    McCartney

    Paul McCartney

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    8
  3. 3
    Album cover for Woodstock by Soundtrack

    Woodstock

    Soundtrack

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

    Deja Vu

    Crosby| Stills| Nash & Young

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    13
  5. 5
    Album cover for The 5th Dimension/Greatest Hits by The 5th Dimension

    The 5th Dimension/Greatest Hits

    The 5th Dimension

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    5
    Weeks
    7

Notable Births

Brian Bloom

1970Brian Bloom, American actor and screenwriter[†]

Brian Keith Bloom is an American actor and screenwriter. He co-wrote the screenplay and starred in The A-Team, produced by brothers Tony and Ridley Scott. Bloom is the voice of Captain America in The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes and multiple subsequent Marvel titles. He is the voice of Varric Tethras in BioWare's Dragon Age franchise, B.J. Blazkowicz in MachineGames' Wolfenstein series, as well as multiple Call of Duty performances including Nick Reyes in Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare, which he co-wrote. He was also a co-writer of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. He starred as The Punisher in Avengers Confidential: Black Widow and Punisher.

Antonio Chimenti

1970Antonio Chimenti, Italian footballer and manager[†]

Antonio Chimenti is an Italian retired professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper, and current goalkeeping coach of SPAL.

Mark Grudzielanek

1970Mark Grudzielanek, American baseball player and manager[†]

Mark James Grudzielanek is an American former Major League Baseball second baseman and shortstop. Grudzielanek played for six different teams during his 15-season career. He batted and threw right-handed. He was most recently the 2019 manager of the Charlotte Knights, the Triple-A affiliate of the Chicago White Sox.

Historical Context for June 30, 1970

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