On this day
July 27, 1970
Revisit the music, news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.
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Headlines from July 27, 1970
WEST GERMAN AIDE ARRIVES IN SOVIET FOR TREATY TALKS
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Jordan Accepts Plan
Jordan, after day-long Cabinet meeting, approves US proposal; Rifai says reply will be similar to that of UAR; Hussein comments; cleavage within Cabinet was between Hussein and majority of mins, who wanted to accept plan, and minority of mins backed by Palestinian commandos, who wanted to reject it; Cabinet meeting was postponed to allow behind-the-scenes talks after commandos warned they would resort to violence to block acceptance
CASTRO DESCRIBES ECONOMIC FAILURE
Premier Castro announces Cuba will build Havana mausoleum to house Guevara's death mask and embalmed hands which were brought to Cuba by Bolivian ex-Min Arguedas
Lon Nol's Prospects Rise
Article revs pol, econ, diplomatic and mil situation 4 mos after Norodom Sihanouk ouster; prospects for continued existence of Long Nol regime seen good; illus
Music on My Birthday
Billboard 200
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of July 22, 1970, covering July 27, 1970.
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Woodstock
Soundtrack
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Let It Be (Soundtrack)
The Beatles
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- 9
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McCartney
Paul McCartney
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- 12
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Self Portrait
Bob Dylan
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Blood; Sweat & Tears 3
Blood| Sweat & Tears
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Notable Births
1970Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Danish actor and producer[†]
Nikolaj William Coster-Waldau is a Danish actor. He graduated from the Danish National School of Performing Arts in Copenhagen in 1993, and had his breakthrough role in Denmark with the film Nightwatch (1994). He played Jaime Lannister in the HBO fantasy drama series Game of Thrones, for which he received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series.
1970David Davies, English-Welsh politician[†]
David Thomas Charles Davies is a British politician who was Secretary of State for Wales from 2022 to 2024. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Monmouth from 2005 to 2024. A member of the Conservative Party, he chaired the Welsh Affairs Select Committee from 2010 to 2019. Davies also served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales from 2019 to 2022, and as Member of the Welsh Assembly (AM) for Monmouth from 1999 to 2007.
Notable Deaths
1970António de Oliveira Salazar, Portuguese economist and politician, 100th Prime Minister of Portugal (born 1889)[†]
António de Oliveira Salazar was a Portuguese statesman, academic, and economist who served as Portugal's President of the Council of Ministers from 1932 to 1968. Having come to power under the Ditadura Nacional, he reframed the regime as the corporatist Estado Novo, with himself as a dictator. The regime he created lasted until 1974, making it one of the longest-lived authoritarian regimes in modern Europe.
Historical Context for July 27, 1970
In 1970, the world population was approximately 3,694,683,794 people[†]