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US orders accelerated closing of Air Force meteorological and high-atmosphere observation station at Easter Island within 90 days, in move described by diplomatic sources as effort to reduce non-essential US official activities in Chile at time of pol uncertainty
Italy and Communist China expected to establish diplomatic relations soon; confidential talks in Paris have reached stage where only exact phrasing of final announcement remains to be negotiated
HELSINKI, Finland, Nov. 2— The United States and the So viet Union resumed their talks on limitation of strategic arms in a cordial atmosphere today, with both sides expressing hope that gains could be made in curbing the nuclear arms race.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of October 28, 1970, covering November 3, 1970.
Led Zeppelin
Santana
Creedence Clearwater Revival
The Jackson 5
James Taylor
1970Geir Frigård, Norwegian footballer[†]
Geir Frigård is a Norwegian former professional footballer who played as a forward. He played five times for the Norway national team, scoring one goal. In 1997–98, he was top scorer in the Austrian Bundesliga. He retired from playing in 2007.
1970Jeanette J. Epps, American aerospace engineer and astronaut[†]
Jeanette Jo Epps is an American aerospace engineer and retired NASA astronaut. Epps received both her M. S. and Ph.D. degrees in aerospace engineering from the University of Maryland, where she was part of the rotor-craft research group and was a NASA GSRP Fellow. She was chosen for the 20th class of NASA astronauts in 2009, graduating in 2011. She served as a member of the ISS Operations Branch and completed analog astronaut missions, including NEEMO 18 and CAVES 19. She is the second woman and first African-American woman to have participated in CAVES. She was part of the SpaceX Crew-8 mission that spent 235 days on the ISS from launch on March 4, 2024, to return to Earth on October 25, 2024.
1970Doug Zmolek, American ice hockey player[†]
Douglas Allan Zmolek is an American former professional ice hockey defenseman who played in the NHL for eight seasons between 1992 and 2000.
In 1970, the world population was approximately 3,694,683,794 people[†]