- January 9
- Constitution of Singapore enacted. [1]
- January 12
- Biafran War ends, Biafra surrenders to Nigeria. [1]
- Boeing 747 makes its maiden voyage. [1]
- January 15
- New Biafran leader Philip Effiong signs surrender, ending Nigerian civil war. Republic of Biafra disbands. [1] [686.15] [1615.10]
- January 16
- Colonel Kadhaffi becomes premier of Libya. [1]
- January 19
- Dutch bishop says he is in favor of married priest. [1]
- January 20
- In Hokkaido, Japan, a magnitude 6.7 earthquake occurs. One person killed, 38 injured. [53]
- January 22
- First commercial Boeing 747 flight (Pan Am), New York to London in 6.5 hours. [1]
- January 23
- Australia's first amateur radio satellite (Oscar 5) launched (from California). [1]
- US launches second generation weather satellite, ITOS 1. [1]
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- January 27
- American movie rating system modifies "M" rating to "PG". [1]
- January 28
- Lubomír Strougal succeeds Cernik as premier of Czechoslovakia. [1]
- January 29
- USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakstan/Semipalatinsk. [1]
- February 1
- Stalled commuter train rammed by express in Argentina, 139 die. [1]
- Federal Republic of Germany and USSR sign gas contract. [1]
- February 5
- In central Philippines (Romblon Island), a magnitude 6.6 earthquake occurs. Widespread damage and three deaths. [53]
- February 10
- Dry powder avalanche moving at 120 mph smashes into youth hostel killing 40 Belgian, French, and German youths (Val d'Isere, France). [1]
- February 11
- Japan becomes fourth nation to put a satellite (Osumi) in orbit. [1]
- February 13
- Man-eating tiger is reported to have killed 48, 80 km from New Delhi, India. [1]
- February 15
- Dominican DC-9 crashes into sea at Santo Domingo, kills 102. [1]
- Nationalists disrupt United Nations' session on Congo. [1]
- February 17
- The Republic of Rhodesia replaces the pound with the dollar as currency. [699.24]
- February 19
- USSR launches Sputnik 52 and Molniya 1-13 communications satellite. [1]
- February 21
- Pathet Lao conquers Xieng Khuang and Muong Suy in Laos. [1]
- Swissair Flight 330 to Tel Aviv has a parcel bomb explode in its cargo hold, crashes, killing 38 passengers and 9 crew. [635.74]
- February 23
- Guyana becomes a republic (National Day). [1841.611]
- Holy Eucharist given by women for first time in Roman Catholic service. [1]
- February 24
- 29 Swiss Army officers die in avalanche (Reckingen, Switzerland). [1]
- March 1
- End of US commercial whale hunting. [1]
- Kreisky's social-democrats win Austrian parliamentary election. [1]
- White government of Rhodesia declares independence from Britain. [1]
- March 2
- American Airlines' first flight of a Boeing 747. [1]
- March 4
- French submarine Eurydice explodes. [1]
- March 5
- Nuclear non-proliferation treaty goes into effect. [1]
- March 11
- Iraq Ba'th Party recognizes Kurd nation. [1]
- March 13
- Digital Equipment Corp introduces PDP-11 minicomputer. [1]
- March 14
- In Canada, Quebec is the first province to launch a legal lottery. The Inter Plus lottery offers a CDN$150,000 grand prize for $2 tickets. [40.19]
- March 15
- Expo '70 opens in Osaka, Japan. [1]
- March 16
- New English Bible published. [1]
- March 17
- US casts their first United Nations Security Council veto (Support England). [1]
- March 18
- Cambodia military coup under General Lon Nol; prince Sihanuk flees. [1]
- March 19
- West German Chancellor Willy Brandt and East German Premier Willi Stoph meet. [1]
- March 20
- The oil tanker Othello collides in Tralhavet Bay, Sweden, spilling over 69.6 million litres of oil. [522]
- March 23
- US President Richard Nixon declares a state of national emergency. [861.337]
- March 24
- In New York City, Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries Inc. Annual Rarity Sale sells the unique British Guiana 1-cent black on magenta postage stamp of 1856 for US$280,000 to Irwin Weinberg, American stamp dealer, a record for a single stamp. [267.255] [674.86] [1156.8] [1170.58] [1268.7]
- March 25
- Concorde makes its first supersonic flight (700 MPH/1,127 KPH). [1]
- March 26
- 500th nuclear explosion announced by the US since 1945. [1]
- March 27
- USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk. [1]
- March 28
- In Gediz, Turkey, a magnitude 6.9 earthquake occurs. Over 1,000 killed, more than 12,000 houses destroyed or severely damaged in the Gediz-Emet area of Kutahya Province. Over 50 percent of the buildings were damaged in 53 villages in the area. Strong aftershocks cause considerable additional damage. [1] [53]
- April 2
- The 52nd Annual New York Automobile Show is held in New York, USA. Chevrolet unveils the experimental transverse mid-engined XP-882 Corvette prototype. Ford shows its Pantera, and American Motors shows its AMX/3, both mid-engine prototypes. [8]
- Meghalaya becomes autonomous state within India's Assam state. [1]
- Qatar gains independence from Britain. [1]
- April 7
- Netherlands issues the world's first postage stamps with images created by computer. [268.341]
- In Philippine Islands, a magnitude 7.5 earthquake occurs. [53]
- April 11
- Apollo 13, the third manned lunar landing mission, is launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, carrying astronauts James A. Lovell, John L. Swigert, and Fred W. Haise. [1] [129]
- April 13
- Apollo 13 announces "Houston, we've got a problem!" as Beech-built oxygen tank explodes en route to Moon. [1] [129]
- Greek composer Mikis Theordorakis is freed. [1]
- April 15
- Libyan leader Qadhafi launches "Green Revolution". [1]
- April 16
- 70 die in an avalanche (France). [1]
- April 17
- Apollo 13 limps back safely to Earth. [1] [5] [129]
- April 20
- Bruno Kreisky becomes first socialist chancellor of Austria. [1]
- April 22
- First Earth Day held internationally to conserve natural resources; largest single protest in American history. [1] [5] [129] [248.45]
- April 24
- Gambia becomes a republic within the Commonwealth. [1]
- People's Rebublic of China launches its first satellite, Dong Fang Hong I, transmitting song "East is Red". [1] [5]
- Senegal adopts constitution. [1]
- April 29
- 50,000 US and South Vietnamese troops invade Cambodia. [1]
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