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1970

Ephemerides

  • The American Army enters Cambodia to dislodge the Vietcong.
  • The Apollo XIII mission is a failure. Luckily, the three astronauts return home safely from a voyage that had become a nightmare.
  • Members of the famous Beatles music group go their separate ways.
  • Deaths of President Gamal Abdel Nasser in Egypt and General Charles de Gaulle in France.
  • Highjacking of five airplanes by Palestinian guerrillas.

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