The Beginning of a New Era - 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.