October 17 - October Crisis: Pierre Laporte is found killed in south Montreal.
October 17 - A cholera epidemic breaks out in Istanbul.
October 17 - Anwar Sadat officially becomes President of Egypt.
October 20 - The Soviet Union launches the Zond 8 lunar probe.
October 20 - Algerian ex-minister Krim Belkacem is found strangled in his hotel room […]

October 11 - Eleven French soldiers are killed in a shootout with rebels in Chad.
October 12 - Vietnam War: U.S. President Richard Nixon announces that the United States will withdraw 40,000 more troops before Christmas.
October 13 - Canada and the People’s Republic of China establish diplomatic relations.
October 13 - Saeb Salam forms a government in […]

October 2 - The Wichita State University football team’s “Gold” plane crashes in Colorado, killing most of the players. They were on their way (along with administrators and fans) to a game with Utah State University.
October 3 - In Lebanon, the government of Prime Minister Rashid Karami resigns.
October 4 - In Bolivia, Army Commander General […]

Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon & Garfunkel
Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Head by B.J. Thomas
My Sweet Lord by George Harrison
I’ll Be There by Jackson Five
Close to You by Carpenters
Ain’t No Mountain High Enough by Diana Ross
War by Edwin Starr
I Think I Love You by Partridge Family
American Woman by Guess Who
Let It Be by Beatles
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In 1970 there were approximately 3.7 million births in the US.
In 1970 the US population was approximately 203,302,031 people, 57.4 persons per square mile.
In 1970 in the US there were approximately 2,158,802 marriages (10.6%) and 708,000 divorces (3.5%)
In 1970 in the US there were approximately 1,921,000 deaths (9.5 per 1000)
In the US a new person […]