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1970
Events
January
January 1
–
Unix time
begins at 00:00:00
UTC
.
January 4
–
1970 Tonghai earthquake
: An earthquake of 7.7
Richter magnitude scale
in
Tonghai County
,
Yunnan
province, China, kills at least 15,621.
January 5
– The first episode of United States
soap opera
All My Children
is broadcast on the
ABC television network
.
January 12
–
Biafra
capitulates, ending the
Nigerian Civil War
.
January 14
–
Diana Ross
and
The Supremes
perform their farewell live concert together at the Frontier Hotel in Las Vegas. Ross's replacement,
Jean Terrell
, is introduced onstage at the end of the last show.
January 15
– After a 32-month fight for independence from
Nigeria
,
Biafran
forces under
Philip Effiong
formally surrender to General
Yakubu Gowon
.
January 20
– The
Greater London Council
announces its plans for the
Thames Barrier
at
Woolwich
to prevent flooding (the barrier opens in
1981
).
January 21
Five lifeboatmen are killed when a
Fraserburgh
, Scotland vessel,
The Duchess of Kent
, capsizes.
Pan American Airways
offers the first commercially scheduled 747 service from
John F. Kennedy International Airport
to
London Heathrow Airport
.
January 23
–
Joseph Fielding Smith
becomes the 10th President of
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
January 26
–
Mick Jagger
is fined £200 for possession of
cannabis
.
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