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October 16 is the 289th day of the year (290th in leap years) ... 1970 – Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau invokes the War Measures Act during the October Crisis.
The October Crisis (French: Crise d'Octobre) was a chain of political events in Canada that started in October 1970 when members of the Front de libération du Québec (FLQ) kidnapped the provincial Labour Minister Pierre Laporte and British diplomat James Cross from his Montreal residence.
October 23, 1970: Gary Gabelich becomes first man to drive a car 1,000 kilometers per hour, reaches 622.407 mph October 4, 1970: Singer Janis Joplin dies of overdose at aged 27 October 10, 1970: Dominion of Fiji becomes independent October 8, 1970: Soviet author Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn wins Nobel Prize, not allowed to accept it October 9, 1970: Kingdom of Cambodia proclaimed as "The Khmer Republic"
On October 16, 1970, Conyers attended a bonfire at Glen Burnie High School before running an errand at Harundale Mall, the last place she was seen alive, according to police.
Pamela, a high school student, went missing on October 16, 1970, after going to a mall to run an errand for her mother, according to police. Three days after her disappearance, Pamela’s car was ...
September 30, 1970: $371,700 [39] 40: October 7, 1970: Hello, Dolly! $345,000: Hello, Dolly! reached number one in its 42nd week of release [40] 41: October 14, 1970: The Bird with the Crystal Plumage: $727,200: The Bird with the Crystal Plumage reached number one in its twelfth week of release [41] 42: October 21, 1970: C.C. and Company ...
October 15. David J. Miller burned his draft card at a rally again held near the Armed Forces Induction Center on Whitehall Street. The 24-year-old pacifist, member of the Catholic Worker Movement, became the first man arrested and convicted under the 1965 amendment to the Selective Service Act of 1948. [15] Europe, October 15–16.
October 15 – President Nixon signs the Organized Crime Control Act into law. [84] October 16 – Secretary of State Rogers holds a four-hour conference with Soviet Union Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrei Gromyko. [85] October 19 – Vice President Agnew endorses the reelection bid of Senator Ralph Smith during an evening speech in Chicago ...