1970

1970‏‎

1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1970th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 970th year of the 2nd millennium, the 70th year of the 20th century, and the 1st year of the 1970s decade.

February 1 – The Benavidez rail disaster near Buenos Aires, Argentina kills 236. February 11 – Ohsumi, Japan's first satellite, is launched on a Lambda-4 rocket. March 6 - A bomb being constructed by members of the Weathermen and meant to be planted at a military dance in New Jersey, explodes, killing three members of the organization. NASA's Explorer 1, the first American satellite and Explorer program spacecraft, reenters Earth's atmosphere after 12 years in orbit. Apollo program: Apollo 13 (Jim Lovell, Fred Haise, Jack Swigert) is launched toward the Moon. April 13 – An oxygen tank in the Apollo 13 spacecraft explodes, forcing the crew to abort the mission and return in four days. April 17 – Apollo program: Apollo 13 splashes down safely in the Pacific. April 24 – China's first satellite (Dong Fang Hong 1 ) is launched into orbit using a Long March-1 Rocket (CZ-1). May 24 – The scientific drilling of the Kola Superdeep Borehole begins in the USSR. June 1 – Soyuz 9, a two-man spacecraft, is launched in the Soviet Union. July 3 – The French Army detonates a 914 kiloton thermonuclear device in the Mururoa Atoll. It is their fourth and largest nuclear test. August 17 The United States sinks 418 containers of nerve gas into the Gulf Stream near the Bahamas. Venera program: Venera 7 is launched toward Venus. It later becomes the first spacecraft to successfully transmit data from the surface of another planet. Luna 16 lands on the Moon and lifts off the next day with samples. It lands on Earth September 24. October 14 – A Chinese nuclear test is conducted in Lop Nor. The Soviet Union launches the Zond 8 lunar probe. The Soviet Union launches Luna 17. Luna program: The Soviet Union lands Lunokhod 1 on Mare Imbrium (Sea of Rains) on the Moon. This is the first roving remote-controlled robot to land on another world, and is released by the orbiting Luna 17 spacecraft. The USSR's Venera 7 becomes the first spacecraft to land successfully on Venus and transmit data back to Earth.

USSR - secretly expands Psionic research. USSR KGB scientists confirmed the existence of Psionics in 1969. Their extended research, confirms Telepathy. Victor Gorky becomes the first verified telepath of Humankind. His existence is kept secret. USA - under the lead of Mr. Smith, begins their own Psionic experimentation. GB - The Aibon Society finds King Arthur's grave and keeps it secret. France - The archeologist Jaquelin Robert uncovers a Templar cross, that becomes a key piece to the Templar treasure