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1970
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World Events
U.S. Events
Economics
US GDP (1998 dollars): $1,035.60 billion
Federal spending: $195.65 billion
Federal debt: $380.9 billion
Median Household Income
(current dollars): $8,734
Consumer Price Index: 38.8
Unemployment: 3.5%
Cost of a first-class stamp: $0.06
Sports
Super BowlKansas City d. Minnesota (23-7)World SeriesBaltimore d. Cincinnati (4-1)NBA ChampionshipNew York d. LA Lakers (4-3)Stanley CupBoston d. St. Louis (4-0)WimbledonWomen: Margaret Court d. B.J. King (14-12 11-9)
Men: John Newcombe d. K. Rosewall (5-7 6-3 6-2 3-6 6-1)Kentucky Derby ChampionDust CommanderNCAA Basketball ChampionshipUCLA d. Jacksonville (80-69)NCAA Football ChampionsNebraska (AP, FW) (11-0-1); Texas (UPI, NFF-tie), (10-1-0) & Ohio St. (NFF-tie), (9-1-0)World CupBrazil d. Italy (4-1)
Entertainment
Entertainment Awards
Pulitzer Prizes
Fiction: Collected Stories, Jean Stafford
Music: Time's Encomium, Charles Wuorinen
Drama: No Place to Be Somebody, Charles Gordone Oscars awarded in 1970
Academy Award, Best Picture: Midnight Cowboy,, Jerome Hellman, producer (United Artists) Nobel Prize for Literature: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (USSR) 1970 Emmy Awards 1970 Tony Awards Grammys awarded in 1970
Record of the Year: "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In," 5th Dimension
Album of the Year: Blood, Sweat and Tears, Blood, Sweat and Tears (Columbia)
Song of the Year: "Games People Play," Joe South, songwriter Miss America: Pamela Anne Eldred (MI) More Entertainment Awards...
Events- The Beatles break up. By the end of the year, each member had released a solo album.
- George C. Scott gives one of film's most memorable performances in Patton. He won the Best Actor Oscar for his turn as the title character, but refused the gold statuette.
- Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin both die drug-related deaths at age 27.
- FCC regulations require separate ownership of television networks and studios.
- Monday Night Football debuts on ABC, with Howard Cosell, Frank Gifford, and Don Meredith giving play-by-play.
- Midnight Cowboy wins the Best Picture Oscar, the first and only time an X-rated movie received the honor.
Movies- M*A*S*H, Patton, Love Story, Airport
Books
Science
Nobel Prizes in Science
Chemistry: Luis F. Leloir (Argentina), for discovery of sugar nucleotides and their role in biosynthesis of carbohydrates Physics: Hannes Alfvén (Sweden), for theories in plasma physics; and Louis Néel (France), for discoveries in antiferromagnetism and ferromagnetism Physiology or Medicine: Julius Axelrod (US), Ulf S. von Euler (Sweden), and Sir Bernard Katz (UK), for studies of how nerve impulses are transmitted within the body
- Biochemist Hamilton O. Smith (US) discovers a restriction enzyme that will allow biologist Daniel Nathans (US) to map a complete viral genome. Background: genetic engineering
- IBM introduces the floppy disk. Background: Computers and Internet
- Bar codes (computer-scanned binary signal code) are introduced for retail and industrial use in England.
- The LCD (liquid crystal display) is invented by Hoffmann-La Roche (Switzerland).
- The Food and Drug Administration warns that birth control pills may cause blood clots. Background: Birth & Contraception
- Lithium is approved by the FDA for the treatment of manic-depression.
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