January 1970

The following events occurred in January 1970:

January 15, 1970: First Lady Pat Nixon christens the new Boeing 747 "jumbo jet"
January 28, 1970: Black tennis star Ashe barred from South Africa
January 15, 1970: Breakaway Republic of Biafra ceases to exist
January 15, 1970: Bob Hope TV special draws record ratings
Rosemary Prinz
Typhoid ship SS Oronsay
Karl Marx's tomb
Harrold Carswell
"Clipper Victor", the first commercial 747 [ 117 ]
Division line between Chandigarh, Punjab and Panchkula, Haryana