Timeline June 1970

Events in June 1970 14

• 1879 – 1970 E.M. Forster (1879-1970) Died 7 June 1970, aged 91 E.M. Forster, the English novelist best known for A Passage to India and Howards End, died in Coventry, England. His novels explored class, empire and personal connection in early twentieth-century Britain.
• 1901 – 1970 Sukarno (1901-1970) Died 21 June 1970, aged 69 Sukarno, the first President of Indonesia and leader of its independence movement, died under house arrest in Jakarta after being ousted from power by General Suharto. He remains a foundational figure in Indonesian national identity.
• 1937 – 1970 Bruce McLaren The Founder Founded the McLaren team; a brilliant engineer and race winner who died testing his own car.
• 1970 United States Invades Cambodia US and South Vietnamese forces cross into Cambodia US and South Vietnamese troops launched a series of ground operations into Cambodia to destroy North Vietnamese and Viet Cong sanctuaries. The expansion of the Vietnam War into a neutral country triggered mass protests across the United States, including the demonstrations at Kent State.
• 1970 1970 FIFA World Cup Total Football Peak Considered one of the greatest tournaments ever; Brazil took permanent possession of the Jules Rimet Trophy. Winner: Brazil.
• 1970 Arrested Distributing Banned Newspaper Direct action for Maoist causes In June 1970 Sartre was briefly arrested for distributing copies of La Cause du Peuple, a banned Maoist newspaper he had agreed to edit in order to shield its publishers from prosecution under his public stature. President Georges Pompidou reportedly ordered his prompt release, reasoning that "one does not arrest Voltaire." The episode exemplified Sartre's willingness to place his own body and reputation on the line for radical causes in his later years.
• 1970 First Total Synthesis of a Gene Har Gobind Khorana's team builds a gene from scratch A research team led by biochemist Har Gobind Khorana announced the first complete chemical synthesis of a gene, a yeast alanine transfer RNA gene. The achievement was a milestone in molecular biology that laid groundwork for later genetic engineering.
• 1970 French Open 1970 Men: Jan Kodeš · Women: Margaret Court
• 1970 Stevie Wonder releases Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours First self-produced hit His first hit as his own producer.
• 1970 The Kinks release Lola Comeback hit A comeback hit about a nightclub encounter in Soho.
• 1970 – present Art Basel Premier Art Fair The world's leading art fair for modern and contemporary works.
• 1970 1970 World Cup Quarter-Final Played his final World Cup match as England lost 3–2 to West Germany in the quarter-final in Mexico. Manager Alf Ramsey controversially substituted Charlton with England leading 2–1.
• 1970 Grateful Dead release Workingman's Dead Casey Jones A turn to country and folk harmonies.
• 1970 Janis Joplin on the Festival Express Train tour of Canada A train tour across Canada with the Grateful Dead and The Band.