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.

Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries: 19th century20th century21st century
Decades: 1940s  1950s  1960s  – 1970s –  1980s  1990s  2000s
Years: 1967 1968 196919701971 1972 1973

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1978 Ford Pinto

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Kevin Smith in 2012

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Max Born

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Sukarno

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Jimi Hendrix
 
Gamal Abdel Nasser

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Janis Joplin

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Charles de Gaulle

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The Carpenters in 1972

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