January 12th, 1970

What happened?

What happened on January 12th, 1970?

• 3-year-old Cheryl Grimmer goes missing in Wollongong, Australia.

Top songs.

These songs were on top of the music charts in the United States and the United Kingdom on January 12th, 1970.

• United States: Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head - B.J. Thomas
• United Kingdom: Two Little Boys - Rolf Harris

Take me back to January 12th, 1970!

Ready for a walk down memory lane?

The date is January 12th, 1970, and it's a Monday. Anyone born today will have the star sign Capricorn. The weekend has just passed, so some people are feeling a bit down. Others are tired after partying too much.

The Christmas holiday season is long over, the decorations have been taken down and a sense of normality has returned. In America, the song Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head by B.J. Thomas is at the top of the singles charts. Over in the UK, Two Little Boys by Rolf Harris is the number-one hit song.

Richard Nixon is the President of the United States, and the movie On Her Majesty's Secret Service is at the top of the box office. Harold Wilson is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. It's 1970, so radio stations are playing hit songs from artists such as Elvis Presley, Mungo Jerry, Shocking Blue, Diana Ross, Simon & Garfunkel, The Jackson 5 and The Carpenters.

In fashion, the hippie look from the 1960s is still popular. Clothing items such as tie dye shirts, bell-bottoms, midi skirts, gauchos and Mexican blouses are being worn by women. Meanwhile, men are wearing dark satin shirts, ethnic-looking tunics, bell bottom jeans, tweed sports jackets and turtlenecks. If you were to travel back to this day, notable figures such as Tammi Terrell, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, and Charles de Gaulle would all still be alive. On TV, people are watching popular shows such as "Gunsmoke", "Columbo", "Hee Haw", and "Then Came Bronson".

Kids and teenagers are watching TV shows such as "Lassie", "The Archie Show", "Sesame Street", and "The Clangers". Popular toys at the moment include Motorific (slot car toys), Twister mat, Crissy (doll), and Snoopy Astronaut (figure).

News topics, nostalgic fads, and pop culture events.

These are news stories, trending topics, and fads that were popular on January 12th, 1970.

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  Wallpaper.

  Wallpaper was extremely common in people's homes throughout the 1970s and 1980s. It wasn't until the mid-late 1980s that "modernism" started to creep in.

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  Office workers are using typewriters.

  Although personal computers began to emerge during the 1970s, typewriters were still the norm for most office workers.

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  The Vietnam War is still ongoing.

  The war in Vietnam was still ongoing. However, by this stage, the conflict had become deeply unpopular with most Americans. Troop numbers in the country were starting to reduce, having reached their peak two years prior. In 1970, 6,081 US service personnel were killed in action.

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  Who were the best NBA players in 1970?

  The best NBA players in 1970 were Willis Reed, Billy Cunningham, Connie Hawkins, Jerry West and Walt Frazier.

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  Best soccer players.

  In 1970, the best soccer players were Gerd Müller, Bobby Moore, Luigi Riva, Franz Beckenbauer, Wolfgang Overath, Dragan Džajić, Johan Cruyff, Gordon Banks and Alessandro Mazzola.

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  Patton.

  "Patton" won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1970.

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  Simon & Garfunkel - "Bridge over Troubled Water"

  "Bridge over Troubled Water" by Simon & Garfunkel won a Grammy for 1970's Song of the Year.

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  1970 in movies.

  Movies released in 1970 included Love Story, MASH, Airport, Patton, Woodstock, Little Big Man, Ryan's Daughter, "Tora! Tora! Tora!", Chariots of the Gods, The Aristocats, The Conformist, A Man Called Horse and The Vampire Lovers.

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  Willy Brandt.

  West Germany's Chancellor Willy Brandt was named Time Person of the Year in 1970 due to his attempts to establish a fresh relationship between East and West.

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  1970 in music.

  The Billboard Charts in 1970 were dominated by the likes of The Jackson 5, B. J. Thomas, The Beatles, The Carpenters, The Partridge Family, Simon & Garfunkel, Bread, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, George Harrison and Shocking Blue.

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  The Volkswagen Beetle.

  The Volkswagen Beetle was one of the most common cars on the road. Sales of the vehicle increased following the release of the 1968 film The Love Bug (and its subsequent spin-offs).

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  The Hippie movement.

  The hippie counterculture reached its peak during the late 1960s and early 1970s. The movement, which sprung up in opposition to the Vietnam War, was centered around peace, psychedelic music, sexual liberation, bright colors, and drugs such as LSD and marijuana.

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  Lava lamps are all the rage.

  Sales of lava lamps increased in the late 1960s. It wasn't until the second half of the 1970s that they started to go out of fashion.

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  The afro hairstyle is at its peak in popularity.

  The afro hairstyle took off during the 1960s and early 1970s. Public figures such as Angela Davis, Pam Grier, Jimi Hendrix, and the Jackson 5 were among those who sported the style.

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  Color TV.

  Although color television was rising in popularity, black-and-white TV sets were still the most popular.

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  The push-button telephone.

  Push-button telephones were beginning to replace the older rotary-style landlines.

Facts.

Basic facts and information about this date:

• 53 years, 8 months, and 10 days have passed since January 12th, 1970.
• Week Number: This date occurred during Week 3 of 1970.
• Leap Year: 1970 was not a leap year.
• Age: People born on January 12th, 1970, are now 53 years old.
• Generation: People born in 1970 belong to the Generation X generation.
• Unix Timestamp: The Unix Timestamp for this date is 946800.

Personality traits.

Check out our personality summary for people who were born on January 12th, 1970.

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Around this time.

Notable events that happened close to January 12th, 1970.

• December 16th, 1969: The musical romantic comedy film "Hello, Dolly!" is released in movie theaters.
• December 28th, 1969: The Provisional IRA issues its first public statement.
• January 1st, 1970: Unix time begins.
• January 3rd, 1970: Actor Robert B. Sinclair is stabbed to death by a burglar at his home in Montecito, California.
• January 4th, 1970: 15,621 people are killed in the Yunnan province of China after a 7.7 Richter magnitude scale earthquake strikes.
• January 11th, 1970: Super Bowl IV: The Kansas City Chiefs defeat the Minnesota Vikings at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans.
• This date: January 12th, 1970
• January 17th, 1970: Irish politics: Sinn Féin is formed (current form).
• January 21st, 1970: The first episode of the sitcom "Nanny and the Professor" is aired on TV.
• January 22nd, 1970: The first commercial Boeing 747 flight takes place between JFK International Airport and London Heathrow Airport.
• January 26th, 1970: Simon & Garfunkel release their final studio album "Bridge over Troubled Water".

Horoscope, birthstone, and birth flower information.

Zodiac and birthstone information.

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• Zodiac Sign (Astrology): Anyone born on January 12th, 1970, will have the star sign Capricorn.
• Zodiac Element: Earth.
• Chinese Zodiac Animal: In the Chinese Zodiac, 1970 was the year of the Dog (Yang Wood).
• The Life Path Number for this date is 3.
• Native American Zodiac: January 12th, 1970 falls under the Goose.
• Birthstone: A person during the month of January will have the birthstone Garnet.
• Birth flower (January): The Carnation and the Snowdrop.

Photos of 1970s fashion.

Photographs of 1970s fashion and hairstyles.

Cars in 1970.

1970 saw the introduction of cars such as the Dodge Colt, the Toyota Carina, the Range Rover, the Ford Pinto, the AMC Gremlin and the Chevrolet Vega.

Were you born on this date?

If you were born on this date, then it is unlikely that you will remember anything from the year 1970.

This is because humans find it difficult to retrieve memories of their early childhood.

If you are looking for some childhood nostalgia, then you should check out January 12th, 1976, instead.

Conception dates.

Conception estimates for this date.

Warning! These conception dates are based on broad estimates.

• A baby that was born on January 12th, 1970 was most likely conceived around April 21st, 1969.
• The due date for a baby that was conceived on January 12th, 1970 is close to October 5th, 1970.

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Time difference & statistics.

Here are some fun statistics about January 12th, 1970.

• 19,611 days have passed since this date.
• 2,801 weeks have passed.
• 1,694,390,400 seconds have passed since January 12th, 1970.
• If you were born on this day, your heart has beat approximately 1,976,788,800 times.
• Since then, the Earth has traveled approximately 874,305,446,400 miles through space.
• If you were born on this day, your eyes have blinked approximately 282,398,400 times.
• You have taken approximately 145,717,574 steps. That's roughly 64,763 miles!
• Since this date, 20,332,685 meteors have entered the Earth's atmosphere!
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