March 5th, 1970, fell on a Thursday. It was day 64 of 1970. The decade was the 1970s.
50 years, 4 months and 29 days have passed since March 5th, 1970.
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Songs that were on top of the music singles charts in the USA and the United Kingdom on March 5th, 1970:
The date is March 5th, 1970 and it's a Thursday. Spring has started to creep in and the evenings are beginning to get longer. In America, the song Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon & Garfunkel is on top of the singles charts.
Over in the UK, Wand'rin Star by Lee Marvin is the number one hit song. Richard Nixon is currently the President of the United States. 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.
People are watching popular TV shows such as "The Ed Sullivan Show", "Gunsmoke", "Here's Lucy" and "Marcus Welby, M.D.". Children and teenagers are currently watching television shows such as "Underdog", "Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!", "Cattanooga Cats" and "The Clangers". If you're a kid or a teenager, then you're probably playing with toys such as "Etch A Sketch", "Suzy Homemaker", "Clackers" and "G.I. Joe Adventure Team".
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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.
West Germany Chancellor Willy Brandt was named as the Time Person of the Year in 1970.
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.
"Bridge over Troubled Water" by Simon & Garfunkel would go on to win a Grammy for 1970's Song of the Year.
"Patton" won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1970.
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"The Clangers" - "Sesame Street" - "The Brady Bunch" - "Cattanooga Cats" - "The Perils of Penelope Pitstop" - "Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines" - "Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!" - "The Pink Panther Show" - "The Banana Splits" - "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" - "Skippy the Bush Kangaroo" - "Spider-Man" - "The New Adventures of Superman" - "JOT the Dot" - "Underdog" - "The Bugs Bunny Show" - "My Three Sons" - "Captain Kangaroo" - "Lassie"
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