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1964 state highway renumbering (California) In 1963 and 1964, the California Division of Highways implemented a major renumbering of its state highways. The majority of sign routes - those marked for the public - kept their numbers; the main changes were to the legislative routes, which had their numbers changed to match the sign routes.
1964 state highway renumbering (Washington) In 1964, the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) created a new numbering system, the State Route system, out of the existing Primary State Highways (PSH) and Secondary State Highways (SSH) system. The new system, called State Routes or Signed Routes, consolidated and created a more organized and systematic method of numbering the highways within the state.
1964 Summer Olympics The 1964 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVIII Olympiad, were held in 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo, which won the rights to the games in 1958 over the bids from Detroit, Buenos Aires and Vienna, had been awarded with the organisation of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this honour had been passed to Helsinki because of Japan's invasion of China.
1964 UEFA European Football Championship The 1964 UEFA European Football Championship, then called the European Nations Cup, was the second edition of the quadrennial European Football Championship, endorsed by UEFA. The final tournament was held in Spain.
1964 Winter Olympics The 1964 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games, were celebrated in Innsbruck, Austria, from January 29 to February 9, 1964. The games included 1091 athletes from 36 nations, and the Olympic Torch was carried by Joseph Rieder,
1964 World Series The 1964 World Series, the 56th playing for the championship of Major League Baseball, pitted the National League champion St. Louis Cardinals against the American League champion New York Yankees, with the Cardinals prevailing in seven games.
1964-65 Cuban National Series Industriales began to make a habit of Cuban National Series titles during the 1964-65 season, the fourth installment of Cuba's new post-revolutionary amateur baseball league. The team, representing Havana, won its third straight title.
1964-65 NBA season The 1964-65 NBA Season was the 19th season of the National Basketball Association. The season ended with the Boston Celtics winning their 7th straight NBA Championship, beating the Los Angeles Lakers 4 games to 1 in the NBA Finals.
1965 Atlantic hurricane season The 1965 Atlantic hurricane season officially began on June 1, 1965, and lasted until November 30, 1965. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the Atlantic basin.
1965 English cricket season The 1965 English cricket season marked the end of Fred Trueman's international career, although he did not retire from first-class cricket until the end of the 1968 season. A remarkable personality as well as an outstanding fast bowler, Fred took 307 Test wickets @ 21.
1965 Memorial Cup The 1965 Memorial Cup final was a best of 7 series between the Niagara Falls Flyers of the Ontario Hockey Association and the Edmonton Oil Kings of the Central Alberta Hockey League held at the Edmonton Gardens in Edmonton, Alberta. Niagara Falls won their 1st Memorial Cup, defeating Edmonton 4 games to 1.
1965 NBA Playoffs The 1965 NBA Playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 1964-1965 season. The tournament concluded with the Eastern Conference champion Boston Celtics defeating the Western Conference champion Los Angeles Lakers, four games to one in the NBA Finals.
1965 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament The 1965 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 23 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 8, 1965, and ended with the championship game on March 20 in Portland, Oregon.
1965 Pacific typhoon season The 1965 Pacific typhoon season has no official bounds; it ran year-round in 1965, but most tropical cyclones tend to form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean between June and December. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean.
1965 Southeast Asian Peninsular Games The 3rd Southeast Asian Peninsular Games were held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 14 September - 21 September 1965. Originally to be hosted by Laos, the third edition of the games was hosted by Malaysia after the former was not able to honour its hosting commitment citing financial difficulties.
1965 Tour de France The 1965 Tour de France was memorable for a number of reasons. In his first year as a professional, Felice Gimondi, a substitute replacement on the Salvarani team, captures the overall title ahead of Raymond Poulidor, last year's second place finisher.
1965 World Series The 1965 World Series featured the National League champion Los Angeles Dodgers against the American League champion Minnesota Twins, who had won their first pennant since 1933 when the team was known as the Washington Senators. The Dodgers prevailed in 7 games to capture their second title in three years, and their third since moving to Los Angeles in 1958.
1965-66 Cuban National Series The fifth season of the Cuban National Series saw two simultaneous expansions: in the number of teams and the number of games played. Two new teams, Henequeneros and Centrales, were formed, and the schedule was nearly doubled, from 39 games per team to 65.
1965-66 NBA season The 1965-66 NBA Season was the 20th season of the National Basketball Association. The season ended with the Boston Celtics winning an unprecedented 8th straight NBA Championship, beating the Los Angeles Lakers 4 games to 3 in the NBA Finals.
1966 anti-cow slaughter agitation 1966 anti-cow slaughter agitation was the agitation by Hindu organisations in 1966 to demand a ban on the slaughter of cows in India, as enshrined in the Directive Principles of State Policy in the Constitution of India. Among others, the Shankaracharya fasted for the cause.
1966 Asian Games The 5th Asian Games were held from December 9, 1966 to December 20, 1966 in Bangkok, Thailand. Taiwan and Israel returned to the Asian Games, reversing the decision taken by Indonesia in the previous Asiad to debar the two countries.
1966 Atlantic hurricane season The 1966 Atlantic hurricane season officially began on June 1, 1966, and lasted until November 30, 1966. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the Atlantic basin.
1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games The 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games were held in Kingston, Jamaica from August 4 to August 13. This was the first time that the Games had been held outside the so-called White Commonwealth countries.
1966 Defence White Paper The 1966 Defence White Paper was a major review of the United Kingdom's defence policy brought about by the Labour Party government under the Prime Minister Harold Wilson. The main author was the then Secretary of State for Defence Denis Healey.
1966 FIFA World Cup Final The 1966 Football World Cup Final was the final match in the 1966 World Cup, contested by England and West Germany. The game was played on July 30 1966 at Wembley Stadium in London, and had an attendance of 93,000.
1966 FIFA World Cup qualification A total of 74 teams entered the 1966 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds, competing for a total of 16 spots in the final tournament. England, as the hosts, and Brazil, as the defending champions, qualified automatically, leaving 14 spots open for competition.
1966 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships The 1966 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships took place February 17-26, 1966 in Oslo, Norway at the Holmenkollen ski arena. This was the third time the Norwegian capital hosted this event having done so in 1930 and at the 1952 Winter Olympics.
1966 Memorial Cup The 1966 Memorial Cup final was a best of 7 series between the Oshawa Generals of the Ontario Hockey Association and the Edmonton Oil Kings of the Central Alberta Hockey League held at the Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto, Ontario. Edmonton won their 2nd Memorial Cup, defeating Oshawa 4 games to 2.
1966 National Opposition Union The 1966 National Opposition Union (Spanish: UniĂłn Nacional Opositora - UNO) was a Nicaraguan political coalition founded on October 24, 1966 by the Conservative Party (PC), the Social Christian Party (PSC) and the Independent Liberal Party (PLI) to challenge the candidacy of Anastasio Somoza Debayle in the 1967 Nicaraguan presidential election. The UNO nominated Fernando AgĂĽero as their candidate.
1966 NBA Playoffs The 1966 NBA Playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 1965-1966 season. The tournament concluded with the Eastern Conference champion Boston Celtics defeating the Western Conference champion Los Angeles Lakers, four games to three in the NBA Finals.
1966 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament The 1966 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 22 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 7, 1966, and ended with the championship game on March 19 in College Park, Maryland.
1966 New York City transit strike The 1966 New York City transit strike was a strike in New York City called by the Transport Workers Union (TWU) and Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) after the expiration of their contract with the New York City Transit Authority (TA). It was the first strike against the TA; pre-TWU transit strikes in 1905, 1910, 1916 and 1919 against the then-private transit companies had all failed.
1966 NFL Draft The 1966 National Football League Draft featured the last draft in which the NFL and the AFL drafted their players separate of one another. As a result, many players selected by both teams from both leagues would choose to play for the more prestigious NFL, or in a rarer case, the AFL.
1966 Pacific typhoon season The 1966 Pacific typhoon season has no official bounds, but most tropical cyclones tend to form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean between June and December. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean.
1966 World Series The 1966 World Series matched the Baltimore Orioles against the defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers, with the Orioles sweeping the Series in 4 games to capture the first championship in franchise history. Despite the general consensus that the Orioles were short of pitching when compared to the likes of Don Drysdale and Sandy Koufax, Orioles pitching allowed only two runs in the entire series and ended up with a 0.
1966 World Sportscar Championship season The 1966 World Sportscar Championship season was the 14th season of the FIA World Sportscar Championship. It was a series for Sportscars and Grand Touring, with Sportscars being divided into Sports (S) and Prototype (P) classes, while Grand Touring cars were referred to simply as GT.
1966-67 Cuban National Series Orientales dethroned four-time champion Industriales to win their only Cuban National Series championship. Four teams finished within three games of first place, as Las Villas and Granjeros limped to the finish line.
1966-67 NBA season The 1966-67 NBA Season was the 21st season of the National Basketball Association. The season ended with the Philadelphia 76ers winning the NBA Championship, beating the San Francisco Warriors 4 games to 2 in the NBA Finals, ending the Boston Celtics' record title run at 8.
1966-67 WCJHL season The 1966-67 WCJHL season was the inaugural season of the Western Canada Junior Hockey League, known in the present day as the Western Hockey League. It was formed following a rebellion within the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League and was considered an "outlaw league" by the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association.
1967 Atlantic hurricane season The 1967 Atlantic hurricane season officially began on June 1, 1967, and lasted until November 30, 1967. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the Atlantic basin.
1967 Green Bay Packers season The 1967 Green Bay Packers season resulted in a 9-4-1 record and a victory in Super Bowl II. The team beat the Dallas Cowboys in the 1967 NFL Championship Game, a game commonly known as the "Ice Bowl".
1967 Chicago Bears season The 1967 Chicago Bears season was their 48th regular season completed in the National Football League. The club posted a 7-6-1 record, earning them a second place finish in the newly formed Central Division within the NFL's Western Conference.
1967 Memorial Cup The 1967 Memorial Cup final was a best of 7 series between the Toronto Marlboros of the Ontario Hockey Association and the Port Arthur Marrs of the Thunder Bay Junior Hockey League held at the Fort Williams Gardens in Port Arthur, Ontario. Toronto won their 5th Memorial Cup, defeating Port Arthur 4 games to 1.
1967 NBA Draft 1967 NBA Draft saw some of the best names in basketball amongst the top 19 picks, including current NBA coaches Pat Riley of the Miami Heat (2005-06 NBA Champions) and nine-time NBA Championship coach Phil Jackson (currently the head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers). Jackson would go on to coach Michael Jordan's Chicago Bulls to six NBA titles in the 1990s, then lead the Lakers to three straight titles from 2000 to 2002, while Riley went on to earn four of his five NBA crowns with the Lakers in the 1980s, then led the Heat to their first-ever title in 2006.
1967 NBA Playoffs The 1967 NBA Playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 1966-1967 season. The tournament concluded with the Eastern Conference champion Philadelphia 76ers defeating the Western Conference champion San Francisco Warriors, four games to two in the NBA Finals.
1967 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament The 1967 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 23 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 11, 1967, and ended with the championship game on March 25 in Louisville, Kentucky.
1967 Newark riots The 1967 Newark Riots were a major civil disturbance that occurred in the city of Newark, New Jersey between July 12 and July 17 1967. In the period leading up to the riots, several factors led local African-American residents to feel powerless and disenfranchised.
1967 NHL Expansion The National Hockey League added six new franchises for the 1967-68 NHL season, doubling the size of the league. This marked the first change in the composition of the league since 1942, when the Brooklyn Americans folded.
1967 NHL Expansion Draft The 1967 NHL Expansion Draft was held on June 6, 1967, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The draft took place to fill the rosters of the league's six expansion teams for the 1967-68 season: the Los Angeles Kings, Minnesota North Stars, Oakland Seals, Philadelphia Flyers, Pittsburgh Penguins, and the St.
1967 Oakland Raiders season The 1967 Oakland Raiders season was a breakthrough one for the franchise. The team captured their first Western Division title, and advanced to the American Football League Championship game for the first time.
1967 Pacific typhoon season The 1967 Pacific typhoon season has no official bounds; it ran year-round in 1967, but most tropical cyclones tend to form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean between June and December. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean.
1967 Singles Sampler The 1967 Singles Sampler 0r 1967: The First Three Singles, is a limited edition compilation album by Pink Floyd which was released in 1997 to commerate the 30th anniversary of the band. It features the bands first three singles and b sides, which were written mostly by their band leader, Syd Barrett.
1967 USC vs. UCLA football game November 18, 1967: The University of California at Los Angeles, 7-0-1 and ranked Number 1, with senior quarterback Gary Beban as a Heisman Trophy candidate, played the University of Southern California, 8-1 and ranked Number 4, with junior running back O.J.
1967 World Sportscar Championship season The 1967 World Sportscar Championship season was the 15th season of the FIA World Sportscar Championship. It was a series for Sportscars and Grand Touring, with Sportscars being divided into Sports (S) and Prototype (P) classes, while Grand Touring cars were referred to simply as GT.
1967-68 NBA season The 1967-68 NBA Season was the 22nd season of the National Basketball Association. The season ended with the Boston Celtics winning the NBA Championship, beating the Los Angeles Lakers 4 games to 2 in the NBA Finals.
1967-68 WCJHL season The 1967-68 WCJHL season was the 2nd season of the Western Canada Junior Hockey League, known in the present day as the Western Hockey League. Eleven teams completed a 60 game season, with the Estevan Bruins winning the President's Cup.
1968 ABA Playoffs The 1968 ABA Playoffs was the postseason tournament of the American Basketball Association's 1967-1968 season. The tournament concluded with the Eastern Division champion Pittsburgh Pipers defeating the Western Division champion New Orleans Buccaneers, four games to three in the ABA Finals.
1968 Atlantic hurricane season The 1968 Atlantic hurricane season officially began on June 1, 1968, and lasted until November 30, 1968. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the Atlantic basin.
1968 English cricket season The 1968 English cricket season was something of a watershed for it was the last in which the County Championship predominated. From 1969, a new limited overs league began and the number of championship matches was reduced.
1968 Governor General's Awards Each winner of the 1968 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit was selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts. The year was marked by controversy as both Leonard Cohen and Hubert Aquin refused to accept their awards.
1968 Chicago Bears season The 1968 Chicago Bears season was their 49th regular season completed in the National Football League. The club posted a 7-7 record, earning them another second place finish in the Central Division within the NFL's Western Conference behind the Green Bay Packers.
1968 Memorial Cup The 1968 Memorial Cup final was a best of 7 series between the Niagara Falls Flyers of the Ontario Hockey Association and the Estevan Bruins of the Western Hockey League held at the Niagara Falls Memorial Arena in Niagara Falls, Ontario and at the Montreal Forum in Montreal, Quebec. Niagara Falls won their 2nd Memorial Cup, defeating Estevan 4 games to 1.
1968 NBA Finals The 1968 NBA Finals pitted the Boston Celtics from the East, against the Los Angeles Lakers from the West, for the sixth time in ten years. The Celtics won their tenth NBA Championship in twelve seasons, by defeating the Lakers in six games.
1968 NBA Playoffs The 1968 NBA Playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 1967-1968 season. The tournament concluded with the Eastern Conference champion Boston Celtics defeating the Western Conference champion Los Angeles Lakers, four games to two in the NBA Finals.
1968 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament The 1968 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 23 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 8, 1968, and ended with the championship game on March 23 in Los Angeles, California.
1968 NFL season The 1968 NFL season was the 49th regular season of the National Football League. As per the agreement made during the 1967 realignment, the New Orleans Saints and the New York Giants switched divisions; the Saints joined the Century Division while the Giants became part of the Capitol Division.
1968 Pacific typhoon season The 1968 Pacific typhoon season has no official bounds; it ran year-round in 1968, but most tropical cyclones tend to form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean between June and December. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean.
1968 Polish political crisis The Polish 1968 political crisis describes major student and intellectual protests against the communist government of the People's Republic of Poland, their repression by state forces and the concurrent Soviet anti-Zionist. The student and intellectual protests coincided with and supported the events of Prague spring in neighboring Czechoslovakia.
1968 Rugby League World Cup The fourth Rugby League World Cup was held in Australia and New Zealand in 1968. For the first time a world cup final was specifically pre-arranged (previous finals having only been used when teams were level on points).
1968 South African Grand Prix Results from the 1968 Formula One South African Grand Prix held at Kyalami on January 1, 1968. The race is significant as not only the last to be won by two-time World Drivers' Champion and 1965 Indianapolis 500 winner Jim Clark, but also the last in which he ever competed.
1968 World Sportscar Championship season The 1968 World Sportscar Championship season was the 16th season of the FIA World Sportscar Championship. It was a series for Sportscars and Grand Touring, with Sportscars being divided into Sports (S) and Prototype (P) classes, while Grand Touring cars were referred to simply as GT.
1968-69 Cuban National Series The eighth Cuban National Series was won by Azucareros, with defending champion Habana and four-time champion Industriales hot on the trail of the cane cutters. For the first time in several seasons, the number of teams and games remained unchanged from the previous season.
1968-69 NBA season The 1968-69 NBA Season was the 23rd season of the National Basketball Association. The season ended with the Boston Celtics winning the NBA Championship, beating the Los Angeles Lakers 4 games to 3 in the NBA Finals.
1968-69 WCHL season The 1968-69 WCHL season was the 3rd season of the Western Canada Hockey League, known in the present day as the Western Hockey League. Eight teams completed a 60 game season, with the Flin Flon Bombers winning the President's Cup.
1969 ABA Playoffs The 1969 ABA Playoffs was the postseason tournament of the American Basketball Association's 1968-1969 season. The tournament concluded with the Western Division champion Oakland Oaks defeating the Eastern Division champion Indiana Pacers, four games to one in the ABA Finals.
1969 Atlantic hurricane season The 1969 Atlantic hurricane season officially began on June 1, 1969, and lasted until November 30, 1969. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the Atlantic basin.
1969 English cricket season The 1969 English cricket season saw the inauguration of the Sunday League (now the National League), sponsored by the John Player tobacco company. All matches were played on Sundays with each of the 17 first-class counties playing each other once.
1969 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season The 1969 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 21st competitive motorcycle season, with 12 Grands Prix and five classes, 500cc, 350cc, 250cc, 125cc and 50cc. This season was the first to utilise a new points system, which awarded points as follows.
1969 Italian Grand Prix The 1969 Formula One Italian Grand Prix was held at Monza on September 7, 1969. The race was notable in that less than a fifth of second separated the winner from the fourth-placed driver, and is generally reckoned to be the closest 1-2-3-4 in F1 history.
1969 Kansas City Chiefs season The 1969 Kansas City Chiefs season resulted in a 11-3 record and a 23-7 victory in Super Bowl IV over the NFL’s heavily-favored Minnesota Vikings. The team beat their rivals, the Oakland Raiders in the final AFL Championship Game, claiming their third AFL Championship in franchise history.
1969 Memorial Cup The 1969 Memorial Cup final was a best of 7 series between the Montreal Jr. Canadiens of the Ontario Hockey Association and the Regina Pats of the Western Hockey League held at the Montreal Forum in Montreal, Quebec and at the Regina Exhibition Stadium in Regina, Saskatchewan.
1969 National League Championship Series The 1969 National League Championship Series was a best-of-five match-up between the Eastern Division champion New York Mets and the Western Division champion Atlanta Braves. The Mets swept the Braves 3 games to none.
1969 NBA Finals The 1969 NBA Finals was one of the most spectacular Finals series ever. It was played between the Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics, the Lakers being heavily favoured due to the presence of three formidable stars: Elgin Baylor, Wilt Chamberlain, and Jerry West.
1969 NBA Playoffs The 1969 NBA Playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 1968-1969 season. The tournament concluded with the Eastern Conference champion Boston Celtics defeating the Western Conference champion Los Angeles Lakers, four games to three in the NBA Finals.
1969 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament The 1969 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 25 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 8, 1969, and ended with the championship game on March 22 in Louisville, Kentucky.
1969 NFL season The 1969 NFL season was the 50th regular season of the National Football League, and the last one before the AFL-NFL Merger. To honor the NFL's 50th season, a special anniversary logo was designed and each player wore a patch on their jerseys with this logo throughout the season.
1969 Pacific typhoon season The 1969 Pacific typhoon season has no official bounds; it ran year-round in 1969, but most tropical cyclones tend to form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean between June and December. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean.
1969 White Paper The 1969 White Paper was a Canadian policy document in which Minister of Indian Affairs, the Hon. Jean Chrétien proposed the abolition of the Indian Act of Canada, the rejection of land claims, and the assimilation of First Nations people into the Canadian population with the status of other ethnic minorities rather than a distinct group.
1969 World Series The 1969 World Series was played between the New York Mets and the Baltimore Orioles, with the Mets prevailing in 5 games to accomplish one of the greatest upsets in Series history, as that particular Orioles squad was (and still is by some baseball pundits) considered to be one of the finest ever. The World Series win earned the team the sobriquet "Miracle Mets.
1969 World Sportscar Championship season The 1969 World Sportscar Championship season was the 17th season of the FIA World Championship of Makes. It was a series for Sportscars and Grand Touring, with Sportscars being divided into Sports (S) and Prototype (P) classes, while Grand Touring cars were referred to simply as GT.
1969-70 NBA season The 1969-70 NBA Season was the 24th season of the National Basketball Association. The season ended with the New York Knicks winning the NBA Championship, beating the Los Angeles Lakers 4 games to 3 in the NBA Finals.
1969-70 WCHL season The 1969-70 WCHL season was the 4th season of the Western Canada Hockey League, known in the present day as the Western Hockey League. Eight teams completed a 60 game season, with the Flin Flon Bombers winning their second consecutive President's Cup.
196th (Western Universities) Battalion, CEF The 196th (Western Universities) Battalion, CEF was a unit in the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the First World War. Based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, the unit began recruiting during the winter of 1915/16 in universities throughout western Canada.
1970 ABA Playoffs The 1970 ABA Playoffs was the postseason tournament of the American Basketball Association's 1969-1970 season. The tournament concluded with the Eastern Division champion Indiana Pacers defeating the Western Division champion Los Angeles Stars, four games to two in the ABA Finals.
1970 American League Championship Series The 1970 American League Championship Series was a match-up between the Eastern Division champion Baltimore Orioles and the Western Division champion Minnesota Twins. The Orioles swept the Twins 3 games to none and went on to win the World Series against the Cincinnati Reds.
1970 Ancash earthquake The 1970 Ancash earthquake was an undersea earthquake that occurred at 20:23:31 UTC (15:23:31 local time) on Sunday, May 31, 1970, affecting the Peruvian regions of Ancash and La Libertad, and that combined with a subsequent landslide, was the most catastrophic natural disaster ever recorded in the history of Peru.
1970 Anglo-Italian Cup The 1970 Anglo-Italian Cup was a football cup competition held between clubs in England and Italy won by Swindon Town. It was the inaugural Anglo-Italian Cup competition and also one of the few tournaments where the final has had to be abandoned due to hooliganism.
1970 Atlantic hurricane season The 1970 Atlantic hurricane season officially began on June 1, 1970, and lasted until November 30, 1970. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the Atlantic basin.
1970 Bhola cyclone The Bhola cyclone was a powerful tropical cyclone that made landfall in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) on 13 November, 1970. It is the deadliest known tropical cyclone of all time; an estimated 500,000 people lost their lives, mostly through drowning.
1970 Caribbean Baseball World Series After nine years of absence, the Caribbean Baseball World Series (Serie del Caribe) was revived in 1970 without Panama or Cuba. It was held in Caracas, Venezuela from February 5 to February 10 at Estadio Universitario and featured three teams from Dominican Republic (Licey), Puerto Rico (Ponce), and Venezuela (Magallanes).
1964 state highway renumbering (Washington) In 1964, the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) created a new numbering system, the State Route system, out of the existing Primary State Highways (PSH) and Secondary State Highways (SSH) system. The new system, called State Routes or Signed Routes, consolidated and created a more organized and systematic method of numbering the highways within the state.
1964 Summer Olympics The 1964 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVIII Olympiad, were held in 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo, which won the rights to the games in 1958 over the bids from Detroit, Buenos Aires and Vienna, had been awarded with the organisation of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this honour had been passed to Helsinki because of Japan's invasion of China.
1964 UEFA European Football Championship The 1964 UEFA European Football Championship, then called the European Nations Cup, was the second edition of the quadrennial European Football Championship, endorsed by UEFA. The final tournament was held in Spain.
1964 Winter Olympics The 1964 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games, were celebrated in Innsbruck, Austria, from January 29 to February 9, 1964. The games included 1091 athletes from 36 nations, and the Olympic Torch was carried by Joseph Rieder,
1964 World Series The 1964 World Series, the 56th playing for the championship of Major League Baseball, pitted the National League champion St. Louis Cardinals against the American League champion New York Yankees, with the Cardinals prevailing in seven games.
1964-65 Cuban National Series Industriales began to make a habit of Cuban National Series titles during the 1964-65 season, the fourth installment of Cuba's new post-revolutionary amateur baseball league. The team, representing Havana, won its third straight title.
1964-65 NBA season The 1964-65 NBA Season was the 19th season of the National Basketball Association. The season ended with the Boston Celtics winning their 7th straight NBA Championship, beating the Los Angeles Lakers 4 games to 1 in the NBA Finals.
1965 Atlantic hurricane season The 1965 Atlantic hurricane season officially began on June 1, 1965, and lasted until November 30, 1965. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the Atlantic basin.
1965 English cricket season The 1965 English cricket season marked the end of Fred Trueman's international career, although he did not retire from first-class cricket until the end of the 1968 season. A remarkable personality as well as an outstanding fast bowler, Fred took 307 Test wickets @ 21.
1965 Memorial Cup The 1965 Memorial Cup final was a best of 7 series between the Niagara Falls Flyers of the Ontario Hockey Association and the Edmonton Oil Kings of the Central Alberta Hockey League held at the Edmonton Gardens in Edmonton, Alberta. Niagara Falls won their 1st Memorial Cup, defeating Edmonton 4 games to 1.
1965 NBA Playoffs The 1965 NBA Playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 1964-1965 season. The tournament concluded with the Eastern Conference champion Boston Celtics defeating the Western Conference champion Los Angeles Lakers, four games to one in the NBA Finals.
1965 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament The 1965 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 23 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 8, 1965, and ended with the championship game on March 20 in Portland, Oregon.
1965 Pacific typhoon season The 1965 Pacific typhoon season has no official bounds; it ran year-round in 1965, but most tropical cyclones tend to form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean between June and December. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean.
1965 Southeast Asian Peninsular Games The 3rd Southeast Asian Peninsular Games were held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 14 September - 21 September 1965. Originally to be hosted by Laos, the third edition of the games was hosted by Malaysia after the former was not able to honour its hosting commitment citing financial difficulties.
1965 Tour de France The 1965 Tour de France was memorable for a number of reasons. In his first year as a professional, Felice Gimondi, a substitute replacement on the Salvarani team, captures the overall title ahead of Raymond Poulidor, last year's second place finisher.
1965 World Series The 1965 World Series featured the National League champion Los Angeles Dodgers against the American League champion Minnesota Twins, who had won their first pennant since 1933 when the team was known as the Washington Senators. The Dodgers prevailed in 7 games to capture their second title in three years, and their third since moving to Los Angeles in 1958.
1965-66 Cuban National Series The fifth season of the Cuban National Series saw two simultaneous expansions: in the number of teams and the number of games played. Two new teams, Henequeneros and Centrales, were formed, and the schedule was nearly doubled, from 39 games per team to 65.
1965-66 NBA season The 1965-66 NBA Season was the 20th season of the National Basketball Association. The season ended with the Boston Celtics winning an unprecedented 8th straight NBA Championship, beating the Los Angeles Lakers 4 games to 3 in the NBA Finals.
1966 anti-cow slaughter agitation 1966 anti-cow slaughter agitation was the agitation by Hindu organisations in 1966 to demand a ban on the slaughter of cows in India, as enshrined in the Directive Principles of State Policy in the Constitution of India. Among others, the Shankaracharya fasted for the cause.
1966 Asian Games The 5th Asian Games were held from December 9, 1966 to December 20, 1966 in Bangkok, Thailand. Taiwan and Israel returned to the Asian Games, reversing the decision taken by Indonesia in the previous Asiad to debar the two countries.
1966 Atlantic hurricane season The 1966 Atlantic hurricane season officially began on June 1, 1966, and lasted until November 30, 1966. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the Atlantic basin.
1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games The 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games were held in Kingston, Jamaica from August 4 to August 13. This was the first time that the Games had been held outside the so-called White Commonwealth countries.
1966 Defence White Paper The 1966 Defence White Paper was a major review of the United Kingdom's defence policy brought about by the Labour Party government under the Prime Minister Harold Wilson. The main author was the then Secretary of State for Defence Denis Healey.
1966 FIFA World Cup Final The 1966 Football World Cup Final was the final match in the 1966 World Cup, contested by England and West Germany. The game was played on July 30 1966 at Wembley Stadium in London, and had an attendance of 93,000.
1966 FIFA World Cup qualification A total of 74 teams entered the 1966 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds, competing for a total of 16 spots in the final tournament. England, as the hosts, and Brazil, as the defending champions, qualified automatically, leaving 14 spots open for competition.
1966 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships The 1966 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships took place February 17-26, 1966 in Oslo, Norway at the Holmenkollen ski arena. This was the third time the Norwegian capital hosted this event having done so in 1930 and at the 1952 Winter Olympics.
1966 Memorial Cup The 1966 Memorial Cup final was a best of 7 series between the Oshawa Generals of the Ontario Hockey Association and the Edmonton Oil Kings of the Central Alberta Hockey League held at the Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto, Ontario. Edmonton won their 2nd Memorial Cup, defeating Oshawa 4 games to 2.
1966 National Opposition Union The 1966 National Opposition Union (Spanish: UniĂłn Nacional Opositora - UNO) was a Nicaraguan political coalition founded on October 24, 1966 by the Conservative Party (PC), the Social Christian Party (PSC) and the Independent Liberal Party (PLI) to challenge the candidacy of Anastasio Somoza Debayle in the 1967 Nicaraguan presidential election. The UNO nominated Fernando AgĂĽero as their candidate.
1966 NBA Playoffs The 1966 NBA Playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 1965-1966 season. The tournament concluded with the Eastern Conference champion Boston Celtics defeating the Western Conference champion Los Angeles Lakers, four games to three in the NBA Finals.
1966 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament The 1966 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 22 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 7, 1966, and ended with the championship game on March 19 in College Park, Maryland.
1966 New York City transit strike The 1966 New York City transit strike was a strike in New York City called by the Transport Workers Union (TWU) and Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) after the expiration of their contract with the New York City Transit Authority (TA). It was the first strike against the TA; pre-TWU transit strikes in 1905, 1910, 1916 and 1919 against the then-private transit companies had all failed.
1966 NFL Draft The 1966 National Football League Draft featured the last draft in which the NFL and the AFL drafted their players separate of one another. As a result, many players selected by both teams from both leagues would choose to play for the more prestigious NFL, or in a rarer case, the AFL.
1966 Pacific typhoon season The 1966 Pacific typhoon season has no official bounds, but most tropical cyclones tend to form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean between June and December. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean.
1966 World Series The 1966 World Series matched the Baltimore Orioles against the defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers, with the Orioles sweeping the Series in 4 games to capture the first championship in franchise history. Despite the general consensus that the Orioles were short of pitching when compared to the likes of Don Drysdale and Sandy Koufax, Orioles pitching allowed only two runs in the entire series and ended up with a 0.
1966 World Sportscar Championship season The 1966 World Sportscar Championship season was the 14th season of the FIA World Sportscar Championship. It was a series for Sportscars and Grand Touring, with Sportscars being divided into Sports (S) and Prototype (P) classes, while Grand Touring cars were referred to simply as GT.
1966-67 Cuban National Series Orientales dethroned four-time champion Industriales to win their only Cuban National Series championship. Four teams finished within three games of first place, as Las Villas and Granjeros limped to the finish line.
1966-67 NBA season The 1966-67 NBA Season was the 21st season of the National Basketball Association. The season ended with the Philadelphia 76ers winning the NBA Championship, beating the San Francisco Warriors 4 games to 2 in the NBA Finals, ending the Boston Celtics' record title run at 8.
1966-67 WCJHL season The 1966-67 WCJHL season was the inaugural season of the Western Canada Junior Hockey League, known in the present day as the Western Hockey League. It was formed following a rebellion within the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League and was considered an "outlaw league" by the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association.
1967 Atlantic hurricane season The 1967 Atlantic hurricane season officially began on June 1, 1967, and lasted until November 30, 1967. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the Atlantic basin.
1967 Green Bay Packers season The 1967 Green Bay Packers season resulted in a 9-4-1 record and a victory in Super Bowl II. The team beat the Dallas Cowboys in the 1967 NFL Championship Game, a game commonly known as the "Ice Bowl".
1967 Chicago Bears season The 1967 Chicago Bears season was their 48th regular season completed in the National Football League. The club posted a 7-6-1 record, earning them a second place finish in the newly formed Central Division within the NFL's Western Conference.
1967 Memorial Cup The 1967 Memorial Cup final was a best of 7 series between the Toronto Marlboros of the Ontario Hockey Association and the Port Arthur Marrs of the Thunder Bay Junior Hockey League held at the Fort Williams Gardens in Port Arthur, Ontario. Toronto won their 5th Memorial Cup, defeating Port Arthur 4 games to 1.
1967 NBA Draft 1967 NBA Draft saw some of the best names in basketball amongst the top 19 picks, including current NBA coaches Pat Riley of the Miami Heat (2005-06 NBA Champions) and nine-time NBA Championship coach Phil Jackson (currently the head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers). Jackson would go on to coach Michael Jordan's Chicago Bulls to six NBA titles in the 1990s, then lead the Lakers to three straight titles from 2000 to 2002, while Riley went on to earn four of his five NBA crowns with the Lakers in the 1980s, then led the Heat to their first-ever title in 2006.
1967 NBA Playoffs The 1967 NBA Playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 1966-1967 season. The tournament concluded with the Eastern Conference champion Philadelphia 76ers defeating the Western Conference champion San Francisco Warriors, four games to two in the NBA Finals.
1967 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament The 1967 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 23 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 11, 1967, and ended with the championship game on March 25 in Louisville, Kentucky.
1967 Newark riots The 1967 Newark Riots were a major civil disturbance that occurred in the city of Newark, New Jersey between July 12 and July 17 1967. In the period leading up to the riots, several factors led local African-American residents to feel powerless and disenfranchised.
1967 NHL Expansion The National Hockey League added six new franchises for the 1967-68 NHL season, doubling the size of the league. This marked the first change in the composition of the league since 1942, when the Brooklyn Americans folded.
1967 NHL Expansion Draft The 1967 NHL Expansion Draft was held on June 6, 1967, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The draft took place to fill the rosters of the league's six expansion teams for the 1967-68 season: the Los Angeles Kings, Minnesota North Stars, Oakland Seals, Philadelphia Flyers, Pittsburgh Penguins, and the St.
1967 Oakland Raiders season The 1967 Oakland Raiders season was a breakthrough one for the franchise. The team captured their first Western Division title, and advanced to the American Football League Championship game for the first time.
1967 Pacific typhoon season The 1967 Pacific typhoon season has no official bounds; it ran year-round in 1967, but most tropical cyclones tend to form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean between June and December. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean.
1967 Singles Sampler The 1967 Singles Sampler 0r 1967: The First Three Singles, is a limited edition compilation album by Pink Floyd which was released in 1997 to commerate the 30th anniversary of the band. It features the bands first three singles and b sides, which were written mostly by their band leader, Syd Barrett.
1967 USC vs. UCLA football game November 18, 1967: The University of California at Los Angeles, 7-0-1 and ranked Number 1, with senior quarterback Gary Beban as a Heisman Trophy candidate, played the University of Southern California, 8-1 and ranked Number 4, with junior running back O.J.
1967 World Sportscar Championship season The 1967 World Sportscar Championship season was the 15th season of the FIA World Sportscar Championship. It was a series for Sportscars and Grand Touring, with Sportscars being divided into Sports (S) and Prototype (P) classes, while Grand Touring cars were referred to simply as GT.
1967-68 NBA season The 1967-68 NBA Season was the 22nd season of the National Basketball Association. The season ended with the Boston Celtics winning the NBA Championship, beating the Los Angeles Lakers 4 games to 2 in the NBA Finals.
1967-68 WCJHL season The 1967-68 WCJHL season was the 2nd season of the Western Canada Junior Hockey League, known in the present day as the Western Hockey League. Eleven teams completed a 60 game season, with the Estevan Bruins winning the President's Cup.
1968 ABA Playoffs The 1968 ABA Playoffs was the postseason tournament of the American Basketball Association's 1967-1968 season. The tournament concluded with the Eastern Division champion Pittsburgh Pipers defeating the Western Division champion New Orleans Buccaneers, four games to three in the ABA Finals.
1968 Atlantic hurricane season The 1968 Atlantic hurricane season officially began on June 1, 1968, and lasted until November 30, 1968. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the Atlantic basin.
1968 English cricket season The 1968 English cricket season was something of a watershed for it was the last in which the County Championship predominated. From 1969, a new limited overs league began and the number of championship matches was reduced.
1968 Governor General's Awards Each winner of the 1968 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit was selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council for the Arts. The year was marked by controversy as both Leonard Cohen and Hubert Aquin refused to accept their awards.
1968 Chicago Bears season The 1968 Chicago Bears season was their 49th regular season completed in the National Football League. The club posted a 7-7 record, earning them another second place finish in the Central Division within the NFL's Western Conference behind the Green Bay Packers.
1968 Memorial Cup The 1968 Memorial Cup final was a best of 7 series between the Niagara Falls Flyers of the Ontario Hockey Association and the Estevan Bruins of the Western Hockey League held at the Niagara Falls Memorial Arena in Niagara Falls, Ontario and at the Montreal Forum in Montreal, Quebec. Niagara Falls won their 2nd Memorial Cup, defeating Estevan 4 games to 1.
1968 NBA Finals The 1968 NBA Finals pitted the Boston Celtics from the East, against the Los Angeles Lakers from the West, for the sixth time in ten years. The Celtics won their tenth NBA Championship in twelve seasons, by defeating the Lakers in six games.
1968 NBA Playoffs The 1968 NBA Playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 1967-1968 season. The tournament concluded with the Eastern Conference champion Boston Celtics defeating the Western Conference champion Los Angeles Lakers, four games to two in the NBA Finals.
1968 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament The 1968 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 23 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 8, 1968, and ended with the championship game on March 23 in Los Angeles, California.
1968 NFL season The 1968 NFL season was the 49th regular season of the National Football League. As per the agreement made during the 1967 realignment, the New Orleans Saints and the New York Giants switched divisions; the Saints joined the Century Division while the Giants became part of the Capitol Division.
1968 Pacific typhoon season The 1968 Pacific typhoon season has no official bounds; it ran year-round in 1968, but most tropical cyclones tend to form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean between June and December. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean.
1968 Polish political crisis The Polish 1968 political crisis describes major student and intellectual protests against the communist government of the People's Republic of Poland, their repression by state forces and the concurrent Soviet anti-Zionist. The student and intellectual protests coincided with and supported the events of Prague spring in neighboring Czechoslovakia.
1968 Rugby League World Cup The fourth Rugby League World Cup was held in Australia and New Zealand in 1968. For the first time a world cup final was specifically pre-arranged (previous finals having only been used when teams were level on points).
1968 South African Grand Prix Results from the 1968 Formula One South African Grand Prix held at Kyalami on January 1, 1968. The race is significant as not only the last to be won by two-time World Drivers' Champion and 1965 Indianapolis 500 winner Jim Clark, but also the last in which he ever competed.
1968 World Sportscar Championship season The 1968 World Sportscar Championship season was the 16th season of the FIA World Sportscar Championship. It was a series for Sportscars and Grand Touring, with Sportscars being divided into Sports (S) and Prototype (P) classes, while Grand Touring cars were referred to simply as GT.
1968-69 Cuban National Series The eighth Cuban National Series was won by Azucareros, with defending champion Habana and four-time champion Industriales hot on the trail of the cane cutters. For the first time in several seasons, the number of teams and games remained unchanged from the previous season.
1968-69 NBA season The 1968-69 NBA Season was the 23rd season of the National Basketball Association. The season ended with the Boston Celtics winning the NBA Championship, beating the Los Angeles Lakers 4 games to 3 in the NBA Finals.
1968-69 WCHL season The 1968-69 WCHL season was the 3rd season of the Western Canada Hockey League, known in the present day as the Western Hockey League. Eight teams completed a 60 game season, with the Flin Flon Bombers winning the President's Cup.
1969 ABA Playoffs The 1969 ABA Playoffs was the postseason tournament of the American Basketball Association's 1968-1969 season. The tournament concluded with the Western Division champion Oakland Oaks defeating the Eastern Division champion Indiana Pacers, four games to one in the ABA Finals.
1969 Atlantic hurricane season The 1969 Atlantic hurricane season officially began on June 1, 1969, and lasted until November 30, 1969. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the Atlantic basin.
1969 English cricket season The 1969 English cricket season saw the inauguration of the Sunday League (now the National League), sponsored by the John Player tobacco company. All matches were played on Sundays with each of the 17 first-class counties playing each other once.
1969 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season The 1969 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 21st competitive motorcycle season, with 12 Grands Prix and five classes, 500cc, 350cc, 250cc, 125cc and 50cc. This season was the first to utilise a new points system, which awarded points as follows.
1969 Italian Grand Prix The 1969 Formula One Italian Grand Prix was held at Monza on September 7, 1969. The race was notable in that less than a fifth of second separated the winner from the fourth-placed driver, and is generally reckoned to be the closest 1-2-3-4 in F1 history.
1969 Kansas City Chiefs season The 1969 Kansas City Chiefs season resulted in a 11-3 record and a 23-7 victory in Super Bowl IV over the NFL’s heavily-favored Minnesota Vikings. The team beat their rivals, the Oakland Raiders in the final AFL Championship Game, claiming their third AFL Championship in franchise history.
1969 Memorial Cup The 1969 Memorial Cup final was a best of 7 series between the Montreal Jr. Canadiens of the Ontario Hockey Association and the Regina Pats of the Western Hockey League held at the Montreal Forum in Montreal, Quebec and at the Regina Exhibition Stadium in Regina, Saskatchewan.
1969 National League Championship Series The 1969 National League Championship Series was a best-of-five match-up between the Eastern Division champion New York Mets and the Western Division champion Atlanta Braves. The Mets swept the Braves 3 games to none.
1969 NBA Finals The 1969 NBA Finals was one of the most spectacular Finals series ever. It was played between the Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics, the Lakers being heavily favoured due to the presence of three formidable stars: Elgin Baylor, Wilt Chamberlain, and Jerry West.
1969 NBA Playoffs The 1969 NBA Playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 1968-1969 season. The tournament concluded with the Eastern Conference champion Boston Celtics defeating the Western Conference champion Los Angeles Lakers, four games to three in the NBA Finals.
1969 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament The 1969 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 25 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 8, 1969, and ended with the championship game on March 22 in Louisville, Kentucky.
1969 NFL season The 1969 NFL season was the 50th regular season of the National Football League, and the last one before the AFL-NFL Merger. To honor the NFL's 50th season, a special anniversary logo was designed and each player wore a patch on their jerseys with this logo throughout the season.
1969 Pacific typhoon season The 1969 Pacific typhoon season has no official bounds; it ran year-round in 1969, but most tropical cyclones tend to form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean between June and December. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean.
1969 White Paper The 1969 White Paper was a Canadian policy document in which Minister of Indian Affairs, the Hon. Jean Chrétien proposed the abolition of the Indian Act of Canada, the rejection of land claims, and the assimilation of First Nations people into the Canadian population with the status of other ethnic minorities rather than a distinct group.
1969 World Series The 1969 World Series was played between the New York Mets and the Baltimore Orioles, with the Mets prevailing in 5 games to accomplish one of the greatest upsets in Series history, as that particular Orioles squad was (and still is by some baseball pundits) considered to be one of the finest ever. The World Series win earned the team the sobriquet "Miracle Mets.
1969 World Sportscar Championship season The 1969 World Sportscar Championship season was the 17th season of the FIA World Championship of Makes. It was a series for Sportscars and Grand Touring, with Sportscars being divided into Sports (S) and Prototype (P) classes, while Grand Touring cars were referred to simply as GT.
1969-70 NBA season The 1969-70 NBA Season was the 24th season of the National Basketball Association. The season ended with the New York Knicks winning the NBA Championship, beating the Los Angeles Lakers 4 games to 3 in the NBA Finals.
1969-70 WCHL season The 1969-70 WCHL season was the 4th season of the Western Canada Hockey League, known in the present day as the Western Hockey League. Eight teams completed a 60 game season, with the Flin Flon Bombers winning their second consecutive President's Cup.
196th (Western Universities) Battalion, CEF The 196th (Western Universities) Battalion, CEF was a unit in the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the First World War. Based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, the unit began recruiting during the winter of 1915/16 in universities throughout western Canada.
1970 ABA Playoffs The 1970 ABA Playoffs was the postseason tournament of the American Basketball Association's 1969-1970 season. The tournament concluded with the Eastern Division champion Indiana Pacers defeating the Western Division champion Los Angeles Stars, four games to two in the ABA Finals.
1970 American League Championship Series The 1970 American League Championship Series was a match-up between the Eastern Division champion Baltimore Orioles and the Western Division champion Minnesota Twins. The Orioles swept the Twins 3 games to none and went on to win the World Series against the Cincinnati Reds.
1970 Ancash earthquake The 1970 Ancash earthquake was an undersea earthquake that occurred at 20:23:31 UTC (15:23:31 local time) on Sunday, May 31, 1970, affecting the Peruvian regions of Ancash and La Libertad, and that combined with a subsequent landslide, was the most catastrophic natural disaster ever recorded in the history of Peru.
1970 Anglo-Italian Cup The 1970 Anglo-Italian Cup was a football cup competition held between clubs in England and Italy won by Swindon Town. It was the inaugural Anglo-Italian Cup competition and also one of the few tournaments where the final has had to be abandoned due to hooliganism.
1970 Atlantic hurricane season The 1970 Atlantic hurricane season officially began on June 1, 1970, and lasted until November 30, 1970. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the Atlantic basin.
1970 Bhola cyclone The Bhola cyclone was a powerful tropical cyclone that made landfall in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) on 13 November, 1970. It is the deadliest known tropical cyclone of all time; an estimated 500,000 people lost their lives, mostly through drowning.
1970 Caribbean Baseball World Series After nine years of absence, the Caribbean Baseball World Series (Serie del Caribe) was revived in 1970 without Panama or Cuba. It was held in Caracas, Venezuela from February 5 to February 10 at Estadio Universitario and featured three teams from Dominican Republic (Licey), Puerto Rico (Ponce), and Venezuela (Magallanes).
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