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3 March 1970 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 3 March 1970 was a Tuesday.
- UK Number One
- The UK Number One single was “Wand'rin' Star” by Lee Marvin.
- Top Film of 1970
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1970 was Love Story.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 3 March is Pisces.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 3 March 1970 fell in the Year of the Dog.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for March is Aquamarine.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 3 March 1970 was Waning Crescent.
On this day: 3 March
- 1958 Nuri al-Said becomes Prime Minister of Iraq for the eighth time.
- 1969 Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 9 to test the lunar module.
- 1980 The USS Nautilus is decommissioned and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register.
- 1986 The Australia Act 1986 commences, causing Australia to become fully independent from the United Kingdom.
- 1991 An amateur video captures the beating of Rodney King by Los Angeles police officers.
Famous people born on 3 March
- Jessica Biel, American actress, singer, and producer (born 1982)
- Julie Bowen, American actress (born 1970)
- Katherine Waterston, English-American actress (born 1980)
- Brian Cox, English keyboard player and physicist (born 1968)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Events of 1970 in the United Kingdom
A selection from Wikipedia's '1970 in the United Kingdom'. Not a complete list.
- 22 January – A Pan Am Boeing 747 lands at London Heathrow Airport, the first jumbo jet to land in Britain.
- 13 February – Birmingham band Black Sabbath release their self-titled debut album, credited as the first major album in the heavy metal genre.
- 10 April – Paul McCartney publicly announces that he has left The Beatles in a press release, written in mock-interview style, included in promotional copies of his first solo album and headlined in the Daily Mirror newspaper.
Life in 1970
Prime Minister
Harold Wilson
Monarch
Elizabeth II
Pint of Beer
16p
Loaf of Bread
10p
Average House
£4,975
Weekly Wage
£28.05
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Famous Faces Born in the 1970s
Well-known people born in the same decade as you, not on your birthday.
Matthew Rhys8 November 1974ActorView their day →Hannah Waddingham28 July 1974ActressView their day →Andy Burnham7 January 1970PoliticianView their day →Christopher Nolan30 July 1970FilmmakerView their day →Lucy Davis17 February 1973ActressView their day →Tom Hardy15 September 1977ActorView their day →Christian Bale30 January 1974ActorView their day →Kelly Macdonald23 February 1976ActressView their day →Sources: Wikidata and Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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