December 1970

Wednesday 02:

The United States Environmental Protection Agency begins operations.

Thursday 03:

October Crisis: In Montreal, Quebec, kidnapped British Trade Commissioner James Cross is released by the Front de Libération du Québec terrorist group after being held hostage for 60 days. Police negotiate his release and in return the Government of Canada grants five terrorists from the FLQ's Chenier Cell their request for safe passage to Cuba.

Thursday 10:

Norman Borlaug, the father of the Green Revolution, often credited with saving a billion people from starvation, is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

Friday 11:

John Lennon releases the classic album Plastic Ono Band.

Wednesday 16:

Shipworkers in Gda?sk, Poland clash with government police and the seeds of the Solidarity movement are sown.

Thursday 17:

Coastal cities events Mass riots in the coastal cities of Poland ended in massacre of shipyard workers in Gdynia