March 1970

Thursday 05:

1970 - Dubnium atoms first detected conclusively.

Friday 06:

Cult leader and suspected murderer Charles Manson releases an album titled Lies to help finance his defense.

Tuesday 10:

Vietnam War: Capt. Ernest Medina is charged with My Lai war crimes

Sunday 15:

The Expo '70 world's fair opens in Osaka, Japan.

Tuesday 17:

My Lai massacre: The United States Army charges 14 officers with suppressing information related to the incident.

Wednesday 18:

Lon Nol ousts Prince Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia.

Saturday 21:

In Amsterdam, Netherlands, Dana wins the fifteenth Eurovision Song Contest for Ireland singing "All Kinds of Everything".

Tuesday 31:

1970- Eight terrorists from the Japanese Red Army hijacked a Japan Airlines Boeing 727 at Tokyo International Airport, wielding samurai swords and carrying a bomb.