November 1970

Tuesday 03:

Salvador Allende is inaugurated as president of Chile.

Wednesday 04:

The United States turns control of the air base in the Mekong Delta over to South Vietnam.

Thursday 05:

Vietnam War: The United States Military Assistance Command in Vietnam reports the lowest weekly American soldier death toll in five years (24).

Monday 09:

Vietnam War: The Supreme Court of the United States to not hear a case to allow Massachusetts to enforce its law granting residents the right to refuse military service in an undeclared war.

Tuesday 10:

1970 - Soviet Lunar probe Lunokhod 1 launched.

Thursday 12:

The Oregon Highway Division attempts to destroy a rotting beached Gray whale with explosives, leading to the now infamous exploding whale incident

Friday 13:

1970 Bhola cyclone: A 120-mph tropical cyclone hits the densely populated Ganges Delta region of East Pakistan (now Bangladesh), killing an estimated 500,000 people in one night (this is regarded as the 20th century's worst natural disaster).

Saturday 14:

Southern Airways DC-9 crashes in the mountains near Huntington, West Virginia, killing 75.

Sunday 15:

1970 the Soviet Lunokhod 1 moon rover lands on the moon

Wednesday 18:

Singer Jerry Lee Lewis divorces his third wife, Myra Gail, after 12 years.

Saturday 21:

A joint Air Force and Army team raids the Son Tay prison camp in an attempt to free American POWs thought to be held there (there were zero Americans killed, but the prisoners had already moved to another camp; All US POWs were moved to a handful of central prison complexes as a result of this raid).

Wednesday 25:

In Japan, author Yukio Mishima and two compatriots commit ritualistic suicide after failing to sway public opinion during an unsuccessful coup attempt.

Thursday 26:

In Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe, 1.5 inches (38.1mm) of rain falls in one mintue, the heaviest rainfall ever on record.