October 1970

Monday 05:

Montreal, Quebec: British Trade Commissioner James Cross is kidnapped by members of the FLQ terrorist group.

Wednesday 07:

1970 - Richard Nixon announces a new five-point peace proposal to end the Vietnam War.

Thursday 08:

Vietnam War: In Paris, a Communist delegation rejects US President Richard Nixon's October 7 peace proposal as "a maneuver to deceive world opinion."

Friday 09:

The Khmer Republic is proclaimed in Cambodia.

Saturday 10:

In Montreal, Quebec, a national crisis hits Canada when Quebec Vice-Premier and Minister of Labour Pierre Laporte becomes the second statesman kidnapped by members of the FLQ terrorist group.

Monday 12:

Vietnam War: US President Richard Nixon announces that the United States will withdraw 40,000 more troops before Christmas

Wednesday 14:

1970 - The U.S. conducts an underground nuclear weapon test at the Nevada Test Site.

Thursday 15:

Thirty-five construction workers are killed when a section of the new West Gate Bridge in Melbourne collapses.

Friday 16:

In response to the October Crisis terrorist kidnapping, Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau invokes the War Measures Act.

Saturday 17:

Montreal, Quebec: Quebec Vice-Premier and Minister of Labour Pierre Laporte murdered by members of the FLQ terrorist group.

Saturday 24:

Salvador Allende elected President of Chile

Wednesday 28:

Land speed record set by Gary Gabelich in a rocket powered automobile called the Blue Flame

Friday 30:

In Vietnam, the worst monsoon to hit the area in six years causes large floods, kills 293, leaves 200,000 homeless and virtually halts the Vietnam War.