Movies set in 1970
13th the oxygen tank on board Apollo 13 fails
17th Apollo 13 safely returns to earth
2nd Bruce McLaren dies in a car crash
13th the 24 hour long Le Mans race starts
14th the Le Mans race ends, 24 hours after it began
27th Reinhold and Günther Messner reach the summit of Nanga Parbat
29th Günther Messner dies while climbing Nanga Parbat
3rd Reinhold Messner reaches the safety of the Diamir valley
25th Elton John plays at the Troubadour
4th a room full of people wearing disguises meet
14th Southern Airways Flight 932 crashes, killing 37 members of the Marshall University football team
19th Elvis Presley leaves Memphis for Los Angeles
20th Elvis Presley spends the day in LA before flying to Washington DC
21st Elvis Presley meets Richard Nixon at the White House