When my tree was planted…
In 1970…
The Beatles broke up – and all of them released a solo album- Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix both died of drug overdoses, both aged just 27 years old
- Maya Angelou wrote ‘I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings’
- Rhodesia won independence from Britain, was renamed Zimbabwe
- An explosion on board Apollo 13 risked the lives of three men
- Ireland’s Catholic Bishops lifted the ban on Catholics enrolling and attending courses in Trinity College
- Anti-Apartheid protestors held demonstrations against the South African rugby team as they played Ireland in Lansdowne Road
- The Brazil team – perhaps the greatest soccer squad ever to play the game – won the World Cup, beating Italy 4-1 in the final
- Cork and Kerry won the All-Ireland Hurling and Football Titles respectively
- Charles J Haughey was sacked as Minister for Finance after the Taoiseach, Jack Lynch, accuses him of involvement in importing arms for Republican paramilitaries in the North
Here’s RTE’s take on the twelve months… 🙂