1970

A Boeing 747 landed at Heathrow Airport, the first jumbo jet to land in Britain.
The half-crown coin ceased to be legal tender.
The Prince of Wales joined the Royal Navy.
The first Page Three girl appeared in The Sun.
The Gay Liberation Front organised its first march in London.

The first Glastonbury Festival was held as the Worthy Farm Pop Festival. Tyrannosaurus Rex (replacing The Kinks) headlined and about 1500 attended.
Actor Laurence Olivier was made a life peer in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list. He was the first actor to be made a lord.
Third Isle of Wight Festival attracted over 500,000 pop music fans, with appearances by Jimi Hendrix, The Who, The Doors and Joan Baez.
American rock star Jimi Hendrix, 27, died in London from a suspected drug-induced heart attack.
Richard Branson started the Virgin Group with discounted mail-order sales of popular records.

The Elton John album is released, the second album by Elton John, but the first to be released in the United States.
DJ Annie Nightingale presents her first show on BBC Radio 1; she will still be broadcasting on the channel more than 50 years later.
Paul McCartney publicly announces the break-up of The Beatles. His first solo album is released 10 days later.
The Beatles’ last album, Let It Be, is released.
Simon & Garfunkel release their final album together, Bridge Over Troubled Water. It tops the album chart at regular intervals over the next two years, and becomes the best-selling album in Britain during the 1970s.

Artist	Title
Edison Lighthouse	Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)
Lee Marvin	Wand’rin Star
Simon & Garfunkel	Bridge Over Troubled Water
Dana	All Kinds Of Everything
Norman Greenbaum	Spirit In The Sky
England World Cup Squad	Back Home
Christie	Yellow River
Mungo Jerry	In The Summertime
Elvis Presley	The Wonder Of You
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles	Tears Of A Clown
Freda Payne	Band Of Gold
Matthews’ Southern Comfort	Woodstock
Jimi Hendrix Experience	Voodoo Chile
Dave Edmunds	I Hear You Knockin’

Chelsea and Leeds United drew 2–2 in the FA Cup final at Wembley Stadium, forcing a replay.
Everton won the Football League First Division title.
British golfer Tony Jacklin won the U.S. Open.

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