August 17 –
Venera 7, the first
spacecraft to successfully transmit data from another planet, is launched.
November 17 –
Lunokhod 1, the first roving remote-controlled robot to land on another world, lands on
Mare Imbrium on
the Moon after being released by the orbiting
Luna 17 spacecraft.
June 2 – The
Cleddau Bridge collapses during construction in
Wales, killing four and leading to the introduction of new standards for
box girder bridges in the United Kingdom.[15][16]
^Department of the Environment (Merrison Committee of Inquiry) (1973). Inquiry into the Basis of Design and Method of Erection of Steel Box Girder Bridges. London:
HMSO.
^"Nobel prize winner dies". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. (Pennsylvania, U.S.). Associated Press. 6 January 1970. p. 26.
^Halpen, Leopold E. (1997). "Marietta Blau". In Rayner-Canham, Marelene F.; Rayner-Canham, Geoffrey (eds.). A Devotion to Their Science: Pioneer Women of Radioactivity. Montréal: McGill-Queen's University Press. p. 203.
ISBN978-0-77351-642-7.
^Roswitha Schmid; Hans Adolf Krebs (1981). Otto Warburg: Cell Physiologist, Biochemist, and Eccentric. Clarendon Press. p. v.
August 17 –
Venera 7, the first
spacecraft to successfully transmit data from another planet, is launched.
November 17 –
Lunokhod 1, the first roving remote-controlled robot to land on another world, lands on
Mare Imbrium on
the Moon after being released by the orbiting
Luna 17 spacecraft.
June 2 – The
Cleddau Bridge collapses during construction in
Wales, killing four and leading to the introduction of new standards for
box girder bridges in the United Kingdom.[15][16]
^Department of the Environment (Merrison Committee of Inquiry) (1973). Inquiry into the Basis of Design and Method of Erection of Steel Box Girder Bridges. London:
HMSO.
^"Nobel prize winner dies". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. (Pennsylvania, U.S.). Associated Press. 6 January 1970. p. 26.
^Halpen, Leopold E. (1997). "Marietta Blau". In Rayner-Canham, Marelene F.; Rayner-Canham, Geoffrey (eds.). A Devotion to Their Science: Pioneer Women of Radioactivity. Montréal: McGill-Queen's University Press. p. 203.
ISBN978-0-77351-642-7.
^Roswitha Schmid; Hans Adolf Krebs (1981). Otto Warburg: Cell Physiologist, Biochemist, and Eccentric. Clarendon Press. p. v.