Date in year · 1970 · The 1970s
On September 6, 1970, two passenger jets bound from Europe to New York are simultaneously hijacked by Palestinian terrorist members of the PFLP and taken to Dawson's Field, Jordan. The year's #1 song was "Bridge Over Troubled Water" by Simon & Garfunkel. Ricky Schroder, Saad Hariri, Willie Roaf would arrive in the same year.
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Palestinians are an Arab national group native to the Levantine region of Palestine. They represent a highly homogenized community who share a cultural and ethnic identity, speak Palestinian Arabic and share close linguistic, and cultural ties with other Levantine Arabs.
Around 1970
1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1970th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 970th year of the 2nd millennium, the 70th year of the 20th century, and the 1st year of the 1970s decade.
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Arab ethnonational group of the Levant
Palestinians are an Arab national group native to the Levantine region of Palestine. They represent a highly homogenized community who share a cultural and ethnic identity, speak Palestinian Arabic and share close linguistic, and cultural ties with other Levantine Arabs.
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