Sentence examples for 1970 from inspiring English sources

They were married in 1970.

In 1970, Fitt was one of a disparate group of leaders of the Catholic community, including John Hume, Austin Currie, Paddy Devlin and the Protestant Ivan Cooper, who came together to form the Social Democratic and Labour party (SDLP).

A sort of photographic antithesis of Bobby Moore's post shirt-swap embrace with Pelé in 1970, it is one of the iconic World Cup images.

Student protests in Amsterdam and other Dutch universities in 1969 gave rise to the 1970 University Governance Reorganisation Act which established a much stronger level of student and staff representation in university governance as well as greater democratic oversight and control of university finances.

Willy Brandt was the last German chancellor to address both houses of the British parliament, delivering a speech in 1970 hailed in a Guardian leader as "an unqualified success".

Shortly before Heath became prime minister in 1970, the third British application to join the Common Market had been submitted by Labour's Harold Wilson.

After 1992 – which like 1970, and now 2015 – saw the polls understate Conservative strength, another adjustment was introduced.

Hume's career 1968 Came to prominence in the Derry civil rights movement 1970 Helped found SDLP 1974 Involved in negotiations to set up power-sharing executive 1979 Succeeded Gerry Fitt as party leader and elected as European MP 1983 Won the new Westminster seat of Foyle 1988 Started series of talks with Sinn Fein, which resulted in the first IRA ceasefire in 1994 1998 Good Friday agreement.

In 1970, when the colony received a notice that the land would be cleared for use by BARC, it was natural for Arputham to lead the opposition.

In 1970, he established, in New Horizon, the first drop-in centre for homeless teenagers.

The report, by a team led by Clive Smee, chief economic adviser at the department of health, shows that the number of general and acute hospital beds in England fell from 219,000 in 1970 to 136,000 early last year.