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Events

February 11 - The film The Magic Christian
, starring Peter Sellers
and Ringo Starr
premieres in New York City. The film's soundtrack album, including Badfinger's "Come and Get It," (which is written and produced by Paul McCartney), is also released on Apple Records.
The IMAX motion picture projection system premieres at the Fuji Pavilion, at EXPO '70 in Osaka, Japan
MGM sells off its studio and props.

Top grossing films

:North America # Airport # M*A*S*H, starring Donald Sutherland and Elliott Gould, Palme d'Or winner # Patton
, starring George C. Scott # Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice # Woodstock
# Hello, Dolly! # Cactus Flower
# Catch-22
# On Her Majesty's Secret Service
# The Reivers

Academy Awards

Best Picture: Patton
- 20th Century-Fox
Best Director: Franklin J. Schaffner - Patton
Best Actor
: George C. Scott
- Patton
(declined)
Best Actress
: Glenda Jackson
- Women in Love
Best Supporting Actor
: John Mills
- Ryan's Daughter
Best Supporting Actress
: Helen Hayes
- Airport

Births

April 29 - Uma Thurman
, actress
May 22 - Naomi Campbell
, model, actress
May 27 - Joseph Fiennes
, actor
June 26 - Chris O'Donnell
, actor
August 6 - M. Night Shyamalan, film director, writer, producer, actor
August 23 - Jay Mohr
, actor, comedian
September 29 - Emily Lloyd
, English actress.
October 8 - Matt Damon
, actor

Deaths

January 23 - Nell Shipman
, actress, writer, producer
February 24 - Conrad Nagel
, American actor
March 23 - Del Lord
, pioneer Hollywood director
April 11 - Cathy O'Donnell
, actress
April 25 - Anita Louise
, actress
April 26 - Gypsy Rose Lee
, burlesque performer, actress, author
April 28 - Ed Begley
, American actor
April 30 - Inger Stevens
, actress
May 14 - Billie Burke
, American actress, The Wizard of Oz
July 6 - Marjorie Rambeau
, actress
July 14 - Preston Foster
, actor
July 22 - Fritz Kortner
, German director
August 1 - Frances Farmer
, American actress
September 29 - Edward Everett Horton
, actor
October 10 - Grethe Weiser
, actress
December 23 - Charles Ruggles
, actor
December 30 - Lenore Ulric, actress

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