January 1970
month of 1970
The following events occurred in January 1970:
January 1, 1970 (Thursday)
The epoch of the Unix time standard for timestamps in computer programming is at 00:00:00 UTC on this date.
In Dallas, the University of Texas Longhorns, ranked No. 1 in the nation by the Associated Press, won the Cotton Bowl game, 21 to 17, in the final two minutes against the No. 9 ranked Fighting Irish of the University of Notre Dame. The win allowed the Longhorns, already voted No. 1 in the final UPI poll, to stay unbeaten at with 11 wins and no losses or ties. The No. 2 ranked Penn State Nittany Lions also finished unbeaten, at 11–0–0, with a 10 to 3 victory in the Orange Bowl over the No. 6 University of Missouri Tigers.
The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) was signed into law by U.S. President Richard M. Nixon, and went into effect as the first comprehensive environmental protection legislation of the 1970s.
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