Editing 1970 (section)

===September===
{{Main|September 1970}}
* [[September 1]] – An assassination attempt against King [[Hussein of Jordan]] precipitates the country's [[Black September]] crisis.
* [[September 3]]–[[September 6|6]] – [[Israel]]i forces [[Palestinian insurgency in South Lebanon|fight]] [[State of Palestine|Palestinian]] guerillas in southern [[Lebanon]].
* [[September 4]]
** [[Chile]]an [[Socialist Party of Chile|Socialist]] [[Senate of Chile|Senator]] [[Salvador Allende]] wins 36.2% of the vote in his [[1970 Chilean presidential election|run for presidency]] defeating former [[Right-wing politics|right-wing]] [[President of Chile|President]] [[Jorge Alessandri]] with 34.9% of the votes and [[Christian Democratic Party (Chile)|Christian Democrat]] [[Radomiro Tomic]] with 27.8% of the votes.
** Soviet Russian [[prima ballerina]] [[Natalia Makarova]] defects to the West while on tour with the [[Kirov Ballet]] in London.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/theater_dance/ballerina-natalia-makarova-being-spontaneous-its-what-saved-me/2012/11/29/68f72692-32da-11e2-9cfa-e41bac906cc9_story.html |first=Sarah |last=Kaufman |title=Ballerina Natalia Makarova: 'Being Spontaneous its What Saved Me' |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=2012-11-30}}</ref>
* [[September 5]] – [[Vietnam War]]: [[Operation Jefferson Glenn]]: The [[101st Airborne Division|United States 101st Airborne Division]] and the [[South Vietnam]]ese 1st Infantry Division initiate a new operation in [[Huế|Thua Thien]] Province (the operation ends in October 1971).
* [[September 6]] – [[Dawson's Field hijackings]]: The [[Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine]] hijacks four passenger aircraft from [[Pan Am]], [[TWA]] and [[Swissair]] on flights to [[New York City|New York]] from [[Brussels]], [[Frankfurt]] and [[Zurich]] and flies them to a desert airstrip in Jordan.
* [[September 7]] – Fighting breaks out between Arab guerillas and government forces in [[Amman]], [[Jordan]].
* [[September 8]]–[[September 10|10]] – The [[Jordan]]ian government and Palestinian guerillas make repeated unsuccessful truces.
* [[September 9]] – [[Guinea]] recognizes the [[German Democratic Republic]].
* [[September 10]] – [[Cambodia]]n government forces break the siege of Kompong Tho after three months.
* [[September 15]] – King [[Hussein of Jordan]] forms a military government with Muhammad Daoud as the prime minister.
* [[September 17]] – [[Black September]]: King [[Hussein of Jordan]] orders the [[Jordanian Armed Forces]] to oust [[Palestinian fedayeen]] from Jordan.
* [[September 18]] – [[Death of Jimi Hendrix]]: American rock musician [[Jimi Hendrix]] dies of an overdose, age 27, in London, two days after last playing in public.<ref name=Jimi>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/18/newsid_3528000/3528692.stm |title=1970: Rock legend Hendrix dies after party |access-date=2008-02-02 |date=1970-09-18 |work=On This Day |publisher=BBC |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080202144824/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/18/newsid_3528000/3528692.stm |archive-date=2008-02-02 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[September 19]] – [[Kostas Georgakis]], a Greek student of geology, sets himself ablaze in Matteotti Square in Genoa, Italy, as a protest against the dictatorial [[Greek junta]] led by [[Georgios Papadopoulos]].
* [[September 20]]
** [[Syria]]n armored forces cross the [[Jordan]]ian border.
** ''[[Luna 16]]'' lands on the Moon and lifts off the next day with samples, landing back on Earth [[September 24]].
* [[September 21]] – [[State of Palestine|Palestinian]] armed forces reinforce guerillas in [[Irbidi]], [[Jordan]].
* [[September 22]]
** The [[International Hydrographic Organization]] (IHO) is founded.
** [[Tunku Abdul Rahman]] resigns as [[Prime Minister of Malaysia|prime minister of Malaysia]], and is succeeded by his [[Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia|deputy]] [[Tun Abdul Razak]].
* [[September 27]]
** [[Richard Nixon]] begins a tour of [[Europe]], visiting [[Italy]], [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]], [[Spain]], the [[United Kingdom]] and [[Republic of Ireland]].
** [[Pope Paul VI]] names Saint [[Teresa of Ávila]] (d. 1582) as the first female [[Doctor of the Church]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/17359/first-female-doctor-of-the-church-to-be-honored-this-week |title=First female Doctor of the Church to be honored this week |website=Catholic News Agency |date=11 October 2009}}</ref>
* [[September 28]] – Vice President [[Anwar Sadat]] is named temporary [[president of Egypt]] following the death of [[Gamal Abdel Nasser]].
* [[September 29]] – In [[Berlin]], [[Red Army Faction]] members rob three banks, with loot totaling over [[Deutsche Mark|DM]] 200,000.