1970
13 verified events recorded in 1970.
| Date | Event | Lanes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970-12-31 | Clean Air Act of 1970 Creates EPA and National Air Quality Standards Despite Industry Opposition
3 src President Richard Nixon · Senator Edmund Muskie · American Petroleum Institute · National Coal Association · +2 | confirmed | |
| 1970-12-29 | Occupational Safety and Health Act Creates OSHA After Decades of Industry Opposition to Workplace Safety
3 src President Richard Nixon · U.S. Congress · AFL-CIO · National Association of Manufacturers · +1 | confirmed | |
| 1970-12-02 | Nixon Creates Environmental Protection Agency Consolidating Federal Environmental Authority
5 src President Richard Nixon · William Ruckelshaus · Council on Environmental Quality | confirmed | |
| 1970-09-13 | Milton Friedman's 'The Social Responsibility of Business Is to Increase Its Profits' Establishes Shareholder Primacy Doctrine
3 src Milton Friedman · Chicago School economists | confirmed | |
| 1970-07-14 | Nixon Approves Huston Plan Authorizing Illegal Surveillance, Rescinded After Hoover Objects
3 src Richard Nixon · Tom Charles Huston · J. Edgar Hoover · Richard Helms · +4 | confirmed | |
| 1970-07-10 | IRS Adopts Non-Discrimination Policy for Private Schools After Court Order Targeting Segregation Academies
3 src Internal Revenue Service · Federal Courts · Civil rights organizations · Bob Jones University | confirmed | |
| 1970-06-22 | Voting Rights Act Extension of 1970: Nationwide Literacy Test Ban and Voting Age Lowered to 18
3 src Richard Nixon · U.S. Congress · Emanuel Celler · Attorney General John Mitchell | confirmed | |
| 1970-04-22 | First Earth Day Mobilizes 20 Million Americans, Launches Modern Environmental Movement
3 src Senator Gaylord Nelson · Denis Hayes · Environmental Action · President Richard Nixon | confirmed | |
| 1970-01-01 | John Olin Activates Foundation to Fund Law and Economics Programs at Elite Universities
3 src John M. Olin · John M. Olin Foundation · University of Chicago Law School | confirmed | |
| 1970-01-01 | Maxwell Establishes Eastern Bloc Scientific Literature Publishing Network
3 src Robert Maxwell · Pergamon Press · Eastern Bloc governments · Soviet publishers | confirmed | |
| 1970-01-01 | Richard Scaife Acquires Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Building Conservative Media Infrastructure
3 src Richard Scaife · Pittsburgh Tribune-Review · Scaife Foundations | confirmed | |
| 1970-01-01 | Richard Viguerie Pioneers Computerized Direct Mail, Revolutionizing Conservative Fundraising
3 src Richard Viguerie · Paul Weyrich · Howard Phillips · Terry Dolan | confirmed | |
| 1970-01-01 | Roger Ailes Creates Plan for Nixon's "GOP TV" Pro-Administration Network
4 src Roger Ailes · Richard Nixon · Nixon Administration · Joseph Coors | confirmed |