What Happened on September 7, 1970

• Donald Boyles sets record for highest parachute jump from a bridge, by leaping off of 1,053' Royal George Bridge in Colorado
• Fighting between Arabic guerillas and government forces in Amman, Jordan

• Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine hijacks 4 planes and forces them to land at Dawson's Field, Jordan
• White Sox use record 41 players in doubleheader & lose both games

• Tom Everett Scott, American actor (Dead Man on Campus), born in East Bridgewater, Massachusetts

Holidays: Labor Day (United States), Labour Day (Canada)

• #1 Song: War - Edwin Starr
• #1 Song: Tears Of A Clown - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles