Video: 'The Sensational 70s - 1970' (Expo '70 at 11:06)

(Sunday, March 15, 1970, 9:25 a.m. Japan Standard Time) — Expo ’70, a world’s fair held in Suita, Osaka Prefecture, Japan, opened this morning with the theme “Progress and Harmony for Mankind.”

This was the first world’s fair held in Japan.

The master plan for the Expo was designed by the Japanese architect Kenzo Tange helped by 12 other Japanese architects who designed elements within it. Bridging the site along a north–south axis was the Symbol Zone. Planned on three levels it was primarily a social space which had a unifying space frame roof.

Video: 'Plane Crash Site - LOT Flight 7 [Kult America]'

(Friday, March 14, 1980, 11:14:35 a.m. Central European Time) — 87 people, among them 22 boxers and officials of a United States amateur team, were killed today in the crash of an Ilyushin Il-62 crippled by engine trouble minutes before attempting a landing near Okecie Airport in Warsaw, Poland. Continue reading 22 U.S. boxing team members among 87 killed in Polish jet crash in Warsaw 40 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 14 1980) →