January 1970
The following events occurred in January 1970: January 1, 1970 (Thursday) *The epoch (computing), epoch of the Unix time standard for timestamps in computer programming is at 00:00:00 UTC on this date. *In Dallas, the 1969 Texas Longhorns football team, University of Texas Longhorns, ranked No. 1 in the nation by the Associated Press, won the 1970 Cotton Bowl Classic, Cotton Bowl game, 21 to 17, in the final two minutes against the No. 9 ranked Fighting Irish of the 1969 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team, 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 1970 Orange Bowl, 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 fi ...
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