1970 in Portugal explained

Events in the year 1970 in Portugal.

Incumbents

• President

Américo Tomás

• Prime Minister

Marcelo Caetano

Events

• 22 November  - Operation Green Sea, an attack on Conakry, the capital of Guinea

Undated

• Operation Gordian Knot, a military campaign in Portuguese Mozambique, part of the Portuguese Colonial War (1961–1974).
• The Portuguese Workers' Communist Party, a Maoist political party, founded

Deaths

• 26 April  - Francisco Cunha Leal, politician (born 1888)
• 3 June  - Aníbal Milhais, the most decorated Portuguese soldier of World War I (born 1895).^{[1] [2]}
• 27 July  - António de Oliveira Salazar, professor and politician (born 1889)
• 22 November  - Casimiro de Oliveira, racing driver (born 1907)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Milhais, Aníbal Augusto . Dicionário dos mais ilustres Trasmontanos e Alto Durienses . pt . 12 January 2016.
2. Web site: Corpo Expedicionario Portugues – Anibal Milhais . Cabeçadas . Nuno . November 19, 2008 . HaT Industrie . 12 January 2016.