Pele wins his third World Cup
1970 · Event
Brazil wins the 1970 World Cup; Pele is the only player to win three.
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More from Latin America
- Spanish Conquest of the Americas (1519)
- Bolivar's liberation of South America (1819)
- Fall of Tenochtitlan (1521)
- Columbian Exchange (1492)
- Haitian Revolution begins (1791)
- Toussaint Louverture issues Haitian constitution (1801)
- Pizarro executes Atahualpa (1533)
- Falklands War (1982)
Around 1970
- Apollo 11 moon landing (1969)
- Six-Day War (1967)
- The Troubles (1968)
- Iranian Revolution (1978)
- Yom Kippur War (1973)
- Prague Spring (1968)
- Vietnam War (American phase) (1965)
- Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)
- Watergate scandal (1972)
- The Beatles (1960)