THIS DAY IN HISTORY:
16 August 1970 Cyprus was proclaimed an independent state. 1970 Cyprus was proclaimed an independent state. 1970 Imprisonment for debt was abolished in Canada. 1970 Imprisonment for debt was abolished in Canada. 1970 The French Minister of Finance Loménie de Brienne declared bankruptcy of the state. 1970 The French Minister of Finance Loménie de Brienne declared bankruptcy of the state.