70 (number) - in Other Fields

In Other Fields

70 is:

• the designation of USA Interstate 70, a freeway that goes from Utah to Maryland
• Municipal Okrug 70, name of Kolomyagi Municipal Okrug of Primorsky District of Saint Petersburg, Russia, until February 2011
• In miles per hour, a common speed limit for freeways in many American states, primarily in the central United States (in the Eastern U.S. the speed limit is generally 65, in the Western U.S. it is 75).
• In miles per hour, the national speed limit in the United Kingdom (for cars and motorcycles on the best grades of road).
• In years of marriage, the platinum wedding anniversary
• The hull number of the U.S. Navy's nuclear aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70), named after U.S. Representative Carl Vinson.
• The number of the French department Haute-Saône
• Historical years: AD 70, 70 BC, or 1970.
• The number 70 is frequently referenced by the musical duo Boards of Canada: they have songs titled "Sixtyten" (Music Has the Right to Children, 1998) and "The Smallest Weird Number" (Geogaddi, 2002), and their record label is named Music70.
• In the Far Eastern culture of China, Japan, Korea, etc., 70 years old is called the Rare Age of the Olden Times (古稀 Guxi in Chinese, 古稀 Koki in Japanese, 고희 Gohui in Korean, etc.), as written in one of Du Fu’s poems.