Interesting. I did know it was his birthday, but not that the very first was on his hundredth anniversary. Disgusting.
Keep in mind also the context of the time.
1970, the Glory Days Of The Cold War, Vietnam still going strong, and you've got video clips of hundreds of thousands of protesters in Washington DC.
Do you think the story on Pravda was "American Youth Celebrate Earth Day", or "American Youth Celebrate the Centennial of the Birth of Comrade Lenin"?