January 16 » The United States Senate accepts the Anglo-German treaty of 1899 in which the United Kingdom renounces its claims to the Samoan islands.
February 27 » The British Labour Party is founded.
March 18 » AFC Ajax Amsterdam, The Netherlands's biggest and most successful football club, was founded.
July 9 » The Governor of Shanxi province in North China orders the execution of 45 foreign Christian missionaries and local church members, including children.
October 19 » Max Planck discovers Planck's law of black-body radiation.
October 25 » The United Kingdom annexes the Transvaal.
Day of death December 20, 1970
The temperature on December 20, 1970 was between 1.6 °C and 7.4 °C and averaged 5.1 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 15 » Muammar Gaddafi is proclaimed premier of Libya.
April 12 » Soviet submarine K-8, carrying four nuclear torpedoes, sinks in the Bay of Biscay four days after a fire on board.
August 29 » Chicano Moratorium against the Vietnam War, East Los Angeles, California. Police riot kills three people, including journalist Rubén Salazar.
September 7 » Bill Shoemaker beats Johnny Longden's record to become the winningest jockey in horse racing history at Del Mar racetrack
November 9 » Vietnam War: The Supreme Court of the United States votes 6–3 against hearing a case to allow Massachusetts to enforce its law granting residents the right to refuse military service in an undeclared war.
November 12 » The Oregon Highway Division attempts to destroy a rotting beached Sperm whale with explosives, leading to the now infamous "exploding whale" incident.
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