February 14 » British forces begin the Battle of the Tugela Heights in an effort to lift the Siege of Ladysmith.
February 23 » Second Boer War: During the Battle of the Tugela Heights, the first British attempt to take Hart's Hill fails.
March 13 » British forces occupy Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, during the Second Boer War.
March 18 » AFC Ajax Amsterdam, The Netherlands's biggest and most successful football club, was founded.
April 2 » The United States Congress passes the Foraker Act, giving Puerto Rico limited self-rule.
December 18 » The Upper Ferntree Gully to Gembrook, Victoria Narrow-gauge (2ft 6 in or 762mm) Railway (now the Puffing Billy Railway) in Victoria, Australia is opened for traffic.
Day of death April 24, 1970
The temperature on April 24, 1970 was between 7.8 °C and 13.0 °C and averaged 10.3 °C. There was 3.0 mm of rain during 4.0 hours. There was 6.3 hours of sunshine (44%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 1 » The defined beginning of Unix time, at 00:00:00.
January 5 » The 7.1 Mw Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). Between 10,000 and 15,000 people are known to have been killed and about another 26,000 are injured.
April 11 » Apollo 13 is launched.
October 8 » Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn wins the Nobel Prize in literature.
October 26 » Muhammad Ali boxes for the first time after Ali's three-year hiatus due to draft evasion.
December 17 » Polish protests: In Gdynia, soldiers fire at workers emerging from trains, killing dozens.
Day of burial April 28, 1970
The temperature on April 28, 1970 was between 0.9 °C and 10.2 °C and averaged 6.2 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 10.4 hours of sunshine (71%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
January 1 » The defined beginning of Unix time, at 00:00:00.
March 4 » French submarine Eurydice explodes underwater, resulting in the loss of the entire 57-man crew.
April 22 » The first Earth Day is celebrated.
October 12 » Vietnam War: Vietnamization continues as President Nixon announces that the United States will withdraw 40,000 more troops before Christmas.
October 17 » FLQ terrorists murder Quebec Vice-Premier and Minister of Labour Pierre Laporte.
December 2 » The United States Environmental Protection Agency begins operations.
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