March 16 » In Melbourne the representatives of five colonies adopted a constitution, which would become the basis of the Commonwealth of Australia.
June 21 » The United States captures Guam from Spain. The few warning shots fired by the U.S. naval vessels are misinterpreted as salutes by the Spanish garrison, which was unaware that the two nations were at war.
June 27 » The first solo circumnavigation of the globe is completed by Joshua Slocum from Briar Island, Nova Scotia.
August 25 » Seven hundred Greek civilians, 17 British guards and the British Consul of Crete are killed by a Turkish mob in Heraklion, Greece.
September 10 » Empress Elisabeth of Austria is assassinated by Luigi Lucheni.
December 26 » Marie and Pierre Curie announce the isolation of radium.
Day of death December 15, 1970
The temperature on December 15, 1970 was between 2.3 °C and 6.8 °C and averaged 5.0 °C. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
April 24 » China launches Dong Fang Hong I, becoming the fifth nation to put an object into orbit using its own booster.
July 31 » Black Tot Day: The last day of the officially sanctioned rum ration in the Royal Navy.
September 7 » Fighting begins between Arab guerrillas and government forces in Jordan.
November 4 » Vietnam War: The United States turns over control of the air base at Bình Thủy in the Mekong Delta to South Vietnam.
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 14 » Southern Airways Flight 932 crashes in the mountains near Huntington, West Virginia, killing 75, including almost all of the Marshall University football team.
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