January 1 » The British colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania, and Western Australia federate as the Commonwealth of Australia; Edmund Barton is appointed the first Prime Minister.
April 25 » New York becomes the first U.S. state to require automobile license plates.
July 4 » William Howard Taft becomes American governor of the Philippines.
October 12 » President Theodore Roosevelt officially renames the "Executive Mansion" to the White House.
October 29 » In Amherst, Massachusetts, nurse Jane Toppan is arrested for murdering the Davis family of Boston with an overdose of morphine.
November 1 » Sigma Phi Epsilon, the largest national male collegiate fraternity, is established at Richmond College, in Richmond, Virginia.
Day of marriage November 6, 1928
The temperature on November 6, 1928 was between 1.3 °C and 8.7 °C and averaged 4.9 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (10%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
March 12 » In California, the St. Francis Dam fails; the resulting floods kill 431 people.
June 8 » Second Northern Expedition: The National Revolutionary Army captures Peking, whose name is changed to Beijing ("Northern Capital").
July 7 » Sliced bread is sold for the first time (on the inventor's 48th birthday) by the Chillicothe Baking Company of Chillicothe, Missouri.
October 28 » The "Indonesia Raya", now the national anthem, is first played during the Second Indonesian Youth Congress.
November 12 » SSVestris sinks approximately 200 miles (320km) off Hampton Roads, Virginia, killing at least 110 passengers, mostly women and children who die after the vessel is abandoned.
December 6 » The government of Colombia sends military forces to suppress a month-long strike by United Fruit Company workers, resulting in an unknown number of deaths.
Day of death October 7, 1970
The temperature on October 7, 1970 was between 7.6 °C and 13.5 °C and averaged 10.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
January 15 » Nigerian Civil War: Biafran rebels surrender following an unsuccessful 32-month fight for independence from Nigeria.
February 11 » Japan launches Ohsumi, becoming the fourth nation to put an object into orbit using its own booster.
March 6 » An explosion at the Weather Underground safe house in Greenwich Village kills three.
April 29 » Vietnam War: United States and South Vietnamese forces invade Cambodia to hunt Viet Cong.
September 11 » The Dawson's Field hijackers release 88 of their hostages. The remaining hostages, mostly Jews and Israeli citizens, are held until September 25.
November 25 » In Japan, author Yukio Mishima and one compatriot commit ritualistic seppuku after an unsuccessful coup attempt.
Day of burial October 10, 1970
The temperature on October 10, 1970 was between 7.5 °C and 18.6 °C and averaged 12.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (24%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
January 22 » The Boeing 747, the world's first "jumbo jet", enters commercial service for launch customer Pan American Airways with its maiden voyage from John F. Kennedy International Airport to London Heathrow Airport.
March 26 » South Vietnamese President Nguyễn Văn Thiệu implements a land reform program to solve the problem of land tenancy.
April 26 » The Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization enters into force.
August 9 » LANSA Flight 502 crashes after takeoff from Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport in Cusco, Peru, killing 99 of the 100 people on board, as well as two people on the ground.
September 11 » The Dawson's Field hijackers release 88 of their hostages. The remaining hostages, mostly Jews and Israeli citizens, are held until September 25.
December 23 » The Democratic Republic of the Congo officially becomes a one-party state.
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