The temperature on November 7, 1970 was between 3.4 °C and 7.2 °C and averaged 4.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
March 2 » Rhodesia declares itself a republic, breaking its last links with the British crown.
March 28 » An earthquake strikes western Turkey at about 23:05 local time, killing 1,086 and injuring 1,260.
April 17 » Apollo program: The ill-fated Apollo 13 spacecraft returns to Earth safely.
May 1 » Vietnam War: Protests erupt following the announcement by Richard Nixon that the U.S. and South Vietnamese forces would attack Vietnamese communists in a Cambodian Campaign.
September 19 » Kostas Georgakis, a Greek student of geology, sets himself ablaze in Matteotti Square in Genoa, Italy, as a protest against the dictatorial regime of Georgios Papadopoulos.
November 5 » The Military Assistance Command, Vietnam reports the lowest weekly American soldier death toll in five years (24).
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