February 14 » British forces begin the Battle of the Tugela Heights in an effort to lift the Siege of Ladysmith.
February 27 » Second Boer War: In South Africa, British military leaders receive an unconditional notice of surrender from Boer General Piet Cronjé at the Battle of Paardeberg.
April 5 » Archaeologists in Knossos, Crete, discover a large cache of clay tablets with hieroglyphic writing in a script they call Linear B.
May 22 » The Associated Press is formed in New York City as a non-profit news cooperative.
October 19 » Max Planck discovers Planck's law of black-body radiation.
November 7 » The People's Party is founded in Cuba.
Day of death April 23, 1969
The temperature on April 23, 1969 was between 5.0 °C and 12.1 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. There was 2.0 mm of rain during 2.5 hours. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (24%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
January 30 » The Beatles' last public performance, on the roof of Apple Records in London. The impromptu concert is broken up by the police.
July 20 » A cease fire is announced between Honduras and El Salvador, six days after the beginning of the "Football War".
August 21 » Gap Inc. opened their first store in San Francisco, California.
November 13 » Vietnam War: Anti-war protesters in Washington, D.C. stage a symbolic March Against Death.
November 14 » Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 12, the second crewed mission to the surface of the Moon.
November 20 » Occupation of Alcatraz: Native American activists seize control of Alcatraz Island until being ousted by the U.S. Government on June 11, 1971.
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