February 27 » The British Labour Party is founded.
April 2 » The United States Congress passes the Foraker Act, giving Puerto Rico limited self-rule.
May 18 » The United Kingdom proclaims a protectorate over Tonga.
June 14 » The second German Naval Law calls for the Imperial German Navy to be doubled in size, resulting in an Anglo-German naval arms race.
September 8 » Galveston hurricane: A powerful hurricane hits Galveston, Texas killing about 8,000 people.
December 19 » Hopetoun Blunder: The first Governor-General of Australia John Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun, appoints Sir William Lyne premier of the new state of New South Wales, but he is unable to persuade other colonial politicians to join his government and is forced to resign.
Day of death December 23, 1969
The temperature on December 23, 1969 was between -0.3 °C and 5.4 °C and averaged 1.5 °C. There was 3.6 mm of rain during 7.3 hours. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (6%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 5 » The Venera 5 space probe is launched at 06:28:08 UTC from Baikonur.
January 20 » Richard Nixon is inaugurated the 37th President of the United States of America.
May 9 » Carlos Lamarca leads the first urban guerrilla action against the military dictatorship of Brazil in São Paulo, by robbing two banks.
July 30 » Vietnam War: US President Richard Nixon makes an unscheduled visit to South Vietnam and meets with President Nguyễn Văn Thiệu and U.S. military commanders.
September 25 » The charter establishing the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation is signed.
December 9 » U.S. Secretary of State William P. Rogers proposes his plan for a ceasefire in the War of Attrition; Egypt and Jordan accept it over the objections of the PLO, which leads to civil war in Jordan in September 1970.
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