January 4 » Utah is admitted as the 45th U.S. state.
March 2 » The Battle of Adwa: The Italian Army defeated by the Ethiopian Army in Adwa, Tigray, Ethiopia.
May 26 » Nicholas II becomes the last Tsar of Imperial Russia.
June 2 » Guglielmo Marconi applies for a patent for his wireless telegraph.
July 9 » William Jennings Bryan delivers his Cross of Gold speech advocating bimetallism at the 1896 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
November 17 » The Western Pennsylvania Hockey League, which later became the first ice hockey league to openly trade and hire players, began play at Pittsburgh's Schenley Park Casino.
Day of marriage July 9, 1937
The temperature on July 9, 1937 was between 8.2 °C and 19.5 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 5.7 hours of sunshine (35%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 15 » Spanish Civil War: Nationalists and Republican both withdraw after suffering heavy losses, ending the Second Battle of the Corunna Road.
January 19 » Howard Hughes sets a new air record by flying from Los Angeles to New York City in 7 hours, 28 minutes, 25 seconds.
February 11 » The Flint sit-down strike ends when General Motors recognizes the United Auto Workers trade union.
May 28 » Volkswagen, the German automobile manufacturer is founded.
July 5 » Spam, the luncheon meat, is introduced into the market by the Hormel Foods Corporation.
November 9 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Army withdraws from the Battle of Shanghai.
Day of death January 7, 1970
The temperature on January 7, 1970 was between -7.5 °C and 0.1 °C and averaged -4.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (39%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
March 10 » Vietnam War: Captain Ernest Medina is charged by the U.S. military with My Lai war crimes.
April 26 » The Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization enters into force.
August 15 » Patricia Palinkas becomes the first woman to play professionally in an American football game.
August 17 » Venera program: Venera 7 launched. It will later become the first spacecraft to successfully transmit data from the surface of another planet (Venus).
September 12 » Dawson's Field hijackings: Palestinian terrorists blow up three hijacked airliners in Jordan, continuing to hold the passengers hostage in various undisclosed locations in Amman.
December 21 » First flight of F-14 multi-role combat aircraft.
Day of burial January 10, 1970
The temperature on January 10, 1970 was between 0.9 °C and 3.1 °C and averaged 2.0 °C. There was 2.2 mm of rain during 2.4 hours. The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
January 15 » Muammar Gaddafi is proclaimed premier of Libya.
March 4 » French submarine Eurydice explodes underwater, resulting in the loss of the entire 57-man crew.
June 21 » Penn Central declares Section 77 bankruptcy in what was the largest U.S. corporate bankruptcy to date.
August 23 » Organized by Mexican American labor union leader César Chávez, the Salad Bowl strike, the largest farm worker strike in U.S. history, begins.
November 14 » Soviet Union enters ICAO, making Russian the fourth official language of organization.
November 26 » In Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe, 1.5 inches (38.1mm) of rain fall in a minute, the heaviest rainfall ever recorded.
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