March 1 » Henri Becquerel discovers radioactive decay.
April 15 » Closing ceremony of the Games of the I Olympiad in Athens, Greece.
May 18 » Khodynka Tragedy: A mass panic on Khodynka Field in Moscow during the festivities of the coronation of Russian Tsar Nicholas II results in the deaths of 1,389 people.
May 26 » Nicholas II becomes the last Tsar of Imperial Russia.
June 2 » Guglielmo Marconi applies for a patent for his wireless telegraph.
September 22 » Queen Victoria surpasses her grandfather King George III as the longest reigning monarch in British history.
Day of death October 10, 1969
The temperature on October 10, 1969 was between 5.9 °C and 20.3 °C and averaged 12.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 8.3 hours of sunshine (75%). The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
January 20 » Richard Nixon is inaugurated the 37th President of the United States of America.
May 16 » Venera program: Venera 5, a Soviet space probe, lands on Venus.
August 8 » At a zebra crossing in London, photographer Iain Macmillan takes the iconic photo that becomes the cover image of the Beatles' album Abbey Road.
August 14 » The Troubles: British troops are deployed in Northern Ireland as political and sectarian violence breaks out, marking the start of the 37-year Operation Banner.
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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