Richard Donavon Dontje Birth 3 Sep 1970 Death 8 Sep 1970 (aged 5 days) Burial Graceland Cemetery Buffalo Center, Winnebago County, Iowa, USA Memorial ID 151142561
Created by: ROBBIE DECKER Added: 24 Aug 2015 Find A Grave Memorial 151142561" <>
The temperature on September 3, 1970 was between 10.1 °C and 20.2 °C and averaged 15.5 °C. There was 5.7 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (16%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
March 5 » The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons goes into effect after ratification by 43 nations.
April 28 » Vietnam War: U.S. President Richard Nixon formally authorizes American combat troops to take part in the Cambodian campaign.
August 26 » A new feminist movement leads a nationwide Women's Strike for Equality.
October 5 » The British Trade Commissioner is kidnapped by members of the FLQ, triggering the October Crisis in Canada.
October 10 » Fiji becomes independent.
November 12 » The Oregon Highway Division attempts to destroy a rotting beached Sperm whale with explosives, leading to the now infamous "exploding whale" incident.
Day of death September 8, 1970
The temperature on September 8, 1970 was between 14.2 °C and 21.1 °C and averaged 17.1 °C. There was 5.7 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (24%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
April 29 » Vietnam War: United States and South Vietnamese forces invade Cambodia to hunt Viet Cong.
July 23 » Qaboos bin Said al Said becomes Sultan of Oman after overthrowing his father, Said bin Taimur initiating massive reforms, modernization programs and end to a decade long civil war.
October 9 » The Khmer Republic is proclaimed in Cambodia.
October 12 » Vietnam War: Vietnamization continues as President Nixon announces that the United States will withdraw 40,000 more troops before Christmas.
November 12 » The 1970 Bhola cyclone makes landfall on the coast of East Pakistan becoming the deadliest tropical cyclone in history.
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