February 14 » Voting machines are approved by the U.S. Congress for use in federal elections.
March 31 » Malolos, capital of the First Philippine Republic, is captured by American forces.
June 7 » American Temperance crusader Carrie Nation begins her campaign of vandalizing alcohol-serving establishments by destroying the inventory in a saloon in Kiowa, Kansas.
July 11 » Fiat founded by Giovanni Agnelli in Turin, Italy.
September 13 » Henry Bliss is the first person in the United States to be killed in an automobile accident.
November 2 » The Boers begin their 118-day siege of British-held Ladysmith during the Second Boer War.
Day of death August 12, 1970
The temperature on August 12, 1970 was between 5.6 °C and 20.4 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was 13.6 hours of sunshine (91%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
February 18 » The Chicago Seven are found not guilty of conspiring to incite riots at the 1968 Democratic National Convention.
April 10 » Paul McCartney announces that he is leaving The Beatles for personal and professional reasons.
April 17 » Apollo program: The ill-fated Apollo 13 spacecraft returns to Earth safely.
April 26 » The Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization enters into force.
June 4 » Tonga gains independence from the United Kingdom.
September 16 » King Hussein of Jordan declares war against the Palestine Liberation Organization, the conflict which became to be known as Black September.
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