January 12 » The National Trust is founded in the United Kingdom.
March 19 » Auguste and Louis Lumière record their first footage using their newly patented cinematograph.
August 31 » German Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin patents his navigable balloon.
October 4 » Horace Rawlins wins the first U.S. Open Men's Golf Championship.
October 21 » The Republic of Formosa collapses as Japanese forces invade.
November 5 » George B. Selden is granted the first U.S. patent for an automobile.
Day of death October 8, 1970
The temperature on October 8, 1970 was between 4.1 °C and 15.9 °C and averaged 9.0 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (46%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 1 » The defined beginning of Unix time, at 00:00:00.
March 5 » The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons goes into effect after ratification by 43 nations.
April 8 » Bahr El-Baqar primary school bombing: Israeli bombers strike an Egyptian school. Forty-six children are killed.
June 15 » Charles Manson goes on trial for the Sharon Tate murders.
September 4 » Salvador Allende is elected President of Chile.
November 4 » Salvador Allende takes office as President of Chile, the first Marxist to become president of a Latin American country through open elections.
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