May 3 » The Great Fire of 1901 begins in Jacksonville, Florida.
August 5 » Peter O'Connor sets the first IAAF recognised long jump world record of 24ft 11.75in (7.6137m), a record that would stand for 20 years.
August 28 » Silliman University is founded in the Philippines. It is the first American private school in the country.
September 17 » Second Boer War: Boers capture a squadron of the 17th Lancers at the Battle of Elands River.
October 29 » In Amherst, Massachusetts, nurse Jane Toppan is arrested for murdering the Davis family of Boston with an overdose of morphine.
November 13 » The 1901 Caister lifeboat disaster.
Day of marriage September 23, 1927
The temperature on September 23, 1927 was between 10.3 °C and 14.9 °C and averaged 12.5 °C. There was 2.7 mm of rain. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (30%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
May 4 » The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is incorporated.
May 8 » Attempting to make the first non-stop transatlantic flight from Paris to New York, French war heroes Charles Nungesser and François Coli disappear after taking off aboard The White Bird biplane.
May 22 » Near Xining, China, an 8.3 magnitude earthquake causes 200,000 deaths in one of the world's most destructive earthquakes.
August 19 » Patriarch Sergius of Moscow proclaims the declaration of loyalty of the Russian Orthodox Church to the Soviet Union.
October 4 » Gutzon Borglum begins sculpting Mount Rushmore.
December 19 » Three Indian revolutionaries, Ram Prasad Bismil, Roshan Singh and Ashfaqulla Khan, are executed by the British Raj for participation in the Kakori conspiracy.
Day of death October 14, 1970
The temperature on October 14, 1970 was between 6.8 °C and 13.0 °C and averaged 10.7 °C. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (3%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
April 13 » An oxygen tank aboard the Apollo 13 Service Module explodes, putting the crew in great danger and causing major damage to the Apollo command and service module (codenamed "Odyssey") while en route to the Moon.
April 24 » The Gambia becomes a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations, with Dawda Jawara as its first President.
September 7 » Fighting begins between Arab guerrillas and government forces in Jordan.
November 5 » The Military Assistance Command, Vietnam reports the lowest weekly American soldier death toll in five years (24).
November 25 » In Japan, author Yukio Mishima and one compatriot commit ritualistic seppuku after an unsuccessful coup attempt.
December 21 » First flight of F-14 multi-role combat aircraft.
Day of burial October 17, 1970
The temperature on October 17, 1970 was between 2.6 °C and 15.5 °C and averaged 7.7 °C. There was 8.1 hours of sunshine (76%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
May 1 » Vietnam War: Protests erupt following the announcement by Richard Nixon that the U.S. and South Vietnamese forces would attack Vietnamese communists in a Cambodian Campaign.
May 11 » The 1970 Lubbock tornado kills 26 and causes $250million in damage.
May 15 » Philip Lafayette Gibbs and James Earl Green are killed at Jackson State University by police during student protests.
November 12 » The 1970 Bhola cyclone makes landfall on the coast of East Pakistan becoming the deadliest tropical cyclone in history.
November 12 » The Oregon Highway Division attempts to destroy a rotting beached Sperm whale with explosives, leading to the now infamous "exploding whale" incident.
November 25 » In Japan, author Yukio Mishima and one compatriot commit ritualistic seppuku after an unsuccessful coup attempt.
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