The temperature on December 27, 1970 was between -8.2 °C and -4.4 °C and averaged -6.4 °C. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (45%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
March 6 » An explosion at the Weather Underground safe house in Greenwich Village kills three.
July 8 » Richard Nixon delivers a special congressional message enunciating Native American self-determination as official US Indian policy, leading to the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975.
August 26 » A new feminist movement leads a nationwide Women's Strike for Equality.
September 7 » Bill Shoemaker beats Johnny Longden's record to become the winningest jockey in horse racing history at Del Mar racetrack
October 5 » The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is founded.
November 17 » Luna programme: The Soviet Union lands Lunokhod 1 on Mare Imbrium (Sea of Rains) on the Moon. This is the first roving remote-controlled robot to land on another world and is released by the orbiting Luna 17 spacecraft.
Day of death August 15, 1971
The temperature on August 15, 1971 was between 12.5 °C and 18.6 °C and averaged 15.5 °C. There was 2.2 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (5%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
February 8 » The NASDAQ stock market index opens for the first time.
April 19 » Sierra Leone becomes a republic, and Siaka Stevens the president.
September 4 » Alaska Airlines Flight 1866 crashes near Juneau, Alaska, killing all 111 people on board.
September 11 » The Egyptian Constitution becomes official.
September 29 » Oman joins the Arab League.
December 1 » Cambodian Civil War: Khmer Rouge rebels intensify assaults on Cambodian government positions, forcing their retreat from Kompong Thmar and nearby Ba Ray.
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