January 1 » New York, New York annexes land from surrounding counties, creating the City of Greater New York. The four initial boroughs, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and The Bronx, are joined on January 25 by Staten Island to create the modern city of five boroughs.
June 17 » The United States Navy Hospital Corps is established.
July 3 » A Spanish squadron, led by Pascual Cervera y Topete, is defeated by an American squadron under William T. Sampson in the Battle of Santiago de Cuba.
July 8 » The death of crime boss Soapy Smith, killed in the Shootout on Juneau Wharf, releases Skagway, Alaska from his iron grip.
September 21 » Empress Dowager Cixi seizes power and ends the Hundred Days' Reform in China.
October 1 » The Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration is founded under the name k.u.k. Exportakademie.
Day of death October 20, 1970
The temperature on October 20, 1970 was between 4.6 °C and 8.6 °C and averaged 6.7 °C. There was 18.8 mm of rain during 10.2 hours. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (8%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
June 15 » Charles Manson goes on trial for the Sharon Tate murders.
September 4 » Salvador Allende is elected President of Chile.
October 10 » Fiji becomes independent.
October 16 » Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau invokes the War Measures Act during the October Crisis.
October 17 » FLQ terrorists murder Quebec Vice-Premier and Minister of Labour Pierre Laporte.
November 18 » U.S. President Richard Nixon asks the U.S. Congress for $155 million in supplemental aid for the Cambodian government.
Day of burial October 23, 1970
The temperature on October 23, 1970 was between 4.8 °C and 12.5 °C and averaged 8.9 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (52%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
January 1 » The defined beginning of Unix time, at 00:00:00.
July 3 » Dan-Air Flight 1903 crashes into the Les Agudes mountain in the Montseny Massif near the village of Arbúcies in Catalonia, Spain, killing all 112 people aboard.
September 19 » Michael Eavis hosts the first Glastonbury Festival.
October 12 » Vietnam War: Vietnamization continues as President Nixon announces that the United States will withdraw 40,000 more troops before Christmas.
October 16 » Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau invokes the War Measures Act during the October Crisis.
October 17 » FLQ terrorists murder Quebec Vice-Premier and Minister of Labour Pierre Laporte.
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