February 14 » British forces begin the Battle of the Tugela Heights in an effort to lift the Siege of Ladysmith.
February 23 » Second Boer War: During the Battle of the Tugela Heights, the first British attempt to take Hart's Hill fails.
February 27 » The British Labour Party is founded.
May 24 » Second Boer War: The United Kingdom annexes the Orange Free State.
June 14 » The second German Naval Law calls for the Imperial German Navy to be doubled in size, resulting in an Anglo-German naval arms race.
October 9 » The Cook Islands become a territory of the United Kingdom.
Day of death May 29, 1969
The temperature on May 29, 1969 was between 10.8 °C and 20.1 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was 2.5 mm of rain during 2.4 hours. There was 11.6 hours of sunshine (71%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
March 2 » In Toulouse, France, the first test flight of the Anglo-French Concorde is conducted.
April 17 » Communist Party of Czechoslovakia chairman Alexander Dubček is deposed.
June 23 » Warren E. Burger is sworn in as Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court by retiring Chief Justice Earl Warren.
June 28 » Stonewall riots begin in New York City, marking the start of the Gay Rights Movement.
August 14 » The Troubles: British troops are deployed in Northern Ireland as political and sectarian violence breaks out, marking the start of the 37-year Operation Banner.
November 14 » Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 12, the second crewed mission to the surface of the Moon.
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