May 3 » The Great Fire of 1901 begins in Jacksonville, Florida.
May 9 » Australia opens its first national parliament in Melbourne.
July 24 » O. Henry is released from prison in Columbus, Ohio, after serving three years for embezzlement from a bank.
August 10 » The U.S. Steel recognition strike by the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers begins.
September 7 » The Boxer Rebellion in Qing dynasty (modern-day China) officially ends with the signing of the Boxer Protocol.
October 12 » President Theodore Roosevelt officially renames the "Executive Mansion" to the White House.
Day of death May 13, 1970
The temperature on May 13, 1970 was between 8.8 °C and 18.2 °C and averaged 13.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (46%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
March 4 » French submarine Eurydice explodes underwater, resulting in the loss of the entire 57-man crew.
April 10 » Paul McCartney announces that he is leaving The Beatles for personal and professional reasons.
June 21 » Penn Central declares Section 77 bankruptcy in what was the largest U.S. corporate bankruptcy to date.
October 5 » The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is founded.
October 26 » Muhammad Ali boxes for the first time after Ali's three-year hiatus due to draft evasion.
November 25 » In Japan, author Yukio Mishima and one compatriot commit ritualistic seppuku after an unsuccessful coup attempt.
Day of burial May 16, 1970
The temperature on May 16, 1970 was between 11.4 °C and 17.4 °C and averaged 14.0 °C. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (20%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
January 1 » The defined beginning of Unix time, at 00:00:00.
January 12 » Biafra capitulates, ending the Nigerian Civil War.
March 2 » Rhodesia declares itself a republic, breaking its last links with the British crown.
April 15 » During the Cambodian Civil War, massacre of the Vietnamese minority results in 800 bodies flowing down the Mekong river into South Vietnam.
August 24 » Vietnam War protesters bomb Sterling Hall at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, leading to an international manhunt for the perpetrators.
December 17 » Polish protests: In Gdynia, soldiers fire at workers emerging from trains, killing dozens.
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