May 1 » Spanish–American War: Battle of Manila Bay: The Asiatic Squadron of the United States Navy destroys the Pacific Squadron of the Spanish Navy after a seven-hour battle. Spain loses all seven of its ships, and 381 Spanish sailors die. There are no American vessel losses or combat deaths.
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.
August 13 » Carl Gustav Witt discovers 433 Eros, the first near-Earth asteroid to be found.
August 13 » Spanish–American War: Spanish and American forces engage in a mock battle for Manila, after which the Spanish commander surrendered in order to keep the city out of Filipino rebel hands.
August 25 » Seven hundred Greek civilians, 17 British guards and the British Consul of Crete are killed by a Turkish mob in Heraklion, Greece.
December 10 » Spanish–American War: The Treaty of Paris is signed, officially ending the conflict.
Day of death October 25, 1969
The temperature on October 25, 1969 was between 8.7 °C and 14.5 °C and averaged 11.6 °C. There was 5.9 mm of rain during 6.0 hours. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (22%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
March 2 » In Toulouse, France, the first test flight of the Anglo-French Concorde is conducted.
March 13 » Apollo 9 returns safely to Earth after testing the Lunar Module.
April 7 » The Internet's symbolic birth date: Publication of RFC 1.
April 9 » The first British-built Concorde 002 makes its maiden flight from Filton to RAF Fairford.
June 23 » Warren E. Burger is sworn in as Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court by retiring Chief Justice Earl Warren.
November 3 » Vietnam War: U.S. President Richard M. Nixon addresses the nation on television and radio, asking the "silent majority" to join him in solidarity on the Vietnam War effort and to support his policies.
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