January 1 » Nigeria becomes a British protectorate.
February 2 » Funeral of Queen Victoria.
July 4 » William Howard Taft becomes American governor of the Philippines.
August 6 » Kiowa land in Oklahoma is opened for white settlement, effectively dissolving the contiguous reservation.
August 28 » Silliman University is founded in the Philippines. It is the first American private school in the country.
September 17 » Second Boer War: Boers capture a squadron of the 17th Lancers at the Battle of Elands River.
Day of death December 27, 1969
The temperature on December 27, 1969 was between -4.2 °C and -0.9 °C and averaged -1.9 °C. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
March 10 » In Memphis, Tennessee, James Earl Ray pleads guilty to assassinating Martin Luther King, Jr. He later unsuccessfully attempts to recant.
May 2 » The British ocean liner Queen Elizabeth 2 departs on her maiden voyage to New York City.
May 16 » Venera program: Venera 5, a Soviet space probe, lands on Venus.
May 26 » Apollo program: Apollo 10 returns to Earth after a successful eight-day test of all the components needed for the forthcoming first manned moon landing.
July 24 » Apollo program: Apollo 11 splashes down safely in the Pacific Ocean.
October 21 » The 1969 Somali coup d'état establishes a Marxist–Leninist administration.
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