January 1 » The first American college football bowl game, the Rose Bowl between Michigan and Stanford, is held in Pasadena, California.
March 7 » Second Boer War: Boers, led by Koos de la Rey, inflict the biggest defeat upon the British since the beginning of the war, at Tweebosch.
April 2 » Dmitry Sipyagin, Minister of Interior of the Russian Empire, is assassinated in the Marie Palace, Saint Petersburg.
May 8 » In Martinique, Mount Pelée erupts, destroying the town of Saint-Pierre and killing over 30,000 people. Only a handful of residents survive the blast.
June 24 » King Edward VII of the United Kingdom develops appendicitis, delaying his coronation.
August 22 » Cadillac Motor Company is founded.
Day of death August 20, 1970
The temperature on August 20, 1970 was between 12.8 °C and 19.7 °C and averaged 16.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (28%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
March 2 » Rhodesia declares itself a republic, breaking its last links with the British crown.
March 31 » Explorer 1 re-enters the Earth's atmosphere after 12 years in orbit.
April 12 » Soviet submarine K-8, carrying four nuclear torpedoes, sinks in the Bay of Biscay four days after a fire on board.
May 14 » Andreas Baader is freed from custody by Ulrike Meinhof, Gudrun Ensslin and others, a pivotal moment in the formation of the Red Army Faction.
October 12 » Vietnam War: Vietnamization continues as President Nixon announces that the United States will withdraw 40,000 more troops before Christmas.
November 14 » Soviet Union enters ICAO, making Russian the fourth official language of organization.
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