January 24 » Second Boer War: Boers stop a British attempt to break the Siege of Ladysmith in the Battle of Spion Kop.
February 7 » Second Boer War: British troops fail in their third attempt to lift the Siege of Ladysmith.
March 16 » Sir Arthur Evans purchased the land around the ruins of Knossos, the largest Bronze Age archaeological site on Crete.
May 22 » The Associated Press is formed in New York City as a non-profit news cooperative.
May 24 » Second Boer War: The United Kingdom annexes the Orange Free State.
July 29 » In Italy, King Umberto I of Italy is assassinated by the anarchist Gaetano Bresci.
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
April 24 » The Gambia becomes a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations, with Dawda Jawara as its first President.
June 4 » Tonga gains independence from the United Kingdom.
June 15 » Charles Manson goes on trial for the Sharon Tate murders.
August 15 » Patricia Palinkas becomes the first woman to play professionally in an American football game.
August 17 » Venera program: Venera 7 launched. It will later become the first spacecraft to successfully transmit data from the surface of another planet (Venus).
November 17 » Vietnam War: Lieutenant William Calley goes on trial for the My Lai Massacre.
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