January 2 » American statesman and diplomat John Hay announces the Open Door Policy to promote trade with China.
February 7 » Second Boer War: British troops fail in their third attempt to lift the Siege of Ladysmith.
February 23 » Second Boer War: During the Battle of the Tugela Heights, the first British attempt to take Hart's Hill fails.
July 9 » The Federation of Australia is given royal assent.
November 7 » Second Boer War: Battle of Leliefontein, a battle during which the Royal Canadian Dragoons win three Victoria Crosses.
November 7 » The People's Party is founded in Cuba.
Day of death August 30, 1969
The temperature on August 30, 1969 was between 13.4 °C and 19.1 °C and averaged 15.8 °C. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (30%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
March 10 » In Memphis, Tennessee, James Earl Ray pleads guilty to assassinating Martin Luther King, Jr. He later unsuccessfully attempts to recant.
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.
July 16 » Apollo program: Apollo 11, the first mission to land astronauts on the Moon, is launched from the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Kennedy, Florida.
September 1 » A coup in Libya brings Muammar Gaddafi to power.
September 26 » Abbey Road, the last recorded album by The Beatles, is released.
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