In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
January 26 » Troops loyal to The Mahdi conquer Khartoum, killing the Governor-General Charles George Gordon.
February 21 » The newly completed Washington Monument is dedicated.
March 31 » The United Kingdom establishes the Bechuanaland Protectorate.
April 30 » Governor of New York David B. Hill signs legislation creating the Niagara Reservation, New York's first state park, ensuring that Niagara Falls will not be devoted solely to industrial and commercial use.
May 1 » The original Chicago Board of Trade Building opens for business.
September 12 » Arbroath 36–0 Bon Accord, a world record scoreline in professional Association football.
Day of death December 22, 1970
The temperature on December 22, 1970 was between -1.2 °C and 3.6 °C and averaged 1.0 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (78%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
April 24 » China launches Dong Fang Hong I, becoming the fifth nation to put an object into orbit using its own booster.
May 11 » The 1970 Lubbock tornado kills 26 and causes $250million in damage.
September 9 » A British airliner is hijacked by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and flown to Dawson's Field in Jordan.
October 5 » The British Trade Commissioner is kidnapped by members of the FLQ, triggering the October Crisis in Canada.
October 8 » Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn wins the Nobel Prize in literature.
November 4 » Salvador Allende takes office as President of Chile, the first Marxist to become president of a Latin American country through open elections.
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