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.
May 17 » Greek archaeologist Valerios Stais discovers the Antikythera mechanism, an ancient mechanical analog computer.
June 24 » King Edward VII of the United Kingdom develops appendicitis, delaying his coronation.
August 9 » Edward VII and Alexandra of Denmark are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
August 22 » Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first President of the United States to make a public appearance in an automobile.
December 10 » The opening of the reservoir of the Aswan Dam in Egypt.
Day of death November 18, 1969
The temperature on November 18, 1969 was between 1.6 °C and 7.4 °C and averaged 4.6 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 1.5 hours. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 30 » The Beatles' last public performance, on the roof of Apple Records in London. The impromptu concert is broken up by the police.
April 4 » Dr. Denton Cooley implants the first temporary artificial heart.
April 9 » The first British-built Concorde 002 makes its maiden flight from Filton to RAF Fairford.
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 19 » Chappaquiddick incident: U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy crashes his car into a tidal pond at Chappaquiddick Island, Massachusetts, killing his passenger Mary Jo Kopechne.
November 10 » National Educational Television (the predecessor to the Public Broadcasting Service) in the United States debuts Sesame Street.
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