The temperature on October 14, 1968 was between 5.8 °C and 16.5 °C and averaged 11.5 °C. There was 7.9 hours of sunshine (73%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
January 22 » Operation Igloo White, a US electronic surveillance system to stop communist infiltration into South Vietnam begins installation.
May 25 » The Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri, is dedicated.
October 16 » Tommie Smith and John Carlos are ejected from the US Olympic team for participating in the Olympics Black Power salute.
October 20 » Former First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy marries Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis.
November 5 » Richard Nixon is elected as 37th President of the United States.
December 24 » Apollo program: The crew of Apollo 8 enters into orbit around the Moon, becoming the first humans to do so. They performed ten lunar orbits and broadcast live TV pictures.
Day of death July 5, 1977
The temperature on July 5, 1977 was between 13.7 °C and 26.8 °C and averaged 20.8 °C. There was 14.6 hours of sunshine (88%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
January 18 » SFR Yugoslavia's Prime minister, Džemal Bijedić, his wife and six others are killed in a plane crash in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
May 1 » Thirty-six people are killed in Taksim Square, Istanbul, during the Labour Day celebrations.
June 30 » The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization disbands.
July 13 » Somalia declares war on Ethiopia, starting the Ogaden War.
October 26 » Ali Maow Maalin, the last natural case of smallpox, develops a rash in Somalia. The World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention consider this date to be the anniversary of the eradication of smallpox, the most spectacular success of vaccination.
November 11 » A munitions explosion at a train station in Iri, South Korea kills at least 56 people.
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