January 17 » The United States takes possession of Wake Island in the Pacific Ocean.
February 16 » Iceland's first football club, Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur, is founded.
March 4 » Cyclone Mahina sweeps in north of Cooktown, Queensland, with a 12 metres (39ft) wave that reaches up to 5 kilometres (3.1mi) inland, killing over 300.
May 8 » The Irish Literary Theatre in Dublin produced its first play.
November 2 » The Boers begin their 118-day siege of British-held Ladysmith during the Second Boer War.
Day of death February 12, 1965
The temperature on February 12, 1965 was between 3.4 °C and 7.3 °C and averaged 5.2 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
April 9 » Astrodome opens. First indoor baseball game is played.
June 19 » Nguyễn Cao Kỳ becomes Prime Minister of South Vietnam at the head of a military junta; General Nguyễn Văn Thiệu becomes the figurehead chief of state.
June 22 » The Treaty on Basic Relations between Japan and the Republic of Korea is signed.
August 18 » Vietnam War: Operation Starlite begins: United States Marines destroy a Viet Cong stronghold on the Van Tuong peninsula in the first major American ground battle of the war.
September 30 » The Lockheed L-100, the civilian version of the C-130 Hercules, is introduced.
October 4 » Pope Paul VI begins the first papal visit to the Americas.
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