The temperature on June 18, 1967 was between 9.4 °C and 17.0 °C and averaged 12.9 °C. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (6%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
January 12 » Dr. James Bedford becomes the first person to be cryonically preserved with intent of future resuscitation.
April 24 » Vietnam War: American General William Westmoreland says in a news conference that the enemy had "gained support in the United States that gives him hope that he can win politically that which he cannot win militarily".
May 1 » Elvis Presley and Priscilla Beaulieu are married in Las Vegas.
August 8 » The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is founded by Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.
November 3 » Vietnam War: The Battle of Dak To begins.
November 14 » American physicist Theodore Maiman is given a patent for his ruby laser systems, the world's first laser.
Day of death July 10, 1972
The temperature on July 10, 1972 was between 10.9 °C and 18.6 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 9.7 hours of sunshine (59%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet Biesheuvel I, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, July 20, 1972 to Friday, May 11, 1973 the cabinet Biesheuvel II, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
January 4 » Rose Heilbron becomes the first female judge to sit at the Old Bailey in London, UK.
February 3 » The first day of the seven-day 1972 Iran blizzard, which would kill at least 4,000 people, making it the deadliest snowstorm in history.
March 1 » The Thai province of Yasothon is created after being split off from the Ubon Ratchathani Province.
September 9 » In Kentucky's Mammoth Cave National Park, a Cave Research Foundation exploration and mapping team discovers a link between the Mammoth and Flint Ridge cave systems, making it the longest known cave passageway in the world.
November 7 » US President Richard Nixon is re-elected President.
December 30 » Vietnam War: The United States halts heavy bombing of North Vietnam.
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