January 2 » American statesman and diplomat John Hay announces the Open Door Policy to promote trade with China.
January 31 » Datu Muhammad Salleh is killed in Kampung Teboh, Tambunan, ending the Mat Salleh Rebellion.
February 28 » The Second Boer War: The 118-day "Siege of Ladysmith" is lifted.
June 5 » Second Boer War: British soldiers take Pretoria.
July 27 » Kaiser Wilhelm II makes a speech comparing Germans to Huns; for years afterwards, "Hun" would be a disparaging name for Germans.
August 14 » The Eight-Nation Alliance occupies Beijing, China, in a campaign to end the bloody Boxer Rebellion in China.
Day of death May 12, 1965
The temperature on May 12, 1965 was between 1.1 °C and 18.2 °C and averaged 10.4 °C. There was 12.9 hours of sunshine (83%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
March 6 » Premier Tom Playford of South Australia loses power after 27 years in office.
March 24 » Images from the Ranger 9 lunar probe are broadcast live on network television.
May 12 » The Soviet spacecraft Luna 5 crashes on the Moon.
August 9 » Singapore is expelled from Malaysia and becomes the only country to date to gain independence unwillingly.
August 19 » Japanese prime minister Eisaku Satō becomes the first post-World War II sitting prime minister to visit Okinawa Prefecture.
November 8 » The 173rd Airborne is ambushed by over 1,200 Viet Cong in Operation Hump during the Vietnam War, while the 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment fight one of the first set-piece engagements of the war between Australian forces and the Viet Cong at the Battle of Gang Toi.
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