January 24 » Second Boer War: Boers stop a British attempt to break the Siege of Ladysmith in the Battle of Spion Kop.
March 24 » Mayor of New York City Robert Anderson Van Wyck breaks ground for a new underground "Rapid Transit Railroad" that would link Manhattan and Brooklyn.
May 1 » The Scofield Mine disaster kills over 200 men in Scofield, Utah in what is to date the fifth-worst mining accident in United States history.
May 18 » The United Kingdom proclaims a protectorate over Tonga.
May 24 » Second Boer War: The United Kingdom annexes the Orange Free State.
June 14 » Hawaii becomes a United States territory.
Day of death March 15, 1967
The temperature on March 15, 1967 was between 3.7 °C and 10.4 °C and averaged 7.3 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (19%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
April 4 » Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his "Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence" speech in New York City's Riverside Church.
April 28 » Vietnam War: Boxer Muhammad Ali refuses his induction into the United States Army and is subsequently stripped of his championship and license.
May 10 » The Northrop M2-F2 crashes on landing, becoming the inspiration for the novel Cyborg and TV series The Six Million Dollar Man.
May 26 » The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is released.
June 2 » Protests in West Berlin against the arrival of the Shah of Iran turn into riots, during which Benno Ohnesorg is killed by a police officer. His death results in the founding of the terrorist group Movement 2 June.
November 29 » Vietnam War: U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara announces his resignation.
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