The temperature on January 9, 1909 was between -1.7 °C and 4.3 °C and averaged 0.7 °C. There was 5.7 hours of sunshine (71%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
February 12 » New Zealand's worst maritime disaster of the 20th century happens when the SSPenguin, an inter-island ferry, sinks and explodes at the entrance to Wellington Harbour.
February 23 » The AEA Silver Dart makes the first powered flight in Canada and the British Empire.
May 31 » The National Negro Committee, forerunner to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), convenes for the first time.
August 24 » Workers start pouring concrete for the Panama Canal.
October 26 » An Jung-geun assassinates Japan's Resident-General of Korea.
December 10 » Selma Lagerlöf becomes the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Day of death March 21, 1965
The temperature on March 21, 1965 was between 0.2 °C and 4.3 °C and averaged 2.9 °C. There was 5.2 mm of rain during 6.6 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
February 19 » Colonel Phạm Ngọc Thảo of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam, and a communist spy of the North Vietnamese Viet Minh, along with Generals Lâm Văn Phát and Trần Thiện Khiêm, all Catholics, attempt a coup against the military junta of the Buddhist Nguyễn Khánh.
February 21 » Malcolm X is assassinated while giving a talk at the Audubon Ballroom in Harlem.
April 11 » The Palm Sunday tornado outbreak of 1965: Fifty-one tornadoes hit in six Midwestern states, killing 256 people.
May 27 » Vietnam War: American warships begin the first bombardment of National Liberation Front targets within South Vietnam.
July 25 » Bob Dylan goes electric at the Newport Folk Festival, signaling a major change in folk and rock music.
October 17 » The 1964–65 New York World's Fair closes after two years and more than 51 million attendees.
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