February 28 » Queen Ranavalona III, the last monarch of Madagascar, is deposed by a French military force.
April 30 » J. J. Thomson of the Cavendish Laboratory announces his discovery of the electron as a subatomic particle, over 1,800 times smaller than a proton (in the atomic nucleus), at a lecture at the Royal Institution in London.
August 2 » Anglo-Afghan War: The Siege of Malakand ends when a relief column is able to reach the British garrison in the Malakand states.
August 10 » German chemist Felix Hoffmann discovers an improved way of synthesizing acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin).
August 21 » Oldsmobile, an American automobile manufacturer and marque, is founded.
November 1 » The first Library of Congress building opens its doors to the public; the library had previously been housed in the Congressional Reading Room in the U.S. Capitol.
Day of marriage July 20, 1917
The temperature on July 20, 1917 was between 10.0 °C and 20.3 °C and averaged 15.8 °C. There was 13.6 hours of sunshine (84%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
January 11 » The Kingsland munitions factory explosion occurs as a result of sabotage.
May 21 » The Great Atlanta fire of 1917 causes $5.5million in damages, destroying some 300 acres including 2,000 homes, businesses and churches, displacing about 10,000 people but leading to only one fatality (due to heart attack).
August 6 » World War I: Battle of Mărășești between the Romanian and German armies begins.
August 30 » Vietnamese prison guards led by Trịnh Văn Cấn mutiny at the Thái Nguyên penitentiary against local French authority.
November 7 » World War I: Third Battle of Gaza ends: British forces capture Gaza from the Ottoman Empire.
December 20 » Cheka, the first Soviet secret police force, is founded.
Day of death December 3, 1967
The temperature on December 3, 1967 was between 1.5 °C and 7.7 °C and averaged 4.2 °C. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 18 » Albert DeSalvo, the "Boston Strangler", is convicted of numerous crimes and is sentenced to life imprisonment.
May 8 » The Philippine province of Davao is split into three: Davao del Norte, Davao del Sur, and Davao Oriental.
August 25 » George Lincoln Rockwell, founder of the American Nazi Party, is assassinated by a former member of his group.
October 8 » Guerrilla leader Che Guevara and his men are captured in Bolivia.
October 26 » Mohammad Reza Pahlavi crowns himself Emperor of Iran.
November 30 » South Yemen becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
Day of burial December 6, 1967
The temperature on December 6, 1967 was between 1.3 °C and 5.5 °C and averaged 3.7 °C. There was 8.7 mm of rain during 10.0 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
January 14 » Counterculture of the 1960s: The Human Be-In takes place in San Francisco, California's Golden Gate Park, launching the Summer of Love.
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 27 » The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USSJohn F. Kennedy is launched by Jacqueline Kennedy and her daughter Caroline.
July 29 » Vietnam War: Off the coast of North Vietnam the USSForrestal catches on fire in the worst U.S. naval disaster since World War II, killing 134.
August 13 » Two young women became the first fatal victims of grizzly bear attacks in the 57-year history of Montana's Glacier National Park in separate incidents.
November 19 » The establishment of TVB, the first wireless commercial television station in Hong Kong.
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