The temperature on February 3, 1908 was between -3.6 °C and 1.6 °C and averaged -0.7 °C. There was 3.5 mm of rain. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
January 28 » Members of the Portuguese Republican Party fail in their attempted coup d'état against the administrative dictatorship of Prime Minister João Franco.
April 20 » Opening day of competition in the New South Wales Rugby League.
May 26 » The first major commercial oil strike in the Middle East was made at Masjed Soleyman in southwest Persia. The rights to the resource were quickly acquired by the Anglo-Persian Oil Company.
July 1 » SOS is adopted as the international distress signal.
July 25 » Ajinomoto is founded. Kikunae Ikeda of the Tokyo Imperial University discovers that a key ingredient in kombu soup stock is monosodium glutamate (MSG), and patents a process for manufacturing it.
September 16 » The General Motors Corporation is founded.
Day of death August 15, 1964
The temperature on August 15, 1964 was between 9.5 °C and 21.3 °C and averaged 15.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 10.5 hours of sunshine (71%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
March 31 » Brazilian General Olímpio Mourão Filho orders his troops to move towards Rio de Janeiro, beginning the coup d'état.
April 2 » The Soviet Union launches Zond 1.
April 4 » The Beatles occupy the top five positions on the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart.
June 10 » United States Senate breaks a 75-day filibuster against the Civil Rights Act of 1964, leading to the bill's passage.
July 20 » Vietnam War: Viet Cong forces attack the capital of Định Tường Province, Cái Bè, killing 11 South Vietnamese military personnel and 40 civilians (30 of whom are children).
August 1 » The former Belgian Congo is renamed the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Day of cremation August 19, 1964
The temperature on August 19, 1964 was between 11.9 °C and 17.1 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 42.7 mm of rain during 14.8 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 23 » The 24th Amendment to the United States Constitution, prohibiting the use of poll taxes in national elections, is ratified.
August 19 » Syncom 3, the first geostationary communication satellite, was launched.
October 29 » The United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar is renamed the United Republic of Tanzania.
November 2 » King Saud of Saudi Arabia is deposed by a family coup, and replaced by his half-brother Faisal.
November 3 » Lyndon B. Johnson is elected to a full term as U.S. president, winning 61% of the vote and 44 states, while Washington D.C. residents are able to vote in a presidential election for the first time, casting the majority of their votes for Lyndon Johnson.
November 21 » The Verrazano-Narrows Bridge opens to traffic. At the time it is the world's longest bridge span.
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