The temperature on May 2, 1904 was between 8.6 °C and 11.9 °C and averaged 10.2 °C. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
February 9 » Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Port Arthur concludes.
February 22 » The United Kingdom sells a meteorological station on the South Orkney Islands to Argentina; the islands are subsequently claimed by the United Kingdom in 1908.
April 30 » The Louisiana Purchase Exposition World's Fair opens in St. Louis, Missouri.
May 5 » Pitching against the Philadelphia Athletics at the Huntington Avenue Grounds, Cy Young of the Boston Americans throws the first perfect game in the modern era of baseball.
June 28 » The SSNorge runs aground on Hasselwood Rock in the North Atlantic 430 kilometres (270mi) northwest of Ireland. More than 635 people die during the sinking.
October 4 » The IFK Göteborg football club is founded in Sweden.
Day of death December 26, 1965
The temperature on December 26, 1965 was between -0.8 °C and 5.2 °C and averaged 2.3 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 5.8 hours of sunshine (75%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
March 24 » Images from the Ranger 9 lunar probe are broadcast live on network television.
March 30 » Vietnam War: A car bomb explodes in front of the United States Embassy, Saigon, killing 22 and wounding 183 others.
June 7 » The Supreme Court of the United States hands down its decision in Griswold v. Connecticut, prohibiting the states from criminalizing the use of contraception by married couples.
July 28 » Vietnam War: U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson announces his order to increase the number of United States troops in South Vietnam from 75,000 to 125,000.
September 9 » Hurricane Betsy makes its second landfall near New Orleans, leaving 76 dead and $1.42 billion ($10–12 billion in 2005 dollars) in damages, becoming the first hurricane to cause over $1 billion in unadjusted damage.
September 30 » The Lockheed L-100, the civilian version of the C-130 Hercules, is introduced.
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