The temperature on January 10, 1959 was between -3.3 °C and 1.1 °C and averaged -0.9 °C. There was 3.2 mm of rain during 3.1 hours. The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
January 30 » MSHans Hedtoft, said to be the safest ship afloat and "unsinkable" like the RMSTitanic, strikes an iceberg on her maiden voyage and sinks, killing all 95 aboard.
February 9 » The R-7 Semyorka, the first intercontinental ballistic missile, becomes operational at Plesetsk, USSR.
February 16 » Fidel Castro becomes Premier of Cuba after dictator Fulgencio Batista was overthrown on January 1.
September 12 » The Soviet Union launches a large rocket, Lunik II, at the moon.
September 16 » The first successful photocopier, the Xerox 914, is introduced in a demonstration on live television from New York City.
October 21 » In New York City, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum opens to the public.
Day of death February 7, 1968
The temperature on February 7, 1968 was between 2.2 °C and 5.7 °C and averaged 3.9 °C. There was 5.9 mm of rain during 7.9 hours. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (6%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
February 1 » Canada's three military services, the Royal Canadian Navy, the Canadian Army and the Royal Canadian Air Force, are unified into the Canadian Forces.
April 6 » In Richmond, Indiana's downtown district, a double explosion kills 41 and injures 150.
June 9 » U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson declares a national day of mourning following the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy.
July 23 » Glenville shootout: In Cleveland, Ohio, a violent shootout between a Black Militant organization and the Cleveland Police Department occurs. During the shootout, a riot begins and lasts for five days.
October 5 » A Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association march in Derry is violently suppressed by police.
December 16 » Second Vatican Council: Official revocation of the Edict of Expulsion of Jews from Spain.
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