February 2 » The Australian Premiers' Conference held in Melbourne decides to locate Australia's capital city, Canberra, between Sydney and Melbourne.
July 29 » The First Hague Convention is signed.
September 13 » Henry Bliss is the first person in the United States to be killed in an automobile accident.
November 2 » The Boers begin their 118-day siege of British-held Ladysmith during the Second Boer War.
November 29 » FC Barcelona is founded by Catalan, Spanish and Englishmen. It later develops into one of Spanish football's most iconic and strongest teams.
Day of death July 24, 1963
The temperature on July 24, 1963 was between 15.3 °C and 24.2 °C and averaged 20.4 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (12%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 23 » The Guinea-Bissau War of Independence officially begins when PAIGC guerrilla fighters attack the Portuguese army stationed in Tite.
April 24 » Marriage of Princess Alexandra of Kent to Angus Ogilvy at Westminster Abbey in London.
June 11 » John F. Kennedy addresses Americans from the Oval Office proposing the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which would revolutionize American society by guaranteeing equal access to public facilities, ending segregation in education, and guaranteeing federal protection for voting rights.
August 28 » March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom: The Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. gives his I Have a Dream speech.
September 2 » CBS Evening News becomes U.S. network television's first half-hour weeknight news broadcast, when the show is lengthened from 15 to 30 minutes.
September 16 » Malaysia is formed from the Federation of Malaya, Singapore, North Borneo (Sabah) and Sarawak. However, Singapore soon leaves this new country.
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