January 4 » Utah is admitted as the 45th U.S. state.
March 1 » Henri Becquerel discovers radioactive decay.
March 2 » The Battle of Adwa: The Italian Army defeated by the Ethiopian Army in Adwa, Tigray, Ethiopia.
May 26 » Nicholas II becomes the last Tsar of Imperial Russia.
June 15 » The deadliest tsunami in Japan's history kills more than 22,000 people.
August 16 » Skookum Jim Mason, George Carmack and Dawson Charlie discover gold in a tributary of the Klondike River in Canada, setting off the Klondike Gold Rush.
Day of marriage April 24, 1936
The temperature on April 24, 1936 was between 0.3 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 5.4 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain during 5.2 hours. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
January 29 » The first inductees into the Baseball Hall of Fame are announced.
March 1 » The Hoover Dam is completed.
October 5 » The Jarrow March sets off for London.
October 9 » Boulder Dam (later Hoover Dam) begins to generate electricity and transmit it to Los Angeles.
October 26 » The first electric generator at Hoover Dam goes into full operation.
December 11 » Abdication Crisis: Edward VIII's abdication as King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions beyond the Seas, and Emperor of India, becomes effective.
Day of death June 7, 1967
The temperature on June 7, 1967 was between 6.3 °C and 17.3 °C and averaged 13.3 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (13%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
May 30 » The Nigerian Eastern Region declares independence as the Republic of Biafra, sparking a civil war.
June 5 » The Six-Day War begins: Israel launches surprise strikes against Egyptian air-fields in response to the mobilisation of Egyptian forces on the Israeli border.
July 3 » The Aden Emergency: The Battle of the Crater in which the British Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders retake the Crater district following the Arab Police mutiny.
November 7 » US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967, establishing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
November 19 » The establishment of TVB, the first wireless commercial television station in Hong Kong.
December 3 » At Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa, a transplant team headed by Christiaan Barnard carries out the first heart transplant on a human (53-year-old Louis Washkansky).
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