January 4 » Topsy, an elephant, is electrocuted by the owners of Luna Park, Coney Island. The Edison film company records the film Electrocuting an Elephant of Topsy's death.
April 19 » The Kishinev pogrom in Kishinev (Bessarabia) begins, forcing tens of thousands of Jews to later seek refuge in Palestine and the Western world.
October 31 » The Purdue Wreck, a railroad train collision in Indianapolis, kills 17 people, including 14 players of the Purdue University football team.
November 17 » The Russian Social Democratic Labour Party splits into two groups: The Bolsheviks (Russian for "majority") and Mensheviks (Russian for "minority").
November 18 » The Hay–Bunau-Varilla Treaty is signed by the United States and Panama, giving the United States exclusive rights over the Panama Canal Zone.
December 30 » A fire at the Iroquois Theater in Chicago, Illinois kills at least 605.
Day of marriage March 15, 1956
The temperature on March 15, 1956 was between -1.9 °C and 4.9 °C and averaged 0.9 °C. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (26%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
April 19 » Actress Grace Kelly marries Prince Rainier of Monaco.
May 20 » In Operation Redwing, the first United States airborne hydrogen bomb is dropped over Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean.
October 30 » Hungarian Revolution: The government recognizes the new workers' councils. Army officer Béla Király leads an attack on the Communist Party headquarters.
November 7 » Hungarian Revolution: János Kádár returns to Budapest in a Soviet armored convoy, officially taking office as the next Hungarian leader. By this point, most armed resistance has been defeated.
November 12 » In the midst of the Suez Crisis, Palestinian refugees are shot dead in Rafah by Israeli soldiers following the invasion of the Gaza Strip.
December 9 » Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 810, a Canadair North Star, crashes near Hope, British Columbia, Canada, killing all 62 people on board.
Day of death January 29, 1964
The temperature on January 29, 1964 was between 0.7 °C and 6.9 °C and averaged 3.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (19%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 11 » Surgeon General of the United States Dr. Luther Terry, M.D., publishes the landmark report Smoking and Health: Report of the Advisory Committee to the Surgeon General of the United States saying that smoking may be hazardous to health, sparking national and worldwide anti-smoking efforts.
February 27 » The Government of Italy asks for help to keep the Leaning Tower of Pisa from toppling over.
June 11 » World War II veteran Walter Seifert attacks an elementary school in Cologne, Germany, killing at least eight children and two teachers and seriously injuring several more with a home-made flamethrower and a lance.
August 28 » The Philadelphia race riot begins.
September 13 » Martin Luther King Jr. addresses a crowd of 20,000 West Berliners on Sunday, in Waldbühne.
December 24 » Vietnam War: Viet Cong operatives bomb the Brinks Hotel in Saigon, South Vietnam to demonstrate they can strike an American installation in the heavily guarded capital.
Day of burial February 3, 1964
The temperature on February 3, 1964 was between 5.0 °C and 9.6 °C and averaged 7.4 °C. There was 4.5 mm of rain during 2.3 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
February 9 » The Beatles make their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, performing before a "record-busting" audience of 73 million viewers across the USA.
February 17 » In Wesberry v. Sanders the Supreme Court of the United States rules that congressional districts have to be approximately equal in population.
August 4 » Second Gulf of Tonkin Incident: U.S. destroyers USSMaddox and USSTurner Joy mistakenly report coming under attack in the Gulf of Tonkin.
August 19 » Syncom 3, the first geostationary communication satellite, was launched.
September 13 » South Vietnamese Generals Lâm Văn Phát and Dương Văn Đức fail in a coup attempt against General Nguyễn Khánh.
October 29 » The United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar is renamed the United Republic of Tanzania.
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