January 23 » Second Boer War: The Battle of Spion Kop between the forces of the South African Republic and the Orange Free State and British forces ends in a British defeat.
February 27 » The British Labour Party is founded.
March 13 » British forces occupy Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, during the Second Boer War.
May 17 » The children's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum, is first published in the United States. The first copy is given to the author's sister.
May 24 » Second Boer War: The United Kingdom annexes the Orange Free State.
October 9 » The Cook Islands become a territory of the United Kingdom.
Day of death January 1, 1967
The temperature on January 1, 1967 was between 3.2 °C and 6.6 °C and averaged 4.5 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (31%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
February 4 » Lunar Orbiter program: Lunar Orbiter 3 lifts off from Cape Canaveral's Launch Complex 13 on its mission to identify possible landing sites for the Surveyor and Apollo spacecraft.
April 4 » Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his "Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence" speech in New York City's Riverside Church.
September 3 » Dagen H in Sweden: Traffic changes from driving on the left to driving on the right overnight.
November 2 » Vietnam War: US President Lyndon B. Johnson and "The Wise Men" conclude that the American people should be given more optimistic reports on the progress of the war.
November 19 » The establishment of TVB, the first wireless commercial television station in Hong Kong.
December 20 » A Pennsylvania Railroad Budd Metroliner exceeds 155mph on their New York Division, also present day Amtrak's Northeast Corridor.
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