January 1 » Nigeria becomes a British protectorate.
May 3 » The Great Fire of 1901 begins in Jacksonville, Florida.
May 9 » Australia opens its first national parliament in Melbourne.
August 14 » The first claimed powered flight, by Gustave Whitehead in his Number 21.
November 1 » Sigma Phi Epsilon, the largest national male collegiate fraternity, is established at Richmond College, in Richmond, Virginia.
November 18 » Britain and the United States sign the Hay–Pauncefote Treaty, which nullifies the Clayton–Bulwer Treaty and withdraws British objections to an American-controlled canal in Panama.
Day of death August 5, 1966
The temperature on August 5, 1966 was between 11.7 °C and 18.2 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was 2.2 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 10.0 hours of sunshine (65%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
September 16 » The Metropolitan Opera House opens at Lincoln Center in New York City with the world premiere of Samuel Barber's opera Antony and Cleopatra.
October 5 » A reactor at the Enrico Fermi Nuclear Generating Station near Detroit suffers a partial meltdown.
October 9 » Vietnam War: South Korean troops commit the Binh Tai Massacre.
October 22 » The Supremes become the first all-female music group to attain a No. 1 selling album (The Supremes A' Go-Go).
November 2 » The Cuban Adjustment Act comes into force, allowing 123,000 Cubans the opportunity to apply for permanent residence in the United States.
December 5 » The musical I Do! I Do!, starring Mary Martin and Robert Preston opens at the 46th Street Theatre, in New York City, and closes on June 15, 1968, after 560 performances.
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