April 30 » Hawaii becomes a territory of the United States, with Sanford B. Dole as governor.
May 18 » The United Kingdom proclaims a protectorate over Tonga.
May 26 » Thousand Days' War: The Colombian Conservative Party turns the tide of war in their favor with victory against the Colombian Liberal Party in the Battle of Palonegro.
June 9 » Indian nationalist Birsa Munda dies of cholera in a British prison.
August 16 » The Battle of Elands River during the Second Boer War ends after a 13-day siege is lifted by the British. The battle had begun when a force of between 2,000 and 3,000 Boers had surrounded a force of 500 Australians, Rhodesians, Canadians and British soldiers at a supply dump at Brakfontein Drift.
October 25 » The United Kingdom annexes the Transvaal.
Day of death March 17, 1966
The temperature on March 17, 1966 was between 6.2 °C and 9.7 °C and averaged 7.9 °C. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 13 » Robert C. Weaver becomes the first African American Cabinet member when he is appointed United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
August 10 » The Heron Road Bridge collapses while being built, killing nine workers in the deadliest construction accident in both Ottawa and Ontario.
September 9 » The National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act is signed into law by U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson.
October 9 » Vietnam War: South Korean troops commit the Binh Tai Massacre.
November 24 » Bulgarian TABSO Flight 101 crashes near Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, killing all 82 people on board.
December 27 » The Cave of Swallows, the largest known cave shaft in the world, is discovered in Aquismón, San Luis Potosí, Mexico.
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