August 5 » Peter O'Connor sets the first IAAF recognised long jump world record of 24ft 11.75in (7.6137m), a record that would stand for 20 years.
October 12 » President Theodore Roosevelt officially renames the "Executive Mansion" to the White House.
November 13 » The 1901 Caister lifeboat disaster.
November 27 » The U.S. Army War College is established.
December 10 » The first Nobel Prize ceremony is held in Stockholm on the fifth anniversary of Alfred Nobel's death.
Day of death May 22, 1968
The temperature on May 22, 1968 was between 8.0 °C and 15.9 °C and averaged 12.1 °C. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (22%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
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