June 12 » Philippine Declaration of Independence: General Emilio Aguinaldo declares the Philippines' independence from Spain.
August 24 » Count Muravyov, Foreign Minister of Russia presents a rescript that convoked the First Hague Peace Conference.
August 28 » Caleb Bradham's beverage "Brad's Drink" is renamed "Pepsi-Cola".
August 29 » The Goodyear tire company is founded.
September 2 » Battle of Omdurman: British and Egyptian troops defeat Sudanese tribesmen and establish British dominance in Sudan.
September 18 » The Fashoda Incident triggers the last war scare between Britain and France.
Day of death April 10, 1964
The temperature on April 10, 1964 was between 1.5 °C and 15.1 °C and averaged 8.5 °C. There was 11.0 hours of sunshine (81%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 25 » Blue Ribbon Sports, which would later become Nike, is founded by University of Oregon track and field athletes.
April 4 » The Beatles occupy the top five positions on the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart.
September 21 » Malta gains independence from the United Kingdom, but remains in the Commonwealth.
September 25 » The Mozambican War of Independence against Portugal begins.
November 28 » Vietnam War: National Security Council members agree to recommend that U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson adopt a plan for a two-stage escalation of bombing in North Vietnam.
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.
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