June 17 » The College Board introduces its first standardized test, the forerunner to the SAT.
August 6 » Kiowa land in Oklahoma is opened for white settlement, effectively dissolving the contiguous reservation.
August 14 » The first claimed powered flight, by Gustave Whitehead in his Number 21.
August 28 » Silliman University is founded in the Philippines. It is the first American private school in the country.
October 29 » In Amherst, Massachusetts, nurse Jane Toppan is arrested for murdering the Davis family of Boston with an overdose of morphine.
December 3 » In a State of the Union message, U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt delivers a 20,000-word speech to the House of Representatives asking Congress to curb the power of trusts "within reasonable limits".
Day of death March 12, 1964
The temperature on March 12, 1964 was between -1.7 °C and 11.9 °C and averaged 4.5 °C. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (57%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
January 1 » The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is divided into the independent republics of Zambia and Malawi, and the British-controlled Rhodesia.
February 17 » Gabonese president Léon M'ba is toppled by a coup and his rival, Jean-Hilaire Aubame, is installed in his place.
September 13 » South Vietnamese Generals Lâm Văn Phát and Dương Văn Đức fail in a coup attempt against General Nguyễn Khánh.
September 21 » The North American XB-70 Valkyrie, the world's fastest bomber, makes its maiden flight from Palmdale, California.
November 21 » Second Vatican Council: The third session of the Roman Catholic Church's ecumenical council closes.
December 5 » Lloyd J. Old discovered the first linkage between the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) and disease—mouse leukemia—opening the way for the recognition of the importance of the MHC in the immune response.
Day of burial March 17, 1964
The temperature on March 17, 1964 was between -5.6 °C and 5.2 °C and averaged -0.4 °C. There was 10.0 hours of sunshine (84%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
May 2 » First ascent of Shishapangma, the fourteenth highest mountain in the world and the lowest of the Eight-thousanders.
July 19 » Vietnam War: At a rally in Saigon, South Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyễn Khánh calls for expanding the war into North Vietnam.
July 20 » Vietnam War: Viet Cong forces attack the capital of Định Tường Province, Cái Bè, killing 11 South Vietnamese military personnel and 40 civilians (30 of whom are children).
August 13 » Peter Allen and Gwynne Evans are hanged for the murder of John Alan West becoming the last people executed in the United Kingdom.
August 28 » The Philadelphia race riot begins.
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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