January 13 » First Italo-Ethiopian War: the war's opening battle, the Battle of Coatit, occurs; it is an Italian victory.
April 3 » The trial in the libel case brought by Oscar Wilde begins, eventually resulting in his imprisonment on charges of homosexuality.
September 18 » The Atlanta Exposition Speech on race relations is delivered by Booker T. Washington.
October 4 » Horace Rawlins wins the first U.S. Open Men's Golf Championship.
November 5 » George B. Selden is granted the first U.S. patent for an automobile.
November 8 » While experimenting with electricity, Wilhelm Röntgen discovers the X-ray.
Day of death May 18, 1965
The temperature on May 18, 1965 was between 5.9 °C and 16.4 °C and averaged 11.1 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (17%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
January 9 » The Mirzapur Cadet College formally opens for academic activities in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh).
April 21 » The 1964–1965 New York World's Fair opens for its second and final season.
August 6 » US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act of 1965 into law.
August 11 » Race riots (the Watts Riots) begin in the Watts area of Los Angeles, California.
September 20 » Following the Battle of Burki, the Indian Army captures Dograi in course of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965.
December 15 » Project Gemini: Gemini 6A, crewed by Wally Schirra and Thomas Stafford, is launched from Cape Kennedy, Florida. Four orbits later, it achieves the first space rendezvous, with Gemini 7.
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