January 23 » Second Boer War: The Battle of Spion Kop between the forces of the South African Republic and the Orange Free State and British forces ends in a British defeat.
February 27 » Second Boer War: In South Africa, British military leaders receive an unconditional notice of surrender from Boer General Piet Cronjé at the Battle of Paardeberg.
May 23 » American Civil War: Sergeant William Harvey Carney is awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroism in the Assault on the Battery Wagner in 1863.
June 14 » Hawaii becomes a United States territory.
September 17 » Philippine–American War: Filipinos under Juan Cailles defeat Americans under Colonel Benjamin F. Cheatham Jr. at Mabitac.
December 18 » The Upper Ferntree Gully to Gembrook, Victoria Narrow-gauge (2ft 6 in or 762mm) Railway (now the Puffing Billy Railway) in Victoria, Australia is opened for traffic.
Day of death January 18, 1966
The temperature on January 18, 1966 was between -8.6 °C and -6.0 °C and averaged -7.1 °C. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (44%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
March 17 » Off the coast of Spain in the Mediterranean, the DSVAlvin submarine finds a missing American hydrogen bomb.
July 1 » The first color television transmission in Canada takes place from Toronto.
July 6 » Malawi becomes a republic, with Hastings Banda as its first President.
August 10 » The Heron Road Bridge collapses while being built, killing nine workers in the deadliest construction accident in both Ottawa and Ontario.
August 26 » The South African Border War starts with the battle at Omugulugwombashe.
November 8 » U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs into law an antitrust exemption allowing the National Football League to merge with the upstart American Football League.
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