March 19 » Auguste and Louis Lumière record their first footage using their newly patented cinematograph.
April 3 » The trial in the libel case brought by Oscar Wilde begins, eventually resulting in his imprisonment on charges of homosexuality.
June 20 » The Kiel Canal, crossing the base of the Jutland peninsula and the busiest artificial waterway in the world, is officially opened.
June 27 » The inaugural run of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's Royal Blue from Washington, D.C., to New York City, the first U.S. passenger train to use electric locomotives.
October 8 » Korean Empress Myeongseong is assassinated by Japanese infiltrators.
November 8 » While experimenting with electricity, Wilhelm Röntgen discovers the X-ray.
Day of death May 1, 1964
The temperature on May 1, 1964 was between 7.2 °C and 12.3 °C and averaged 9.0 °C. There was 2.8 mm of rain during 2.6 hours. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (19%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 11 » Surgeon General of the United States Dr. Luther Terry, M.D., publishes the landmark report Smoking and Health: Report of the Advisory Committee to the Surgeon General of the United States saying that smoking may be hazardous to health, sparking national and worldwide anti-smoking efforts.
March 19 » Over 500,000 Brazilians attend the March of the Family with God for Liberty, in protest against the government of João Goulart and against communism.
March 31 » Brazilian General Olímpio Mourão Filho orders his troops to move towards Rio de Janeiro, beginning the coup d'état.
August 1 » The former Belgian Congo is renamed the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
October 1 » The Free Speech Movement is launched on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley.
October 16 » Leonid Brezhnev becomes leader of the Soviet Communist Party, while Alexei Kosygin becomes the head of government.
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