January 17 » The United States takes possession of Wake Island in the Pacific Ocean.
April 18 » The St. Andrew's Ambulance Association is granted a royal charter by Queen Victoria.
July 17 » NEC Corporation is organized as the first Japanese joint venture with foreign capital.
September 13 » Henry Bliss is the first person in the United States to be killed in an automobile accident.
September 13 » Mackinder, Ollier and Brocherel make the first ascent of Batian (5,199 m - 17,058ft), the highest peak of Mount Kenya.
November 2 » The Boers begin their 118-day siege of British-held Ladysmith during the Second Boer War.
Day of death April 28, 1966
The temperature on April 28, 1966 was between 5.5 °C and 16.3 °C and averaged 11.5 °C. There was 9.4 hours of sunshine (64%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
February 23 » In Syria, Ba'ath Party member Salah Jadid leads an intra-party military coup that replaces the previous government of General Amin al-Hafiz, also a Baathist.
July 1 » The first color television transmission in Canada takes place from Toronto.
July 8 » King Mwambutsa IV Bangiriceng of Burundi is deposed by his son Prince Charles Ndizi.
October 9 » Vietnam War: South Korean troops commit the Binh Tai Massacre.
November 30 » Barbados becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
December 26 » The first Kwanzaa is celebrated by Maulana Karenga, the chair of Black Studies at California State University, Long Beach.
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