April 2 » Dmitry Sipyagin, Minister of Interior of the Russian Empire, is assassinated in the Marie Palace, Saint Petersburg.
April 20 » Pierre and Marie Curie refine radium chloride.
May 31 » Second Boer War: The Treaty of Vereeniging ends the war and ensures British control of South Africa.
June 24 » King Edward VII of the United Kingdom develops appendicitis, delaying his coronation.
August 22 » Cadillac Motor Company is founded.
December 28 » The Syracuse Athletic Club defeated the New York Philadelphians, 5–0, in the first indoor professional football game, which was held at Madison Square Garden.
Day of marriage August 12, 1963
The temperature on August 12, 1963 was between 12.6 °C and 18.7 °C and averaged 15.5 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (15%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
March 21 » Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary (in California) closes.
May 30 » A protest against pro-Catholic discrimination during the Buddhist crisis is held outside South Vietnam's National Assembly, the first open demonstration during the eight-year rule of Ngo Dinh Diem.
June 26 » Cold War: U.S. President John F. Kennedy gave his "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech, underlining the support of the United States for democratic West Germany shortly after Soviet-supported East Germany erected the Berlin Wall.
September 4 » Swissair Flight 306 crashes near Dürrenäsch, Switzerland, killing all 80 people on board.
October 18 » Félicette, a black and white female Parisian stray cat becomes the first cat launched into space.
December 10 » An assassination attempt on the British High Commissioner in Aden kills two people and wounds dozens more.
Day of death December 15, 1997
The temperature on December 15, 1997 was between -1.4 °C and 3.3 °C and averaged 1.7 °C. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (4%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
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January 19 » Yasser Arafat returns to Hebron after more than 30 years and joins celebrations over the handover of the last Israeli-controlled West Bank city.
April 1 » Comet Hale–Bopp is seen passing at perihelion.
September 18 » The Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention is adopted.
September 18 » United States media magnate Ted Turner donates US$1billion to the United Nations.
September 19 » The Guelb El-Kebir massacre in Algeria kills 53 people.
November 17 » In Luxor, Egypt, 62 people are killed by six Islamic militants outside the Temple of Hatshepsut, known as Luxor massacre.
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