January 1 » Nigeria becomes a British protectorate.
January 22 » Edward VII is proclaimed King after the death of his mother, Queen Victoria.
May 3 » The Great Fire of 1901 begins in Jacksonville, Florida.
August 5 » Peter O'Connor sets the first IAAF recognised long jump world record of 24ft 11.75in (7.6137m), a record that would stand for 20 years.
September 2 » Vice President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt utters the famous phrase, "Speak softly and carry a big stick" at the Minnesota State Fair.
November 8 » Gospel riots: Bloody clashes take place in Athens following the translation of the Gospels into demotic Greek.
Day of death March 15, 1976
The temperature on March 15, 1976 was between 0.9 °C and 8.4 °C and averaged 4.0 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (3%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
March 9 » Forty-two people die in the Cavalese cable car disaster, the worst cable-car accident to date.
April 2 » Prince Norodom Sihanouk resigns as leader of Cambodia and is placed under house arrest.
May 24 » The Judgment of Paris takes place in France, launching California as a worldwide force in the production of quality wine.
June 25 » Missouri Governor Kit Bond issues an executive order rescinding the Extermination Order, formally apologizing on behalf of the state of Missouri for the suffering it had caused to members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
July 2 » End of South Vietnam; Communist North Vietnam annexes the former South Vietnam to form the unified Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
October 6 » Premier Hua Guofeng arrests the Gang of Four, ending the Cultural Revolution in China.
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