The temperature on April 18, 1965 was between 3.6 °C and 9.8 °C and averaged 6.5 °C. There was 2.3 mm of rain during 1.5 hours. There was 6.5 hours of sunshine (46%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
April 9 » Astrodome opens. First indoor baseball game is played.
May 1 » Cross-Strait relations: Battle of Dong-Yin, a naval conflict between the Republic of China and the People's Republic of China, takes place.
June 19 » Nguyễn Cao Kỳ becomes Prime Minister of South Vietnam at the head of a military junta; General Nguyễn Văn Thiệu becomes the figurehead chief of state.
September 7 » During an Indo-Pakistani War, China announces that it will reinforce its troops on the Indian border.
December 4 » The Grateful Dead's first concert performance under this new name.
December 9 » A Charlie Brown Christmas, first in a series of Peanuts television specials, debuts on CBS.
Day of death January 7, 1966
The temperature on January 7, 1966 was between -2.8 °C and 3.0 °C and averaged -0.4 °C. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (55%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
May 26 » British Guiana gains independence, becoming Guyana.
August 29 » Leading Egyptian thinker Sayyid Qutb is executed for plotting the assassination of President Gamal Abdel Nasser.
October 17 » The 23rd Street Fire in New York City kills 12 firefighters.
November 4 » The Arno River floods Florence, Italy, to a maximum depth of 6.7m (22ft), leaving thousands homeless and destroying millions of masterpieces of art and rare books. Also Venice was submerged on the same day at its record all-time acqua alta of 194cm (76in).
December 5 » The musical I Do! I Do!, starring Mary Martin and Robert Preston opens at the 46th Street Theatre, in New York City, and closes on June 15, 1968, after 560 performances.
December 24 » A Canadair CL-44 chartered by the United States military crashes into a small village in South Vietnam, killing 129.
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