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** Although Vancouver's distance from Europe reduces its importance, occupying it would deny Britain a naval base and cut Canada off from the Pacific Ocean.
** and 24
** Earliest day on which Corpus Christi can fall, while June 24 is the latest ; held on Thursday after Trinity Sunday.
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** The Eggnog Riot breaks out at the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York during the early morning hours, but is squelched by Christmas chapel service.
** The Ford Motor Company introduces the first moving assembly line, reducing chassis assembly time from 12½ hours in October to 2 hours, 40 minutes ( although Ford is not the first to use an assembly line, his successful adoption of one sparks an era of mass production ).
** Martin Luther King Day Crash-Telephone service in Atlanta, St. Louis, and Detroit, including 9-1-1 service, goes down for nine hours, due to an AT & T software bug.
** James Hoskins forces his way into WCPO's television studio in Cincinnati, holding 9 employees hostage for several hours before releasing them and taking his own life.
** Max Conrad circumnavigates the earth in 8 days, 18 hours and 49 minutes, setting a new world record.
** Syrian and Israeli troops clash over Lake Kinneret ( also known as the Sea of Galilee ) for 3 hours.
** Mies Bouwman starts presenting the first live TV-marathon fundraising show ( Open Het Dorp ), which lasts 23 hours non-stop.
** Northeast Blackout of 1965: Several U. S. states ( VT, NH, MA, CT, RI, NY and portions of NJ ) and parts of Canada are hit by a series of blackouts lasting up to 13½ hours.
** Stardust fire: A fire at the Stardust nightclub in Artane, Dublin, Ireland in the early hours kills 48 and injures 214.
** A Minor League Baseball game between the Rochester Red Wings and the Pawtucket Red Sox at McCoy Stadium in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, becomes the longest professional baseball game in history: 8 hours and 25 minutes / 33 innings ( the 33rd inning is not played until June 23 ).
** Wiley Post becomes the first person to fly solo around the world, traveling in 7 days 18 hours 45 minutes.
** War of 1812 – Battle of Lundy's Lane: Reinforcements arrive near Niagara Falls, Ontario for General Riall's British and Canadian force, and a bloody, all-night battle with Jacob Brown's Americans commences at 1800 hours ; Americans retreat to Fort Erie.
** Quotidian fever, with a periodicity of 24 hours, typical of Plasmodium falciparum or Plasmodium knowlesi malaria
** Polar circle, either of two circles of latitude marking the extreme southerly points ( northern hemisphere ) or northerly points ( southern hemisphere ) at which the sun may remain above or below the horizon for 24 continuous hours at some point during the year
** Phosphorescence, fluorescence slightly delayed after initial absorption of radiation ( on a scale of seconds to hours )
1.119 seconds.