The temperature on August 1, 1954 was between 11.4 °C and 20.8 °C and averaged 16.3 °C. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (24%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
March 19 » Willie Mosconi sets a world record by running 526 consecutive balls without a miss during a straight pool exhibition at East High Billiard Club in Springfield, Ohio, setting a record that remains unbroken.
April 22 » Red Scare: Witnesses begin testifying and live television coverage of the Army–McCarthy hearings begins.
May 13 » The original Broadway production of The Pajama Game opens and runs for another 1,063 performances. Later received three Tony Awards for Best Musical, Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical, and Best Choreography.
November 1 » The Front de Libération Nationale fires the first shots of the Algerian War of Independence.
November 22 » The Humane Society of the United States is founded.
December 23 » First successful kidney transplant is performed by J. Hartwell Harrison and Joseph Murray.
Day of death May 12, 1996
The temperature on May 12, 1996 was between 7.3 °C and 11.1 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
January 9 » First Chechen War: Chechen separatists launch a raid against the helicopter airfield and later a civilian hospital in the city of Kizlyar in the neighboring Dagestan, which turns into a massive hostage crisis involving thousands of civilians.
February 29 » Siege of Sarajevo officially ends.
April 3 » Suspected "Unabomber" Theodore Kaczynski is captured at his Montana cabin in the United States.
May 10 » A blizzard strikes Mount Everest, killing eight climbers by the next day.
November 20 » A fire breaks out in an office building in Hong Kong, killing 41 people and injuring 81.
December 30 » Proposed budget cuts by Benjamin Netanyahu spark protests from 250,000 workers who shut down services across Israel.
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