The temperature on July 11, 1954 was between 13.8 °C and 20.6 °C and averaged 16.9 °C. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (11%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 25 » The first practical solar cell is publicly demonstrated by Bell Telephone Laboratories.
June 12 » Pope Pius XII canonises Dominic Savio, who was 14 years old at the time of his death, as a saint, making him at the time the youngest unmartyred saint in the Roman Catholic Church. In 2017, Francisco and Jacinta Marto, aged ten and nine at the time of their deaths, are declared saints.
August 16 » The first issue of Sports Illustrated is published.
November 27 » Alger Hiss is released from prison after serving 44 months for perjury.
December 2 » Cold War: The United States Senate votes 65 to 22 to censure Joseph McCarthy for "conduct that tends to bring the Senate into dishonor and disrepute".
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