The temperature on November 29, 1954 was between 6.0 °C and 10.1 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain during 3.5 hours. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (10%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
June 27 » The Obninsk Nuclear Power Plant, the Soviet Union's first nuclear power station, opens in Obninsk, near Moscow.
September 9 » The 6.7 Mw Chlef earthquake shakes northern Algeria with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme). At least 1,243 people were killed and 5,000 were injured.
October 18 » Texas Instruments announces the first transistor radio.
October 27 » Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. becomes the first African-American general in the United States Air Force.
November 1 » The Front de Libération Nationale fires the first shots of the Algerian War of Independence.
December 4 » The first Burger King is opened in Miami, Florida.
Day of death January 17, 2008
The temperature on January 17, 2008 was between 0.8 °C and 9.7 °C and averaged 6.1 °C. There was 3.9 mm of rain during 2.4 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
February 11 » Rebel East Timorese soldiers seriously wound President José Ramos-Horta. Rebel leader Alfredo Reinado is killed in the attack.
February 26 » The New York Philharmonic performs in Pyongyang, North Korea; this is the first event of its kind to take place in North Korea.
May 12 » An earthquake (measuring around 8.0 magnitude) occurs in Sichuan, China, killing over 69,000 people.
May 30 » TACA Flight 390 overshoots the runway at Toncontín International Airport, killing five people.
August 16 » The Trump International Hotel and Tower in Chicago is topped off at 1,389 feet (423m), at the time becoming the world's highest residence above ground-level.
September 26 » Swiss pilot and inventor Yves Rossy becomes first person to fly a jet engine-powered wing across the English Channel.
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