The temperature on September 28, 1955 was between 7.4 °C and 16.3 °C and averaged 11.6 °C. There was 3.1 mm of rain during 4.1 hours. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (45%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
June 26 » The South African Congress Alliance adopts the Freedom Charter at the Congress of the People in Kliptown.
August 20 » Battle of Philippeville: In Morocco, a force of Berbers from the Atlas Mountains region of Algeria raid two rural settlements and kill 77 French nationals.
September 25 » The Royal Jordanian Air Force is founded.
October 29 » The Soviet battleshipNovorossiysk strikes a World War II mine in the harbor at Sevastopol.
November 19 » National Review publishes its first issue.
Day of death January 1, 1957
The temperature on January 1, 1957 was between -3.4 °C and 0.1 °C and averaged -1.1 °C. There was 4.6 mm of rain during 8.7 hours. The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
April 9 » The Suez Canal in Egypt is cleared and opens to shipping following the Suez Crisis.
September 2 » President Ngô Đình Diệm of South Vietnam becomes the first foreign head of state to make a state visit to Australia.
October 14 » At least 81 people are killed in the most devastating flood in the history of the Spanish city of Valencia.
October 29 » Israel's prime minister David Ben-Gurion and five of his ministers are injured when Moshe Dwek throws a grenade into Israel's Knesset.
November 3 » Sputnik program: The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 2. On board is the first animal to enter orbit, a dog named Laika.
November 14 » The "Apalachin Meeting" in rural Tioga County in upstate New York is raided by law enforcement; many high level Mafia figures are arrested while trying to flee.
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