The temperature on January 14, 1955 was between -8.6 °C and 0.3 °C and averaged -2.3 °C. There was 2.7 mm of rain during 5.4 hours. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (31%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
January 2 » Following the assassination of the Panamanian president José Antonio Remón Cantera, his deputy, José Ramón Guizado, takes power, but is quickly deposed after his involvement in Cantera's death is discovered.
April 7 » Winston Churchill resigns as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom amid indications of failing health.
April 24 » The Bandung Conference ends: Twenty-nine non-aligned nations of Asia and Africa finish a meeting that condemns colonialism, racism, and the Cold War.
June 16 » In a futile effort to topple Argentine President Juan Perón, rogue aircraft pilots of the Argentine Navy drop several bombs upon an unarmed crowd demonstrating in favor of Perón in Buenos Aires, killing 364 and injuring at least 800. At the same time on the ground, some soldiers attempt to stage a coup but are suppressed by loyal forces.
July 9 » The Russell–Einstein Manifesto calls for a reduction of the risk of nuclear warfare.
August 28 » Black teenager Emmett Till is brutally murdered in Mississippi, galvanizing the nascent civil rights movement.
Day of death November 8, 1996
The temperature on November 8, 1996 was between 3.4 °C and 11.0 °C and averaged 6.3 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 7.9 hours of sunshine (86%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
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February 8 » The U.S. Congress passes the Communications Decency Act.
February 9 » Copernicium is discovered, by Sigurd Hofmann, Victor Ninov et al.
February 9 » The Provisional Irish Republican Army declares the end to its 18-month ceasefire and explodes a large bomb in London's Canary Wharf, killing two people.
July 3 » British Prime Minister John Major announced the Stone of Scone would be returned to Scotland.
August 6 » The Ramones played their farewell concert at The Palace, Los Angeles, CA.
December 9 » Gwen Jacob is acquitted of committing an indecent act, giving women the right to be topfree in Ontario, Canada.
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