The temperature on August 10, 1954 was between 11.9 °C and 16.9 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 20.0 mm of rain during 3.2 hours. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (23%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 10 » BOAC Flight 781, a de Havilland DH.106 Comet 1, explodes and falls into the Tyrrhenian Sea killing 35 people.
July 5 » The BBC broadcasts its first television news bulletin.
July 21 » First Indochina War: The Geneva Conference partitions Vietnam into North Vietnam and South Vietnam.
August 16 » The first issue of Sports Illustrated is published.
September 29 » The convention establishing CERN (the European Organization for Nuclear Research) is signed.
November 7 » In the US, Armistice Day becomes Veterans Day.
Day of death September 4, 1965
The temperature on September 4, 1965 was between 11.5 °C and 17.5 °C and averaged 14.1 °C. There was 6.9 mm of rain during 8.3 hours. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (22%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 9 » The Mirzapur Cadet College formally opens for academic activities in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh).
March 5 » March Intifada: A Leftist uprising erupts in Bahrain against British colonial presence.
March 8 » Thirty-five hundred United States Marines are the first American land combat forces committed during the Vietnam War.
July 30 » U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Social Security Act of 1965 into law, establishing Medicare and Medicaid.
September 21 » The Gambia, Maldives and Singapore are admitted as members of the United Nations.
November 28 » Vietnam War: In response to U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson's call for "more flags" in Vietnam, Philippine President-elect Ferdinand Marcos announces he will send troops to help fight in South Vietnam.
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