The temperature on January 20, 1953 was between -1.0 °C and 7.5 °C and averaged 3.9 °C. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
February 19 » Book censorship in the United States: The Georgia Literature Commission is established.
February 28 » James Watson and Francis Crick announce to friends that they have determined the chemical structure of DNA; the formal announcement takes place on April 25 following publication in April's Nature (pub. April 2).
March 18 » An earthquake hits western Turkey, killing 265 people.
June 18 » A United States Air Force C-124 crashes and burns near Tachikawa, Japan, killing 129.
August 19 » Cold War: The CIA and MI6 help to overthrow the government of Mohammad Mosaddegh in Iran and reinstate the Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.
October 1 » Andhra State is formed, consisting of a Telugu-speaking area carved out of India's Madras State.
Day of death May 23, 1954
The temperature on May 23, 1954 was between 3.9 °C and 16.1 °C and averaged 10.0 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (42%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
January 2 » India establishes its highest civilian awards, the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan.
March 9 » McCarthyism: CBS television broadcasts the See It Now episode, "A Report on Senator Joseph McCarthy", produced by Fred Friendly.
April 7 » United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower gives his "domino theory" speech during a news conference.
June 9 » Joseph Welch, special counsel for the United States Army, lashes out at Senator Joseph McCarthy during the Army–McCarthy hearings, giving McCarthy the famous rebuke, "You've done enough. Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency?"
June 27 » The FIFA World Cup quarterfinal match between Hungary and Brazil, highly anticipated to be exciting, instead turns violent, with three players ejected and further fighting continuing after the game.
September 3 » The German submarineU-505 begins its move from a specially constructed dock to its site at Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry.
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