The temperature on January 18, 1954 was between -0.9 °C and 8.8 °C and averaged 4.0 °C. There was 5.8 hours of sunshine (69%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
February 10 » U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower warns against United States intervention in Vietnam.
April 7 » United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower gives his "domino theory" speech during a news conference.
May 17 » The United States Supreme Court hands down a unanimous decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, outlawing racial segregation in public schools.
August 13 » Radio Pakistan broadcasts the "Qaumī Tarāna", the national anthem of Pakistan for the first time.
October 27 » Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. becomes the first African-American general in the United States Air Force.
November 19 » Télé Monte Carlo, Europe's oldest private television channel, is launched by Prince Rainier III.
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