The temperature on November 23, 1936 was between -4.4 °C and 1.1 °C and averaged -1.8 °C. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (17%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
April 6 » Tupelo–Gainesville tornado outbreak: Another tornado from the same storm system as the Tupelo tornado hits Gainesville, Georgia, killing 203.
July 26 » Spanish Civil War: Germany and Italy decide to intervene in the war in support for Francisco Franco and the Nationalist faction.
September 10 » First World Individual Motorcycle Speedway Championship, Held at London's (England) Wembley Stadium
November 2 » The British Broadcasting Corporation initiates the BBC Television Service, the world's first regular, "high-definition" (then defined as at least 200 lines) service. Renamed BBC1 in 1964, the channel still runs to this day.
November 30 » In London, the Crystal Palace is destroyed by fire.
December 30 » The United Auto Workers union stages its first sitdown strike.
Day of death February 1, 1953
The temperature on February 1, 1953 was between 2.7 °C and 4.8 °C and averaged 3.7 °C. There was 16.8 mm of rain during 21.7 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 7 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
January 31 » A North Sea flood causes over 1,800 deaths in the Netherlands and over 300 in the United Kingdom.
February 11 » The Soviet Union breaks off diplomatic relations with Israel.
April 8 » Mau Mau leader Jomo Kenyatta is convicted by British Kenya's rulers.
April 27 » Operation Moolah offers $50,000 to any pilot who defected with a fully mission-capable Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 to South Korea. The first pilot was to receive $100,000.
June 26 » Lavrentiy Beria, head of MVD, is arrested by Nikita Khrushchev and other members of the Politburo.
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.
Day of burial March 4, 1953
The temperature on March 4, 1953 was between 1.6 °C and 4.5 °C and averaged 3.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
January 20 » Dwight D. Eisenhower is inaugurated as the 34th President of the United States of America.
February 11 » Cold War: U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower denies all appeals for clemency for Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.
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.
May 25 » Nuclear weapons testing: At the Nevada Test Site, the United States conducts its first and only nuclear artillery test.
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