The temperature on August 27, 1954 was between 10.8 °C and 22.5 °C and averaged 16.8 °C. There was 12.3 hours of sunshine (88%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
March 9 » McCarthyism: CBS television broadcasts the See It Now episode, "A Report on Senator Joseph McCarthy", produced by Fred Friendly.
July 4 » Rationing ends in the United Kingdom.
September 14 » In a top secret nuclear test, a Soviet Tu-4 bomber drops a 40 kiloton atomic weapon just north of Totskoye village.
September 17 » The novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding is first published.
November 12 » Ellis Island ceased operations.
November 30 » In Sylacauga, Alabama, United States, the Hodges meteorite crashes through a roof and hits a woman taking an afternoon nap; this is the only documented case in the Western Hemisphere of a human being hit by a rock from space.
Day of death December 4, 1971
The temperature on December 4, 1971 was between -1.3 °C and 5.4 °C and averaged 2.1 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 25 » Charles Manson and three female "Family" members are found guilty of the 1969 Tate–LaBianca murders.
February 9 » Apollo program: Apollo 14 returns to Earth after the third manned Moon landing.
February 20 » The United States Emergency Broadcast System is accidentally activated in an erroneous national alert.
September 8 » In Washington, D.C., the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is inaugurated, with the opening feature being the premiere of Leonard Bernstein's Mass.
November 12 » Vietnam War: As part of Vietnamization, US President Richard Nixon sets February 1, 1972 as the deadline for the removal of another 45,000 American troops from Vietnam.
December 7 » The Battle of Sylhet is fought between the Pakistani military and the Mukti Bahini.
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