The temperature on July 30, 1955 was between 13.4 °C and 17.4 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
April 3 » The American Civil Liberties Union announces it will defend Allen Ginsberg's book Howl against obscenity charges.
June 26 » The South African Congress Alliance adopts the Freedom Charter at the Congress of the People in Kliptown.
July 27 » El Al Flight 402 is shot down by two fighter jets after straying into Bulgarian air space. All 58 people onboard are killed.
July 27 » The Austrian State Treaty restores Austrian sovereignty.
September 16 » A Zulu-class submarine becomes the first to launch a ballistic missile.
November 15 » The first part of Saint Petersburg Metro is opened.
Day of death September 9, 1958
The temperature on September 9, 1958 was between 13.3 °C and 18.3 °C and averaged 15.7 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (21%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
January 1 » European Economic Community is established.
February 5 » A hydrogen bomb known as the Tybee Bomb is lost by the US Air Force off the coast of Savannah, Georgia, never to be recovered.
April 14 » The Soviet satellite Sputnik 2 falls from orbit after a mission duration of 162 days. This was the first spacecraft to carry a living animal, a female dog named Laika, who likely lived only a few hours.
May 13 » During a visit to Caracas, Venezuela, Vice President Richard Nixon's car is attacked by anti-American demonstrators.
August 18 » Brojen Das from Bangladesh swims across the English Channel in a competition, as the first Bengali and the first Asian to do so. He came first among 39 competitors.
October 26 » Pan American Airways makes the first commercial flight of the Boeing 707 from New York City to Paris.
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