The temperature on May 14, 1934 was between 2.6 °C and 12.0 °C and averaged 8.3 °C. There was 5.5 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 4.5 hours of sunshine (29%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
January 26 » The Apollo Theater reopens in Harlem, New York City.
February 2 » The Export-Import Bank of the United States is incorporated.
July 5 » "Bloody Thursday": Police open fire on striking longshoremen in San Francisco.
July 20 » West Coast waterfront strike: In Seattle, police fire tear gas on and club 2,000 striking longshoremen. The governor of Oregon calls out the National Guard to break a strike on the Portland docks.
August 19 » The first All-American Soap Box Derby is held in Dayton, Ohio.
November 30 » The LNER Class A3 4472 Flying Scotsman becomes the first steam locomotive to be authenticated as reaching 100mph.
Day of marriage May 15, 1955
The temperature on May 15, 1955 was between 4.0 °C and 11.0 °C and averaged 7.4 °C. There was 5.7 mm of rain during 4.4 hours. There was 10.6 hours of sunshine (68%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
February 8 » The Government of Sindh, Pakistan, abolishes the Jagirdari system in the province. One million acres (4000km) of land thus acquired is to be distributed among the landless peasants.
April 11 » The Air India Kashmir Princess is bombed and crashes in a failed assassination attempt on Zhou Enlai by the Kuomintang.
July 17 » Disneyland is dedicated and opened by Walt Disney in Anaheim, California.
August 20 » Battle of Philippeville: In Morocco, a force of Berbers from the Atlas Mountains region of Algeria raid two rural settlements and kill 77 French nationals.
September 16 » A Zulu-class submarine becomes the first to launch a ballistic missile.
December 5 » E. D. Nixon and Rosa Parks lead the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
Day of death November 27, 1958
The temperature on November 27, 1958 was between 5.9 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 7.2 °C. There was 1.7 mm of rain during 3.5 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
January 1 » European Economic Community is established.
March 16 » The Ford Motor Company produces its 50 millionth automobile, the Thunderbird, averaging almost a million cars a year since the company's founding.
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 1 » The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics is replaced by NASA.
October 7 » The U.S. manned space-flight project is renamed Project Mercury.
December 14 » The 3rd Soviet Antarctic Expedition becomes the first to reach the southern pole of inaccessibility.
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