The temperature on October 7, 1954 was between 9.0 °C and 11.9 °C and averaged 10.5 °C. There was 8.6 mm of rain during 5.0 hours. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (9%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
February 19 » Transfer of Crimea: The Soviet Politburo of the Soviet Union orders the transfer of the Crimean Oblast from the Russian SFSR to the Ukrainian SSR.
May 6 » Roger Bannister becomes the first person to run the mile in under four minutes.
July 5 » Elvis Presley records his first single, "That's All Right", at Sun Records in Memphis, Tennessee.
July 7 » Elvis Presley makes his radio debut when WHBQ Memphis played his first recording for Sun Records, "That's All Right".
July 20 » Germany: Otto John, head of West Germany's secret service, defects to East Germany.
September 29 » The convention establishing CERN (the European Organization for Nuclear Research) is signed.
Day of burial October 12, 1954
The temperature on October 12, 1954 was between 5.9 °C and 14.4 °C and averaged 10.4 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (17%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
April 7 » United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower gives his "domino theory" speech during a news conference.
May 13 » The anti-National Service Riots, by Chinese middle school students in Singapore, take place.
June 9 » Joseph Welch, special counsel for the United States Army, lashes out at Senator Joseph McCarthy during the Army–McCarthy hearings, giving McCarthy the famous rebuke, "You've done enough. Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency?"
July 7 » Elvis Presley makes his radio debut when WHBQ Memphis played his first recording for Sun Records, "That's All Right".
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.
December 4 » The first Burger King is opened in Miami, Florida.
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