The temperature on December 9, 1953 was between 3.5 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 7.3 °C. There was 4.4 mm of rain during 6.6 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
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 5 » Joseph Stalin, the longest serving leader of the Soviet Union, dies at his Volynskoe dacha in Moscow after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage four days earlier.
June 19 » Cold War: Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are executed at Sing Sing, in New York.
August 22 » The penal colony on Devil's Island is permanently closed.
November 30 » Edward Mutesa II, the kabaka (king) of Buganda is deposed and exiled to London by Sir Andrew Cohen, Governor of Uganda.
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