The temperature on May 5, 1954 was between 3.4 °C and 13.2 °C and averaged 9.2 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 5.0 hours. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (16%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 7 » Georgetown-IBM experiment: The first public demonstration of a machine translation system is held in New York at the head office of IBM.
January 20 » In the United States, the National Negro Network is established with 40 charter member radio stations.
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?"
June 12 » Pope Pius XII canonises Dominic Savio, who was 14 years old at the time of his death, as a saint, making him at the time the youngest unmartyred saint in the Roman Catholic Church. In 2017, Francisco and Jacinta Marto, aged ten and nine at the time of their deaths, are declared saints.
August 15 » Alfredo Stroessner begins his dictatorship in Paraguay.
November 13 » Great Britain defeats France to capture the first ever Rugby League World Cup in Paris in front of around 30,000 spectators.
Day of death May 15, 2006
The temperature on May 15, 2006 was between 8.0 °C and 21.5 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (12%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, July 7, 2006 to Thursday, February 22, 2007 the cabinet Balkenende III, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
April 17 » A Palestinian suicide bomber detonates an explosive device in a Tel Aviv restaurant, killing 11 people and injuring 70.
May 5 » The government of Sudan signs an accord with the Sudan Liberation Army.
July 17 » The 7.7 Mw Pangandaran tsunami earthquake severely affects the Indonesian island of Java, killing 668 people, and leaving more than 9,000 injured.
October 9 » North Korea conducts its first nuclear test.
November 10 » Sri Lankan Tamil politician Nadarajah Raviraj is assassinated in Colombo.
December 4 » Six black youths assault a white teenager in Jena, Louisiana.
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