The temperature on July 30, 1954 was between 11.3 °C and 16.7 °C and averaged 13.8 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (14%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
February 15 » Canada and the United States agree to construct the Distant Early Warning Line, a system of radar stations in the far northern Arctic regions of Canada and Alaska.
March 1 » Armed Puerto Rican nationalists attack the United States Capitol building, injuring five Representatives.
August 15 » Alfredo Stroessner begins his dictatorship in Paraguay.
September 3 » The German submarineU-505 begins its move from a specially constructed dock to its site at Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry.
October 11 » In accord with the 1954 Geneva Conference, French troops complete their withdrawal from North Vietnam.
December 23 » First successful kidney transplant is performed by J. Hartwell Harrison and Joseph Murray.
Day of burial August 2, 1954
The temperature on August 2, 1954 was between 13.2 °C and 23.3 °C and averaged 18.2 °C. There was 8.7 hours of sunshine (56%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
February 15 » Canada and the United States agree to construct the Distant Early Warning Line, a system of radar stations in the far northern Arctic regions of Canada and Alaska.
March 26 » Nuclear weapons testing: The Romeo shot of Operation Castle is detonated at Bikini Atoll. Yield: 11 megatons.
April 1 » United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower authorizes the creation of the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado.
May 13 » The anti-National Service Riots, by Chinese middle school students in Singapore, take place.
August 15 » Alfredo Stroessner begins his dictatorship in Paraguay.
December 23 » First successful kidney transplant is performed by J. Hartwell Harrison and Joseph Murray.
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