May 29 » In the May Coup, Alexander I, King of Serbia, and Queen Draga, are assassinated in Belgrade by the Black Hand (Crna Ruka) organization.
June 16 » The Ford Motor Company is incorporated.
July 20 » The Ford Motor Company ships its first automobile.
September 27 » The Wreck of the Old 97, an American rail disaster that became the subject of a popular ballad.
October 6 » The High Court of Australia sits for the first time.
December 30 » A fire at the Iroquois Theater in Chicago, Illinois kills at least 605.
Day of death May 21, 1954
The temperature on May 21, 1954 was between 5.9 °C and 12.3 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was 2.9 mm of rain during 3.9 hours. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (24%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
June 27 » The FIFA World Cup quarterfinal match between Hungary and Brazil, highly anticipated to be exciting, instead turns violent, with three players ejected and further fighting continuing after the game.
August 23 » First flight of the Lockheed C-130 multi-role aircraft.
September 9 » The 6.7 Mw Chlef earthquake shakes northern Algeria with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme). At least 1,243 people were killed and 5,000 were injured.
October 27 » Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. becomes the first African-American general in the United States Air Force.
November 1 » The Front de Libération Nationale fires the first shots of the Algerian War of Independence.
November 22 » The Humane Society of the United States is founded.
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