The temperature on May 18, 1954 was between 6.7 °C and 12.4 °C and averaged 9.1 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (8%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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.
April 7 » United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower gives his "domino theory" speech during a news conference.
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.
October 27 » Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. becomes the first African-American general in the United States Air Force.
November 7 » In the US, Armistice Day becomes Veterans Day.
December 2 » The Sino-American Mutual Defense Treaty, between the United States and Taiwan, is signed in Washington, D.C.
Day of death December 20, 2001
The temperature on December 20, 2001 was between -2.1 °C and 4.4 °C and averaged 1.4 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (69%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
April 1 » Former President of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slobodan Milošević surrenders to police special forces, to be tried on war crimes charges.
April 25 » Michele Alboreto is killed while testing an Audi R8 at the Lausitzring in Germany.
June 11 » Timothy McVeigh is executed for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing.
July 24 » The Bandaranaike Airport attack is carried out by 14 Tamil Tiger commandos. Eleven civilian and military aircraft are destroyed and 15 are damaged. All 14 commandos are shot dead, while seven soldiers from the Sri Lanka Air Force are killed. In addition, three civilians and an engineer die. This incident slowed the Sri Lankan economy.
September 17 » The New York Stock Exchange reopens for trading after the September 11 attacks, the longest closure since the Great Depression.
December 15 » The Leaning Tower of Pisa reopens after 11 years and $27,000,000 spent to stabilize it, without fixing its famous lean.
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