The temperature on December 28, 1953 was between 3.6 °C and 7.8 °C and averaged 4.9 °C. There was 7.4 mm of rain during 4.8 hours. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (35%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
May 18 » Jackie Cochran becomes the first woman to break the sound barrier.
June 19 » Cold War: Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are executed at Sing Sing, in New York.
July 7 » Ernesto "Che" Guevara sets out on a trip through Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, and El Salvador.
August 22 » The penal colony on Devil's Island is permanently closed.
October 29 » BCPA Flight 304 DC-6 crashes near San Francisco.
November 17 » The remaining human inhabitants of the Blasket Islands, Kerry, Ireland, are evacuated to the mainland.
Day of death January 21, 1955
The temperature on January 21, 1955 was between -4.1 °C and 2.4 °C and averaged -0.3 °C. There was 2.0 mm of rain during 4.7 hours. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
April 15 » McDonald's restaurant dates its founding to the opening of a franchised restaurant by Ray Kroc, in Des Plaines, Illinois.
April 24 » The Bandung Conference ends: Twenty-nine non-aligned nations of Asia and Africa finish a meeting that condemns colonialism, racism, and the Cold War.
May 2 » Tennessee Williams wins the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
September 16 » A Zulu-class submarine becomes the first to launch a ballistic missile.
December 8 » The Flag of Europe is adopted by Council of Europe.
December 31 » General Motors becomes the first U.S. corporation to make over US$1 billion in a year.
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