The temperature on May 17, 1904 was between 11.0 °C and 23.3 °C and averaged 16.1 °C. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (20%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
February 22 » The United Kingdom sells a meteorological station on the South Orkney Islands to Argentina; the islands are subsequently claimed by the United Kingdom in 1908.
May 5 » Pitching against the Philadelphia Athletics at the Huntington Avenue Grounds, Cy Young of the Boston Americans throws the first perfect game in the modern era of baseball.
May 10 » The Horch & Cir. Motorwagenwerke AG is founded. It would eventually become the Audi company.
June 16 » Irish author James Joyce begins a relationship with Nora Barnacle and subsequently uses the date to set the actions for his novel Ulysses; this date is now traditionally called "Bloomsday".
June 28 » The SSNorge runs aground on Hasselwood Rock in the North Atlantic 430 kilometres (270mi) northwest of Ireland. More than 635 people die during the sinking.
July 31 » Russo-Japanese War: Battle of Hsimucheng: Units of the Imperial Japanese Army defeat units of the Imperial Russian Army in a strategic confrontation.
Day of death January 31, 1956
The temperature on January 31, 1956 was between -13.2 °C and -4.7 °C and averaged -9.0 °C. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (85%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
January 28 » Elvis Presley makes his first national television appearance.
February 25 » In his speech On the Cult of Personality and Its Consequences, Nikita Khrushchev, leader of the Soviet Union, denounces Stalin.
March 9 » Soviet forces suppress mass demonstrations in the Georgian SSR, reacting to Nikita Khrushchev's de-Stalinization policy.
June 30 » A TWA Super Constellation and a United Airlines DC-7 collide above the Grand Canyon in Arizona and crash, killing all 128 on board both airliners.
November 1 » Hungarian Revolution: Imre Nagy announces Hungary's neutrality and withdrawal from the Warsaw Pact. Soviet troops begin to re-enter Hungary, contrary to assurances by the Soviet government. János Kádár and Ferenc Münnich secretly defect to the Soviets.
November 12 » In the midst of the Suez Crisis, Palestinian refugees are shot dead in Rafah by Israeli soldiers following the invasion of the Gaza Strip.
Day of burial February 4, 1956
The temperature on February 4, 1956 was between -5.2 °C and -0.2 °C and averaged -2.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (56%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the ??. Source: KNMI
September 27 » USAF Captain Milburn G. Apt becomes the first person to exceed Mach 3. Shortly thereafter, the Bell X-2 goes out of control and Captain Apt is killed.
October 28 » Elvis Presley receives a polio vaccination on national TV.
October 28 » Hungarian Revolution: A de facto ceasefire comes into effect between armed revolutionaries and Soviet troops, who begin to withdraw from Budapest. Communist officials and facilities come under attack by revolutionaries.
November 3 » Hungarian Revolution: A new Hungarian government is formed, in which many members of banned non-Communist parties participate. During negotiations on Tököl Island ostensibly on Soviet troop withdrawal, the KGB arrests Pál Maléter and other Hungarian Revolutionary commanders, effectively decapitating the Revolution's military leadership. János Kádár and Ferenc Münnich form a counter-government in Moscow as Soviet troops ready for the final assault.
November 5 » Suez Crisis: British and French paratroopers land in Egypt after a week-long bombing campaign.
December 12 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 121 relating to acceptance of Japan to United Nations is adopted.
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