The temperature on October 3, 1954 was between 10.4 °C and 20.1 °C and averaged 15.3 °C. There was 9.2 hours of sunshine (80%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
March 9 » McCarthyism: CBS television broadcasts the See It Now episode, "A Report on Senator Joseph McCarthy", produced by Fred Friendly.
April 25 » The first practical solar cell is publicly demonstrated by Bell Telephone Laboratories.
May 6 » Roger Bannister becomes the first person to run the mile in under four minutes.
August 13 » Radio Pakistan broadcasts the "Qaumī Tarāna", the national anthem of Pakistan for the first time.
September 8 » The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) is established.
December 2 » Cold War: The United States Senate votes 65 to 22 to censure Joseph McCarthy for "conduct that tends to bring the Senate into dishonor and disrepute".
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