The temperature on December 25, 1954 was between 1.2 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 5.2 °C. There was 3.6 mm of rain during 7.4 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
May 13 » The anti-National Service Riots, by Chinese middle school students in Singapore, take place.
May 13 » The original Broadway production of The Pajama Game opens and runs for another 1,063 performances. Later received three Tony Awards for Best Musical, Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical, and Best Choreography.
June 24 » First Indochina War: Battle of Mang Yang Pass: Viet Minh troops belonging to the 803rd Regiment ambush G.M.100 of France in An Khê.
September 29 » The convention establishing CERN (the European Organization for Nuclear Research) is signed.
October 18 » Texas Instruments announces the first transistor radio.
December 4 » The first Burger King is opened in Miami, Florida.
Day of death October 1, 1959
The temperature on October 1, 1959 was between 4.6 °C and 21.7 °C and averaged 12.2 °C. There was 10.3 hours of sunshine (88%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
January 1 » Cuban Revolution: Fulgencio Batista, dictator of Cuba, is overthrown by Fidel Castro's forces.
February 2 » Nine experienced ski hikers in the northern Ural Mountains in the Soviet Union die under mysterious circumstances.
May 19 » The North Vietnamese Army establishes Group 559, whose responsibility is to determine how to maintain supply lines to South Vietnam; the resulting route is the Ho Chi Minh trail.
June 8 » USSBarbero and the United States Postal Service attempt the delivery of mail via Missile Mail.
June 14 » Disneyland Monorail System, the first daily operating monorail system in the Western Hemisphere, opens to the public in Anaheim, California.
September 12 » Bonanza premieres, the first regularly scheduled TV program presented in color.
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