The temperature on October 17, 1926 was between 2.2 °C and 13.9 °C and averaged 7.4 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (28%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
January 8 » Crown Prince Nguyễn Phúc Vĩnh Thuỵ ascends the throne to become the last monarch of Vietnam.
March 15 » The dictator Theodoros Pangalos is elected President of Greece without opposition.
March 16 » History of Rocketry: Robert Goddard launches the first liquid-fueled rocket, at Auburn, Massachusetts.
May 9 » Admiral Richard E. Byrd and Floyd Bennett claim to have flown over the North Pole (later discovery of Byrd's diary appears to cast some doubt on the claim.)
May 28 » The 28 May 1926 coup d'état: Ditadura Nacional is established in Portugal to suppress the unrest of the First Republic.
September 8 » Germany is admitted to the League of Nations.
Day of death January 7, 1954
The temperature on January 7, 1954 was between -5.8 °C and 2.4 °C and averaged -2.5 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (33%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
March 26 » Nuclear weapons testing: The Romeo shot of Operation Castle is detonated at Bikini Atoll. Yield: 11 megatons.
April 8 » A Royal Canadian Air Force Canadair Harvard collides with a Trans-Canada Airlines Canadair North Star over Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, killing 37 people.
April 26 » The Geneva Conference, an effort to restore peace in Indochina and Korea, begins.
May 6 » Roger Bannister becomes the first person to run the mile in under four minutes.
July 4 » Rationing ends in the United Kingdom.
August 15 » Alfredo Stroessner begins his dictatorship in Paraguay.
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