The temperature on September 23, 1957 was between 12.9 °C and 17.9 °C and averaged 15.8 °C. There was 14.6 mm of rain during 5.7 hours. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (16%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
January 22 » The New York City "Mad Bomber", George P. Metesky, is arrested in Waterbury, Connecticut and charged with planting more than 30 bombs.
May 22 » South Africa's government approves of racial separation in universities.
June 21 » Ellen Fairclough is sworn in as Canada's first female Cabinet Minister.
September 4 » The Ford Motor Company introduces the Edsel.
September 19 » Plumbbob Rainier becomes the first nuclear explosion to be entirely contained underground, producing no fallout.
October 22 » Vietnam War: First United States casualties in Vietnam.
Day of death March 16, 1960
The temperature on March 16, 1960 was between 2.9 °C and 6.5 °C and averaged 4.2 °C. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (17%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
January 30 » The African National Party is founded in Chad, through the merger of traditionalist parties.
April 25 » The United States Navy submarine USSTriton completes the first submerged circumnavigation of the globe.
April 27 » Togo gains independence from French-administered UN trusteeship.
June 25 » Cold War: Two cryptographers working for the United States National Security Agency left for vacation to Mexico, and from there defected to the Soviet Union.
October 12 » Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev pounds his shoe on a desk at the United Nations to protest a Philippine assertion.
November 1 » While campaigning for President of the United States, John F. Kennedy announces his idea of the Peace Corps.
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