The temperature on June 20, 1954 was between 14.0 °C and 24.5 °C and averaged 19.0 °C. There was 9.3 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (40%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
February 15 » Canada and the United States agree to construct the Distant Early Warning Line, a system of radar stations in the far northern Arctic regions of Canada and Alaska.
April 26 » The Geneva Conference, an effort to restore peace in Indochina and Korea, begins.
June 18 » Carlos Castillo Armas leads an invasion force across the Guatemalan border, setting in motion the 1954 Guatemalan coup d'état.
July 5 » The BBC broadcasts its first television news bulletin.
July 7 » Elvis Presley makes his radio debut when WHBQ Memphis played his first recording for Sun Records, "That's All Right".
November 22 » The Humane Society of the United States is founded.
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