The temperature on July 30, 1954 was between 11.3 °C and 16.7 °C and averaged 13.8 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (14%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
March 1 » Nuclear weapons testing: The Castle Bravo, a 15-megaton hydrogen bomb, is detonated on Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean, resulting in the worst radioactive contamination ever caused by the United States.
March 19 » Joey Giardello knocks out Willie Tory in round seven at Madison Square Garden in the first televised prize boxing fight shown in colour.
May 6 » Roger Bannister becomes the first person to run the mile in under four minutes.
May 13 » The anti-National Service Riots, by Chinese middle school students in Singapore, take place.
September 26 » The Japanese rail ferry Tōya Maru sinks during a typhoon in the Tsugaru Strait, Japan, killing 1,172.
November 22 » The Humane Society of the United States is founded.
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