The temperature on August 1, 1954 was between 11.4 °C and 20.8 °C and averaged 16.3 °C. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (24%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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.
May 17 » The United States Supreme Court hands down a unanimous decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, outlawing racial segregation in public schools.
June 27 » The Obninsk Nuclear Power Plant, the Soviet Union's first nuclear power station, opens in Obninsk, near Moscow.
September 11 » Hurricane Edna hits New England as a Category 2 hurricane, causing significant damage and 29 deaths.
November 7 » In the US, Armistice Day becomes Veterans Day.
December 2 » The Sino-American Mutual Defense Treaty, between the United States and Taiwan, is signed in Washington, D.C.
Day of burial August 3, 1954
The temperature on August 3, 1954 was between 12.2 °C and 26.7 °C and averaged 19.3 °C. There was 6.1 hours of sunshine (40%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
May 17 » The United States Supreme Court hands down a unanimous decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, outlawing racial segregation in public schools.
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.
October 11 » In accord with the 1954 Geneva Conference, French troops complete their withdrawal from North Vietnam.
November 12 » Ellis Island ceased operations.
November 19 » Télé Monte Carlo, Europe's oldest private television channel, is launched by Prince Rainier III.
December 2 » Cold War: The United States Senate votes 65 to 22 to censure Joseph McCarthy for "conduct that tends to bring the Senate into dishonor and disrepute".
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