The temperature on May 4, 1954 was between 3.4 °C and 13.4 °C and averaged 8.2 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 8.4 hours of sunshine (56%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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.
March 13 » The Battle of Điện Biên Phủ begins with an artillery barrage by Viet Minh forces under Võ Nguyên Giáp; Viet Minh victory lead to the end of the First Indochina War and French withdrawal from Vietnam.
May 7 » Indochina War: The Battle of Dien Bien Phu ends in a French defeat and a Viet Minh victory (the battle began on March 13).
May 13 » The anti-National Service Riots, by Chinese middle school students in Singapore, take place.
July 5 » Elvis Presley records his first single, "That's All Right", at Sun Records in Memphis, Tennessee.
October 11 » In accord with the 1954 Geneva Conference, French troops complete their withdrawal from North Vietnam.
Day of death December 20, 2001
The temperature on December 20, 2001 was between -2.1 °C and 4.4 °C and averaged 1.4 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (69%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
February 11 » A Dutch programmer launched the Anna Kournikova virus infecting millions of emails via a trick photo of the tennis star.
May 3 » The United States loses its seat on the U.N. Human Rights Commission for the first time since the commission was formed in 1947.
August 10 » The 2001 Angola train attack occurred, causing 252 deaths.
September 9 » Ahmad Shah Massoud, leader of the Northern Alliance, is assassinated in Afghanistan by two al-Qaeda assassins who claimed to be Arab journalists wanting an interview.
November 11 » Journalists Pierre Billaud, Johanne Sutton and Volker Handloik are killed in Afghanistan during an attack on the convoy they are traveling in.
December 19 » A record high barometric pressure of 1085.6 hPa (32.06 inHg) is recorded at Tosontsengel, Khövsgöl, Mongolia.
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