The temperature on February 9, 1954 was between -5.1 °C and 1.9 °C and averaged -1.5 °C. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (36%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
February 18 » The first Church of Scientology is established in Los Angeles.
March 9 » McCarthyism: CBS television broadcasts the See It Now episode, "A Report on Senator Joseph McCarthy", produced by Fred Friendly.
April 25 » The first practical solar cell is publicly demonstrated by Bell Telephone Laboratories.
June 9 » Joseph Welch, special counsel for the United States Army, lashes out at Senator Joseph McCarthy during the Army–McCarthy hearings, giving McCarthy the famous rebuke, "You've done enough. Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency?"
June 14 » U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs a bill into law that places the words "under God" into the United States Pledge of Allegiance.
August 23 » First flight of the Lockheed C-130 multi-role aircraft.
Day of death August 17, 2004
The temperature on August 17, 2004 was between 13.9 °C and 24.1 °C and averaged 19.8 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 8.8 hours of sunshine (60%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
March 31 » Iraq War in Anbar Province: In Fallujah, Iraq, four American private military contractors working for Blackwater USA, are killed after being ambushed.
May 14 » Rico Linhas Aéreas Flight 4815 crashes into the Amazon rainforest during approach to Eduardo Gomes International Airport in Manaus, Brazil, killing 33 people.
May 28 » The Iraqi Governing Council chooses Ayad Allawi, a longtime anti-Saddam Hussein exile, as prime minister of Iraq's interim government.
September 29 » The asteroid 4179 Toutatis passes within four lunar distances of Earth.
December 14 » The Millau Viaduct, the tallest bridge in the world, is formally inaugurated near Millau, France.
December 31 » The official opening of Taipei 101, the tallest skyscraper at that time in the world, standing at a height of 509 metres (1,670ft).
Day of burial August 21, 2004
The temperature on August 21, 2004 was between 7.9 °C and 19.2 °C and averaged 13.7 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain during 2.0 hours. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (36%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
January 4 » Spirit, a NASA Mars rover, lands successfully on Mars at 04:35 UTC.
March 27 » HMSScylla, a decommissioned Leander-class frigate, is sunk as an artificial reef off Cornwall, the first of its kind in Europe.
March 31 » Iraq War in Anbar Province: In Fallujah, Iraq, four American private military contractors working for Blackwater USA, are killed after being ambushed.
April 2 » Islamist terrorists involved in the 11 March 2004 Madrid attacks attempt to bomb the Spanish high-speed train AVE near Madrid; the attack is thwarted.
May 26 » United States Army veteran Terry Nichols is found guilty of 161 state murder charges for helping carry out the Oklahoma City bombing.
November 8 » Iraq War: More than 10,000 U.S. troops and a small number of Iraqi army units participate in a siege on the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah.
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