The temperature on September 4, 1954 was between 12.1 °C and 24.4 °C and averaged 17.4 °C. There was 12.7 mm of rain during 1.4 hours. There was 5.6 hours of sunshine (42%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
January 2 » India establishes its highest civilian awards, the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan.
January 14 » The Hudson Motor Car Company merges with Nash-Kelvinator Corporation forming the American Motors Corporation.
April 26 » The Geneva Conference, an effort to restore peace in Indochina and Korea, begins.
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?"
September 17 » The novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding is first published.
December 23 » First successful kidney transplant is performed by J. Hartwell Harrison and Joseph Murray.
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