The temperature on May 13, 1953 was between 6.2 °C and 15.0 °C and averaged 10.7 °C. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (38%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
February 19 » Book censorship in the United States: The Georgia Literature Commission is established.
March 18 » An earthquake hits western Turkey, killing 265 people.
April 8 » Mau Mau leader Jomo Kenyatta is convicted by British Kenya's rulers.
July 17 » The largest number of United States midshipman casualties in a single event results from an aircraft crash in Florida, killing 44.
September 26 » Rationing of sugar in the United Kingdom ends
December 8 » U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers his "Atoms for Peace" speech, which leads to an American program to supply equipment and information on nuclear power to schools, hospitals, and research institutions around the world.
Day of death January 2, 2001
The temperature on January 2, 2001 was between 5.6 °C and 11.2 °C and averaged 8.7 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (34%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
June 1 » Dolphinarium discotheque massacre: A Hamas suicide bomber kills 21 at a disco in Tel Aviv.
June 23 » The 8.4 Mw southern Peru earthquake shakes coastal Peru with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). A destructive tsunami followed, leaving at least 74 people dead, and 2,687 injured.
September 4 » Tokyo DisneySea opens to the public as part of the Tokyo Disney Resort in Urayasu, Chiba, Japan.
October 22 » Grand Theft Auto III is released, popularizing a genre of open-world, action-adventure video games, as well as spurring controversy around violence in video games.
October 26 » The United States passes the USA PATRIOT Act into law.
November 23 » The Convention on Cybercrime is signed in Budapest, Hungary.
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