Date: April 1, 1954
AEC Routemaster, the iconic London bus was introduced. Date: September 24, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 24 📅 Events on this day in 1954 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1954Communist Control Act Outlaws Communist Party in U.S. August 24, 1954Eisenhower Authorizes U.S. Air Force Academy Creation…
Beginning of the Kengir uprising in the Gulag. Date: May 16, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 16 📅 Events on this day in 1954 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1954Kengir Uprising Begins in the Gulag, May 16, 1954South African Airways Flight 201 Comet 1 Crashes, 21…
Transfer of Crimea: The Soviet Politburo of the Soviet Union orders the transfer of the Crimean Oblast from the Russian SFSR to the Ukrainian SSR. Date: February 19, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 19 📅 Events on this day in 1954 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from…
Pope Pius XII canonises Dominic Savio, who was 14 years old at the time of his death, as a saint, making him at the time the youngest unmartyred saint in the Roman Catholic Church. In 2017, Francisco and Jacinta Marto, aged ten and nine at the time of their deaths, are declared as saints. Date:…
The Finnish National Bureau of Investigation is established to consolidate criminal investigation and intelligence into a single agency. Date: December 30, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 30 📅 Events on this day in 1954 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1954Ellis Island Ceases Operations, November 12, 1954Hungary…
In a top secret nuclear test, a Soviet Tu-4 bomber drops a 40 kiloton atomic weapon just north of Totskoye village. Date: September 14, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 14 📅 Events on this day in 1954 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1954US Senate Censures Joseph…