South African Airways Flight 201 Comet 1 Crashes, 21 Dead, April 8, 1954

Carlos Castillo Armas leads an invasion force across the Guatemalan border, setting in motion the 1954 Guatemalan coup d'état. Date: June 18, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 18 📅 Events on this day in 1954 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1954Operation Castle Romeo Nuclear Test at…

Ellis Island ceases operations. Date: November 12, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 12 📅 Events on this day in 1954 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1954Aeroflot Flight 136 Crashes Near Krasnoyarsk, Killing 19 – October 28, 1954Elvis Presley Records First Single “That’s All Right” at Sun…

Frank Selvy becomes the only NCAA Division I basketball player ever to score 100 points in a single game. Date: February 13, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 13 📅 Events on this day in 1954 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1954First Church of Scientology Established in…

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:…

Aeroflot Flight 136 crashes near Krasnoyarsk, killing 19. Date: October 28, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 28 📅 Events on this day in 1954 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1954Jebel Akhdar War Begins: Muscat Forces Penetrate Fahud, October 10, 1954Battle of Dien Bien Phu Ends in…

Red Scare: Witnesses begin testifying and live television coverage of the Army–McCarthy hearings begins. Date: April 22, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 22 📅 Events on this day in 1954 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1954Ellis Island Ceases Operations, November 12, 1954First Church of Scientology Established…