BBC First Daily Television News Bulletin Broadcast July 5, 1954
Date: July 5, 1954
Date: July 5, 1954
Nuclear weapons testing: The Romeo shot of Operation Castle is detonated at Bikini Atoll. Yield: 11 megatons. Date: March 26, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on March 26 π Events on this day in 1954 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1954First Clinical Trials of Jonas Salk Polio Vaccine…
At Massena, New York, the groundbreaking ceremony for the Saint Lawrence Seaway is held. Date: August 10, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on August 10 π Events on this day in 1954 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1954First Practical Solar Cell Demonstrated by Bell Labs April 25, 1954Moomin…
Beginning of the Kengir uprising in the Gulag. Date: May 16, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on May 16 π Events on this day in 1954 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1954Geneva Conference Begins to Restore Peace in Indochina and Korea, April 26, 1954CERN Convention Signed Establishing European…
Finnish president J. K. Paasikivi becomes the first Western head of state to be awarded the highest honor of the Soviet Union, the Order of Lenin. Date: September 18, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on September 18 π Events on this day in 1954 π On This Day (Today) More events…
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 β π Other events on February 13 π Events on this day in 1954 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1954Frank Selvy Scores 100 Points in…
The first nuclear-powered submarine, the USSΒ Nautilus, is launched in Groton, Connecticut by Mamie Eisenhower, the First Lady of the United States. Date: January 21, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on January 21 π Events on this day in 1954 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1954Viet Minh Overrun French…