Elvis Presley Records First Single “That’s All Right” at Sun Records, July 5, 1954

Gamal Abdel Nasser seizes power in Egypt. Date: April 18, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 18 📅 Events on this day in 1954 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1954Cruise of the Kings Departs Marseille, France, August 23, 1954Castle Bravo Hydrogen Bomb Test Causes Worst U.S. Radioactive…

The Obninsk Nuclear Power Plant, the Soviet Union's first nuclear power station, opens in Obninsk, near Moscow. Date: June 27, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 27 📅 Events on this day in 1954 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1954Puerto Rican Nationalists Attack U.S. Capitol, Injure Five…

The first nuclear-powered submarine, the USS Nautilus, is launched in Groton, Connecticut by Mamie Eisenhower, the First Lady of the United States. Date: January 21, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 21 📅 Events on this day in 1954 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1954Hudson Motor and Nash-Kelvinator…

The Front de Libération Nationale fires the first shots of the Algerian War of Independence. Date: November 1, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 1 📅 Events on this day in 1954 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1954Alger Hiss Released from Prison After Perjury Sentence, November 27,…

The People's Liberation Army begins shelling the Republic of China-controlled islands of Quemoy, starting the First Taiwan Strait Crisis. Date: September 3, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 3 📅 Events on this day in 1954 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1954Great Britain Wins First Rugby League…

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 1954Jonas Salk Polio Vaccine Clinical Trials Begin in Virginia, April 26,…