Date: July 17, 1954
Joseph N. Welch, special counsel for the United States Army, lashes out at Senator Joseph McCarthy during the Army–McCarthy hearings, giving McCarthy the famous rebuke, "You've done enough. Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency?" Date: June 9, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅…
First successful kidney transplant is performed by J. Hartwell Harrison and Joseph Murray. Date: December 23, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 23 📅 Events on this day in 1954 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1954Gamal Abdel Nasser Seizes Power in Egypt, April 18, 1954Soviet Transfer of…
The Moomin comics, created by Tove Jansson and Lars Jansson, is published internationally in the London newspaper The Evening News. Date: September 20, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 20 📅 Events on this day in 1954 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1954Brown v. Board of Education…
Canada and the United States agree to construct the Distant Early Warning Line, a system of radar stations in the far northern Arctic regions of Canada and Alaska. Date: February 15, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 15 📅 Events on this day in 1954 📅 On This Day (Today)…
Roger Bannister becomes the first person to run the mile in under four minutes. Date: May 6, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 6 📅 Events on this day in 1954 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1954Operation Castle Romeo Nuclear Test at Bikini Atoll, March 26, 1954First…
Hurricane Edna hits New England (United States) as a Category 2 hurricane, causing significant damage and 29 deaths. Date: September 11, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 11 📅 Events on this day in 1954 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1954Ellis Island Ceases Operations, November 12, 1954Brown…