PLA Shells Quemoy, Starting First Taiwan Strait Crisis, September 3, 1954
Date: September 3, 1954
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Date: September 3, 1954
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Indochina War: The Battle of Dien Bien Phu ends in a French defeat and a Viet Minh victory (the battle began on March 13). Date: May 7, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on May 7 ๐ Events on this day in 1954 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1954Joรฃo…
BOAC Flight 781, a de Havilland DH.106 Comet 1, explodes and falls into the Tyrrhenian Sea, killing 35 people. Date: January 10, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on January 10 ๐ Events on this day in 1954 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1954Geneva Conference Partitions Vietnam into North…
Vice president Joรฃo Cafรฉ Filho takes office as president of Brazil, following the suicide of Getรบlio Vargas. Date: August 24, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on August 24 ๐ Events on this day in 1954 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1954US Senate Censures Joseph McCarthy in Cold War…
The United States Supreme Court hands down a unanimous decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, outlawing racial segregation in public schools. Date: May 17, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on May 17 ๐ Events on this day in 1954 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from…
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 โ ๐ Other events on September 11 ๐ Events on this day in 1954 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1954First Mass Polio Inoculation Begins in Pittsburgh…
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 โ ๐ Other events on February 19 ๐ Events on this day in 1954 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from…