KLM Flight 633 Crashes in River Shannon, 28 Killed – September 5, 1954
Date: September 5, 1954
Date: September 5, 1954
The first clinical trials of Jonas Salk's polio vaccine begin in Fairfax County, Virginia. Date: April 26, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 26 📅 Events on this day in 1954 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1954Roger Bannister Breaks Four-Minute Mile Record, May 6, 1954Hudson Motor and…
The first practical solar cell is publicly demonstrated by Bell Telephone Laboratories. Date: April 25, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 25 📅 Events on this day in 1954 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1954Geneva Conference Partitions Vietnam into North and South Vietnam, July 21, 1954Brown v….
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 1954Kengir Uprising Begins in the Gulag,…
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:…
AEC Routemaster, the iconic London bus was introduced. Date: September 24, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 24 📅 Events on this day in 1954 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1954Saint Lawrence Seaway Groundbreaking Ceremony in Massena, New York, August 10, 1954Great Britain Ends Food Rationing, Meat…
The Detroit Red Wings played in the first outdoor hockey game by any NHL team in an exhibition against the Marquette Branch Prison Pirates in Marquette, Michigan. Date: February 2, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 2 📅 Events on this day in 1954 📅 On This Day (Today) More…