French Troops Withdraw from North Vietnam – October 11, 1954
Date: October 11, 1954
Date: October 11, 1954
The U.S. Navy submarine USS Nautilus is commissioned as the world's first nuclear-powered vessel. Date: September 30, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 30 📅 Events on this day in 1954 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1954Alger Hiss Released from Prison After Perjury Sentence, November 27, 1954Operation Castle…
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 1954Eisenhower Warns Against U.S. Intervention in Vietnam, February 10, 1954First Mass…
The Battle of Điện Biên Phủ begins with an artillery barrage by Viet Minh forces under Võ Nguyên Giáp; Viet Minh victory led to the end of the First Indochina War and French withdrawal from Vietnam. Date: March 13, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 13 📅 Events on this…
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…
Väinö Linna's war novel The Unknown Soldier (Tuntematon sotilas) is published. Date: December 3, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 3 📅 Events on this day in 1954 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1954Joseph N. Welch Rebukes McCarthy During Army Hearings, June 9, 1954First Practical Solar Cell…
Food rationing in Great Britain ends, with the lifting of restrictions on sale and purchase of meat, 14 years after it began early in World War II, and nearly a decade after the war's end. Date: July 4, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 4 📅 Events on this day…