Télé Monte Carlo Launches, Europe’s Oldest Private TV Channel, November 19, 1954

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 → 📅 Other events on February 19 📅 Events on this day in 1954 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from…

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 → 📅 Other events on January 10 📅 Events on this day in 1954 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1954USS Nautilus, First Nuclear-Powered Submarine, Launched…

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 → 📅…

Great Britain defeats France to capture the first ever Rugby League World Cup in Paris in front of around 30,000 spectators. Date: November 13, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 13 📅 Events on this day in 1954 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1954National Negro Network Established…

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 → 📅 Other events on May 7 📅 Events on this day in 1954 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1954Eisenhower…

In a top secret nuclear test, a Soviet Tu-4 bomber drops a 40 kiloton atomic weapon just north of Totskoye village. Date: September 14, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 14 📅 Events on this day in 1954 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1954Hodges Meteorite Strikes Woman…