India Establishes Bharat Ratna and Padma Vibhushan, January 2, 1954

Elvis Presley records his first single, "That's All Right", at Sun Records in Memphis, Tennessee. Date: July 5, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 5 📅 Events on this day in 1954 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1954Sino-American Mutual Defense Treaty Signed in Washington, D.C. December 2,…

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 1954Soviet Tu-4 Drops 40-Kiloton Atomic Bomb Near Totskoye – September 14,…

People's Action Party, an eventual dominative political party in Singapore, was established. Date: November 21, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 21 📅 Events on this day in 1954 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1954Singapore Anti-National Service Riots by Chinese Students, May 13, 1954Hudson Motor and Nash-Kelvinator…

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 → 📅…

The first mass inoculation of children against polio with the Salk vaccine begins in Pittsburgh. Date: February 23, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 23 📅 Events on this day in 1954 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1954SEATO Established in Southeast Asia, September 8, 1954Joseph N. Welch…

The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) is established. Date: September 8, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 8 📅 Events on this day in 1954 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1954Soviet Transfer of Crimea to Ukrainian SSR February 19, 1954Chlef Earthquake Kills 1,243 in Northern Algeria -…