Army-McCarthy Hearings Begin Live TV Coverage, Witness Testimony April 22, 1954
Date: April 22, 1954
Date: April 22, 1954
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 → 📅 Other events on May 17 📅 Events on this day in 1954 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from…
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…
The Japanese rail ferry Tōya Maru sinks during a typhoon in the Tsugaru Strait, Japan, killing 1,172. Date: September 26, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 26 📅 Events on this day in 1954 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1954Eisenhower Signs “Under God” into Pledge of Allegiance,…
Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. becomes the first African-American general in the United States Air Force. Date: October 27, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 27 📅 Events on this day in 1954 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1954Battle of Dien Bien Phu Ends in French Defeat, Viet…
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 1954Singapore Anti-National Service Riots by Chinese Students, May 13, 1954Eisenhower…
Cold War: The United States Senate votes 65 to 22 to censure Joseph McCarthy for "conduct that tends to bring the Senate into dishonor and disrepute". Date: December 2, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 2 📅 Events on this day in 1954 📅 On This Day (Today) More events…