Army-McCarthy Hearings Begin Live TV Coverage, Witness Testimony April 22, 1954
Date: April 22, 1954
Date: April 22, 1954
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 1954USS Nautilus Commissioned as First Nuclear-Powered Vessel, September…
Carlos Castillo Armas leads an invasion force across the Guatemalan border, setting in motion the 1954 Guatemalan coup d'état. Date: June 18, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 18 📅 Events on this day in 1954 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1954Cochabamba–Santa Cruz Highway Inaugurated in Bolivia,…
Canada and the United States agree to construct the Distant Early Warning Line, a system of radar stations in the far northern Arctic regions of Canada and Alaska. Date: February 15, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 15 📅 Events on this day in 1954 📅 On This Day (Today)…
Hurricane Hazel devastates the eastern seaboard of North America, killing 95 and causing massive floods as far north as Toronto. Date: October 15, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 15 📅 Events on this day in 1954 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1954Hudson and Nash-Kelvinator Merge to…
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 1954Geneva…
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…