Benjamin O. Davis Jr. Becomes First African-American Air Force General, October 27, 1954

The Front de Libération Nationale fires the first shots of the Algerian War of Independence. Date: November 1, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 1 📅 Events on this day in 1954 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1954Eisenhower Pledges U.S. Support to South Vietnam, October 24, 1954CBS…

KLM Flight 633 crashes into the River Shannon in Shannon, County Clare, Ireland, killing 28. Date: September 5, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 5 📅 Events on this day in 1954 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1954Singapore Anti-National Service Riots by Chinese Students, May 13, 1954People’s…

First Indochina War – small French garrison at Đắk Đoa is overrun by the Viet Minh after a week's siege. Date: February 14, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 14 📅 Events on this day in 1954 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1954Väinö Linna Publishes The Unknown…

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)…

A Royal Canadian Air Force Canadair Harvard collides with a Trans-Canada Airlines Canadair North Star over Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, killing 37 people. Date: April 8, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 8 📅 Events on this day in 1954 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1954First Church of…