Boeing 367-80 Prototype First Flight July 15, 1954
Date: July 15, 1954
Date: July 15, 1954
Nuclear weapons testing: The Romeo shot of Operation Castle is detonated at Bikini Atoll. Yield: 11 megatons. Date: March 26, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on March 26 π Events on this day in 1954 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1954Roger Bannister Breaks Four-Minute Mile Record, May 6,…
Gamal Abdel Nasser seizes power in Egypt. Date: April 18, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on April 18 π Events on this day in 1954 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1954Eisenhower Delivers Domino Theory Speech at News Conference, April 7, 1954Great Britain Ends Food Rationing, Meat Restrictions Lifted…
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 β π Other events on May 7 π Events on this day in 1954 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1954Canada…
Frank Selvy becomes the only NCAA Division I basketball player ever to score 100 points in a single game. Date: February 13, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on February 13 π Events on this day in 1954 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1954Eisenhower Warns Against U.S. Intervention in…
GeorgetownβIBM experiment: The first public demonstration of a machine translation system is held in New York at the head office of IBM. Date: January 7, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on January 7 π Events on this day in 1954 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1954Roger Bannister Breaks…
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 β π Other events on January 10 π Events on this day in 1954 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1954Hudson Motor and Nash-Kelvinator Merge to…