Date: February 15, 1954
Gamal Abdel Nasser seizes power in Egypt. Date: April 18, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 18 📅 Events on this day in 1954 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1954Geneva Conference Begins to Restore Peace in Indochina and Korea, April 26, 1954Viet Minh Overrun French Garrison at…
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 1954CERN Convention Signed Establishing European Nuclear…
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 1954India Establishes Bharat Ratna and Padma Vibhushan January 2, 1954Alfredo…
Great Britain defeats France to capture the first ever Rugby League World Cup in Paris in front of around 30,000 spectators. Date: November 13, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 13 📅 Events on this day in 1954 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1954Eisenhower Dedicates USMC War…
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 → 📅 Other events on March 26 📅 Events on this day in 1954 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1954Frank Selvy Scores 100 Points in NCAA Game…
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)…