United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower authorizes the creation of the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Date: April 1, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 1 📅 Events on this day in 1954 📅 On This Day (Today)
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)
The Battle of Điện Biên Phủ begins with an artillery barrage by Viet Minh forces under Võ Nguyên Giáp; Viet Minh victory led to the end of the First Indochina War and French withdrawal from Vietnam. Date: March 13, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 13 📅 Events on this…
McCarthyism: CBS television broadcasts the See It Now episode, "A Report on Senator Joseph McCarthy", produced by Fred Friendly. Date: March 9, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 9 📅 Events on this day in 1954 📅 On This Day (Today)
Armed Puerto Rican nationalists attack the United States Capitol building, injuring five Representatives. Date: March 1, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 1 📅 Events on this day in 1954 📅 On This Day (Today)
Nuclear weapons testing: The Castle Bravo, a 15-megaton hydrogen bomb, is detonated on Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean, resulting in the worst radioactive contamination ever caused by the United States. Date: March 1, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 1 📅 Events on this day in 1954 📅 On…
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)
Transfer of Crimea: The Soviet Politburo of the Soviet Union orders the transfer of the Crimean Oblast from the Russian SFSR to the Ukrainian SSR. Date: February 19, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 19 📅 Events on this day in 1954 📅 On This Day (Today)
The first Church of Scientology is established in Los Angeles. Date: February 18, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 18 📅 Events on this day in 1954 📅 On This Day (Today)
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)