1954 events

Food rationing in Great Britain ends, with the lifting of restrictions on sale and purchase of meat, 14 years after it began early in World War II, and nearly a decade after the war's end. Date: July 4, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 4 📅 Events on this day…

The FIFA World Cup quarterfinal match between Hungary and Brazil, highly anticipated to be exciting, instead turns violent, with three players ejected and further fighting continuing after the game. Date: June 27, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 27 📅 Events on this day in 1954 📅 On This Day…

The Obninsk Nuclear Power Plant, the Soviet Union's first nuclear power station, opens in Obninsk, near Moscow. Date: June 27, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 27 📅 Events on this day in 1954 📅 On This Day (Today)

First Indochina War: Battle of Mang Yang Pass: Viet Minh troops belonging to the 803rd Regiment ambush G.M. 100 of France in An Khê. Date: June 24, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 24 📅 Events on this day in 1954 📅 On This Day (Today)

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)

U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs a bill into law that places the words "under God" into the United States Pledge of Allegiance. Date: June 14, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 14 📅 Events on this day in 1954 📅 On This Day (Today)

Pope Pius XII canonises Dominic Savio, who was 14 years old at the time of his death, as a saint, making him at the time the youngest unmartyred saint in the Roman Catholic Church. In 2017, Francisco and Jacinta Marto, aged ten and nine at the time of their deaths, are declared as saints. Date:…

Joseph N. Welch, special counsel for the United States Army, lashes out at Senator Joseph McCarthy during the Army–McCarthy hearings, giving McCarthy the famous rebuke, "You've done enough. Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency?" Date: June 9, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅…

The United States Supreme Court hands down a unanimous decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, outlawing racial segregation in public schools. Date: May 17, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 17 📅 Events on this day in 1954 📅 On This Day (Today)