Cruise of the Kings Departs Marseille, France, August 23, 1954

The Communist Control Act goes into effect, outlawing the Communist Party in the United States. Date: August 24, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 24 📅 Events on this day in 1954 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1954French Troops Withdraw from North Vietnam – October 11, 1954First…

U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower warns against United States intervention in Vietnam. Date: February 10, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 10 📅 Events on this day in 1954 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1954PLA Shells Quemoy, Starting First Taiwan Strait Crisis, September 3, 1954Saint Lawrence Seaway…

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) More events from…

Red Scare: Witnesses begin testifying and live television coverage of the Army–McCarthy hearings begins. Date: April 22, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 22 📅 Events on this day in 1954 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1954Hudson and Nash-Kelvinator Merge to Form American Motors Corporation, January 14,…

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…

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:…