Date: February 2, 1954
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) More events from 1954Soviet Transfer of Crimea from Russian SFSR to Ukrainian SSR, February 19,…
Vice president João Café Filho takes office as president of Brazil, following the suicide of Getúlio Vargas. 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 1954Eisenhower Warns Against U.S. Intervention in Vietnam -…
The first clinical trials of Jonas Salk's polio vaccine begin in Fairfax County, Virginia. Date: April 26, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 26 📅 Events on this day in 1954 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1954Jebel Akhdar War Begins: Muscat Forces Penetrate Fahud, October 10, 1954Aeroflot…
Ellis Island ceases operations. Date: November 12, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 12 📅 Events on this day in 1954 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1954Alger Hiss Released from Prison After Perjury Sentence, November 27, 1954BBC First Daily Television News Bulletin Broadcast July 5, 1954Frank Selvy…
The convention establishing CERN (the European Organization for Nuclear Research) is signed. Date: September 29, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 29 📅 Events on this day in 1954 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1954Georgetown–IBM First Public Machine Translation Demo, January 7, 1954BOAC Flight 781 Comet Explodes…
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)…