French Troops Withdraw from North Vietnam – October 11, 1954

Alfredo Stroessner begins his dictatorship in Paraguay. Date: August 15, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 15 📅 Events on this day in 1954 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1954Eisenhower Delivers Domino Theory Speech at News Conference, April 7, 1954South African Airways Flight 201 Comet Crash Kills…

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:…

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…

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 → 📅…

First Indochina War – small French garrison at Đắk Đoa is overrun by the Viet Minh after a week's siege. Date: February 14, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 14 📅 Events on this day in 1954 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1954Army-McCarthy Hearings Begin Live TV…