Hurricane Edna Hits New England, Causes Damage and 29 Deaths, September 11, 1954

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 → 📅…

Frank Selvy becomes the only NCAA Division I basketball player ever to score 100 points in a single game. Date: February 13, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 13 📅 Events on this day in 1954 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1954Soviet Tu-4 Drops 40-Kiloton Atomic Bomb…

Hurricane Hazel devastates the eastern seaboard of North America, killing 95 and causing massive floods as far north as Toronto. Date: October 15, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 15 📅 Events on this day in 1954 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1954Finnish National Bureau of Investigation…

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Sultanate of Muscat, Neil Innes, sends a signal to the Sultanate's forces, accompanied with oil explorers, to penetrate Fahud, marking the beginning of Jebel Akhdar War. Date: October 10, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 10 📅 Events on this day in 1954…

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 1954Puerto Rican Nationalists Attack U.S. Capitol, Injure Five Representatives, March 1, 1954Great Britain…

Gamal Abdel Nasser seizes power in Egypt. Date: April 18, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 18 📅 Events on this day in 1954 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1954Texas Instruments Announces Regency TR-1 First Mass-Produced Transistor Radio, October 18, 1954Hudson Motor and Nash-Kelvinator Merge to Form…