João Café Filho Becomes President of Brazil After Vargas Suicide, August 24, 1954
Date: August 24, 1954
Date: August 24, 1954
First Indochina War: Viet Minh troops successfully ambush the armoured French column 'G.M. 42' in the Battle of Chu Dreh Pass in the Central Highlands. It is the last battle of the war. Date: July 17, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 17 📅 Events on this day in 1954 📅…
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 1954Frank Selvy Scores 100 Points in NCAA Game, February 13, 1954Kengir…
U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower dedicates the USMC War Memorial (Iwo Jima memorial) in Arlington Ridge Park in Arlington County, Virginia. Date: November 10, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 10 📅 Events on this day in 1954 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1954Army-McCarthy Hearings Begin Live…
The BBC broadcasts its first daily television news bulletin. Date: July 5, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 5 📅 Events on this day in 1954 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1954Geneva Conference Begins to Restore Peace in Indochina and Korea, April 26, 1954Hurricane Hazel Devastates Eastern…
The Boeing 367-80, the prototype for both the Boeing 707 and C-135 series, takes its first flight. Date: July 15, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 15 📅 Events on this day in 1954 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1954First Successful Kidney Transplant by J. Hartwell Harrison…
In Sylacauga, Alabama, United States, the Hodges meteorite crashes through a roof and hits a woman taking an afternoon nap; this is the only documented case in the Western Hemisphere of a human being hit by a rock from space. Date: November 30, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 30…