Date: June 9, 1954
The Front de Libération Nationale fires the first shots of the Algerian War of Independence. Date: November 1, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 1 📅 Events on this day in 1954 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1954BOAC Flight 781 Comet Explodes in Tyrrhenian Sea, January 10,…
Carlos Castillo Armas leads an invasion force across the Guatemalan border, setting in motion the 1954 Guatemalan coup d'état. Date: June 18, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 18 📅 Events on this day in 1954 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1954Brown v. Board of Education Outlaws…
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 1954South African Airways Flight 201 Comet…
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 1954First Church of Scientology Established in Los Angeles, February 18, 1954South African Airways…
The Detroit Red Wings played in the first outdoor hockey game by any NHL team in an exhibition against the Marquette Branch Prison Pirates in Marquette, Michigan. Date: February 2, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 2 📅 Events on this day in 1954 📅 On This Day (Today) More…
Nuclear weapons testing: The Romeo shot of Operation Castle is detonated at Bikini Atoll. Yield: 11 megatons. Date: March 26, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 26 📅 Events on this day in 1954 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1954Benjamin O. Davis Jr. Becomes First African-American Air…