Obninsk Nuclear Power Plant Opens in Soviet Union June 27, 1954
Date: June 27, 1954
Date: June 27, 1954
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 1954BBC First Daily Television News Bulletin Broadcast July…
The first Church of Scientology is established in Los Angeles. Date: February 18, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 18 📅 Events on this day in 1954 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1954Alfredo Stroessner Begins Dictatorship in Paraguay, August 15, 1954Great Britain Ends Food Rationing, Meat Restrictions…
South African Airways Flight 201: A de Havilland DH.106 Comet 1 crashes into the sea during night killing 21 people. Date: April 8, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 8 📅 Events on this day in 1954 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1954Battle of Mang Yang Pass…
A Royal Canadian Air Force Canadair Harvard collides with a Trans-Canada Airlines Canadair North Star over Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, killing 37 people. Date: April 8, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 8 📅 Events on this day in 1954 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1954Hungary vs Brazil…
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 1954Kengir Uprising Begins in the Gulag, May 16, 1954Hungary vs Brazil FIFA World Cup Quarterfinal Turns Violent, June…
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…