Otto John Defects to East Germany, West Germany Secret Service, July 20, 1954
Date: July 20, 1954
Date: July 20, 1954
First Indochina War – small French garrison at ΔαΊ―k Δoa is overrun by the Viet Minh after a week's siege. Date: February 14, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on February 14 π Events on this day in 1954 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1954USS Nautilus, First Nuclear-Powered Submarine,…
Roger Bannister becomes the first person to run the mile in under four minutes. Date: May 6, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on May 6 π Events on this day in 1954 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1954Castle Bravo Hydrogen Bomb Test Causes Worst U.S. Radioactive Contamination, March…
The Hudson Motor Car Company merges with Nash-Kelvinator Corporation forming the American Motors Corporation. Date: January 14, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on January 14 π Events on this day in 1954 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1954BOAC Flight 781 Comet Explodes in Tyrrhenian Sea, January 10, 1954Joseph…
First Indochina War: The Geneva Conference partitions Vietnam into North Vietnam and South Vietnam. Date: July 21, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on July 21 π Events on this day in 1954 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1954Singapore Anti-National Service Riots by Chinese Students, May 13, 1954Viet Minh…
Nuclear weapons testing: The Castle Bravo, a 15-megaton hydrogen bomb, is detonated on Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean, resulting in the worst radioactive contamination ever caused by the United States. Date: March 1, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on March 1 π Events on this day in 1954 π On…
The first nuclear-powered submarine, the USSΒ Nautilus, is launched in Groton, Connecticut by Mamie Eisenhower, the First Lady of the United States. Date: January 21, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on January 21 π Events on this day in 1954 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1954Great Britain Ends Food…