Date: June 12, 1954
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 1954Castle Bravo Hydrogen…
The Obninsk Nuclear Power Plant, the Soviet Union's first nuclear power station, opens in Obninsk, near Moscow. Date: June 27, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 27 📅 Events on this day in 1954 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1954BOAC Flight 781 Comet Explodes in Tyrrhenian Sea,…
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 1954Castle Bravo Hydrogen Bomb Test…
Roger Bannister becomes the first person to run the mile in under four minutes. Date: May 6, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 6 📅 Events on this day in 1954 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1954Great Britain Ends Food Rationing, Meat Restrictions Lifted July 4, 1954Battle…
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 1954First Practical Solar Cell Demonstrated by Bell Labs April 25, 1954Operation…
The first nuclear-powered submarine, the USS Nautilus, is launched in Groton, Connecticut by Mamie Eisenhower, the First Lady of the United States. Date: January 21, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 21 📅 Events on this day in 1954 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1954Royal Canadian Air Force…