Date: January 21, 1954
Cold War: The United States Senate votes 65 to 22 to censure Joseph McCarthy for "conduct that tends to bring the Senate into dishonor and disrepute". Date: December 2, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 2 📅 Events on this day in 1954 📅 On This Day (Today) More events…
In the United States, the National Negro Network is established with 40 charter member radio stations. Date: January 20, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 20 📅 Events on this day in 1954 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1954Boeing 367-80 Prototype First Flight July 15, 1954Battle of…
Finnish president J. K. Paasikivi becomes the first Western head of state to be awarded the highest honor of the Soviet Union, the Order of Lenin. Date: September 18, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 18 📅 Events on this day in 1954 📅 On This Day (Today) More events…
Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. becomes the first African-American general in the United States Air Force. Date: October 27, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 27 📅 Events on this day in 1954 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1954Front de Libération Nationale Launches Algerian War of Independence, November…
McCarthyism: CBS television broadcasts the See It Now episode, "A Report on Senator Joseph McCarthy", produced by Fred Friendly. Date: March 9, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 9 📅 Events on this day in 1954 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1954Ellis Island Ceases Operations, November 12,…
BOAC Flight 781, a de Havilland DH.106 Comet 1, explodes and falls into the Tyrrhenian Sea, killing 35 people. Date: January 10, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 10 📅 Events on this day in 1954 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1954Pope Pius XII Canonises Dominic Savio…