Viet Minh Overrun French Garrison at Đắk Đoa, February 14, 1954
Date: February 14, 1954
Date: February 14, 1954
In Sylacauga, Alabama, United States, the Hodges meteorite crashes through a roof and hits a woman taking an afternoon nap; this is the only documented case in the Western Hemisphere of a human being hit by a rock from space. Date: November 30, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 30…
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Sultanate of Muscat, Neil Innes, sends a signal to the Sultanate's forces, accompanied with oil explorers, to penetrate Fahud, marking the beginning of Jebel Akhdar War. Date: October 10, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 10 📅 Events on this day in 1954…
In accord with the 1954 Geneva Conference, French troops complete their withdrawal from North Vietnam. Date: October 11, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 11 📅 Events on this day in 1954 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1954Kengir Uprising Begins in the Gulag, May 16, 1954Georgetown–IBM First…
Food rationing in Great Britain ends, with the lifting of restrictions on sale and purchase of meat, 14 years after it began early in World War II, and nearly a decade after the war's end. Date: July 4, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 4 📅 Events on this day…
Alfredo Stroessner begins his dictatorship in Paraguay. Date: August 15, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 15 📅 Events on this day in 1954 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1954SEATO Established in Southeast Asia, September 8, 1954Operation Castle Romeo Nuclear Test at Bikini Atoll, March 26, 1954Boeing…
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 1954First Practical Solar Cell Demonstrated by Bell Labs…