More World Statistics... Nasser becomes premier of Egypt (April 17). Geneva Conference is convened to bring peace to Vietnam (April to July). The country is divided at the 17th parallel, pending democratic elections. Dien Bien Phu, French military outpost in Vietnam, falls to Viet Minh army (May 7). Background: Vietnam War.

Events [ edit] National income - ₹ 109,771 million. 22 March – Jayendra Saraswathi becomes the 70th Shankaracharya of Kanchi. 11 August – Indian annexation of Dadra and Nagar Haveli: Portuguese forces surrender to the Indian SRP. [1] 6 November – Bombay Electricity Board is formed. 26 January – First Bharat Ratna in India : First ...

May 5 – 1953–54 Challenge Cup Final replay is won 8–4 by Warrington against Halifax before a world record crowd for a rugby football match of either code of over 120,000 at Odsal Stadium. [2] May 8 – 1953–54 Northern Rugby Football League season culminates in Warrington 's 8–7 win over Halifax in the Championship Final at Maine Road ...

Historical Events. Jun 1 Czech distance runner Emile Zatopek breaks his own 10,000m world record, clocking 28:54.2 in Brussels, Belgium. Jun 2 John Costello (Cons) becomes premier of Ireland. Jun 4 Arthur Murray flies X-1A rocket plane to record 27,000 m. Jun 4 France grants Vietnam independence inside French Union.

Historic Event. Feb 2 President Eisenhower announces the detonation of the world's 1st hydrogen bomb (tested in 1952) 34th US President & WWII General Dwight D. Eisenhower. Feb 2 Snow falls on Gibraltar. Feb 3 Jeen van den Berg wins Dutch Eleven Cities Skating race (7:32) Feb 5 WCDC TV channel 19 in Adams, MA (ABC) begins broadcasting. Feb 9 ...

May 06, 2012 · Some major events that happened during the T. Roosevelt Presidency included: Oklahoma admitted as a state (1907), negotiations opened for acquisition of the Panama Canal (1902), Departments of ...

What Happened in 1954 Important News and Events, Key Technology and Popular Culture Major News Stories include Mass vaccination of children against polio begins, ... What happened in the year 950? Europe. November 22 – King Lothair II dies at Turin (possibly poisoned by Berengar of Ivrea). Berengar is crowned king of Italy and imprisons ...

Here are events from 1954 that have shaped Britain and its peoples and affected its history. ... Russian Revolution - 1917, Lord Lucan disappears - 1974. Famous and historic events from 1954. Lord of the Flies Published Lord of the Rings Published Roger Bannister runs the four minute mile The Dullest Day in History? Famous Britons born in 1954 ...

MAJOR EVENTS: Efforts at school desegregation in the southern U.S. are met with impassioned resistance. U.S. launches its first satellite, Explorer I; NASA established. Vice President Richard Nixon’s goodwill tour of South America sparks open protests and rioting. Egypt and Sudan form the United Arab Republic.

Bagosora alongside two other senior Rwandan army officers were found guilty by the Rwandan International Criminal Tribunal and sentenced to life imprisonment for their role in Rwanda’s genocide. To mark the conclusion of 2008, an extra second was added (23:59:60) on December 31. The last time that happened was in 2005.

List of 1953 Major News Events in History. Shah of Iran restored to power. The Korean War ends after three years and one month. Dwight D. Eisenhower is inaugurated as the President of the United States. Salk gives himself and his family the polio vaccine. Joseph Stalin, the leader of the Soviet Union, dies at the age of 74.