January 15 » The Coca-Cola Company, then known as the Pemberton Medicine Company, is incorporated in Atlanta.
March 31 » The Eiffel Tower is officially opened.
April 1 » The University of Northern Colorado was established, as the Colorado State Normal School.
May 31 » Johnstown Flood: Over 2,200 people die after a dam fails and sends a 60-foot (18-meter) wall of water over the town of Johnstown, Pennsylvania.
August 4 » The Great Fire of Spokane, Washington destroys some 32 blocks of the city, prompting a mass rebuilding project.
November 8 » Montana is admitted as the 41st U.S. state.
Day of death April 9, 1954
The temperature on April 9, 1954 was between 0.5 °C and 13.0 °C and averaged 6.8 °C. There was 11.5 hours of sunshine (85%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
January 21 » The first nuclear-powered submarine, the USSNautilus, is launched in Groton, Connecticut by Mamie Eisenhower, the First Lady of the United States.
April 18 » Gamal Abdel Nasser seizes power in Egypt.
June 27 » The Obninsk Nuclear Power Plant, the Soviet Union's first nuclear power station, opens in Obninsk, near Moscow.
August 15 » Alfredo Stroessner begins his dictatorship in Paraguay.
October 18 » Texas Instruments announces the first transistor radio.
November 1 » The Front de Libération Nationale fires the first shots of the Algerian War of Independence.
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