March 20 » Prime Minister of the German Empire Otto von Bismarck is dismissed by Emperor Wilhelm II.
July 1 » Canada and Bermuda are linked by telegraph cable.
July 2 » The U.S. Congress passes the Sherman Antitrust Act.
July 10 » Wyoming is admitted as the 44th U.S. state.
September 12 » Salisbury, Rhodesia, is founded.
October 12 » Uddevalla Suffrage Association is formed.
Day of death February 14, 1954
The temperature on February 14, 1954 was between 1.8 °C and 6.0 °C and averaged 3.9 °C. There was 2.5 mm of rain during 5.4 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
February 15 » Canada and the United States agree to construct the Distant Early Warning Line, a system of radar stations in the far northern Arctic regions of Canada and Alaska.
May 7 » Indochina War: The Battle of Dien Bien Phu ends in a French defeat and a Viet Minh victory (the battle began on March 13).
July 4 » Rationing ends in the United Kingdom.
August 23 » First flight of the Lockheed C-130 multi-role aircraft.
November 7 » In the US, Armistice Day becomes Veterans Day.
December 2 » The Sino-American Mutual Defense Treaty, between the United States and Taiwan, is signed in Washington, D.C.
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