Historical place archive

Groton in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Groton in United States of America. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

1 records1 event labels1 people1954–1954

Historical events in Groton

1954

21 January 1954
USS Nautilus Launched
Dwight David Eisenhower · Nuclear Power

The first nuclear-powered submarine, USS Nautilus, is launched during Eisenhower's administration.

Provenance

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