4 January 1954Big Brothers Home VisitLee Harvey Oswald
A Big Brothers caseworker visited Lee and Marguerite at home, but Marguerite said further counseling was unnecessary.
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A Big Brothers caseworker visited Lee and Marguerite at home, but Marguerite said further counseling was unnecessary.
Oswald enrolled in the eighth grade at Beauregard Junior High School on January 13, 1954.
The first nuclear-powered submarine, USS Nautilus, is launched during Eisenhower's administration.
Marguerite took Lee back to New Orleans before January 10, 1954, without first obtaining formal permission from the New York court.
Stars in Billy Wilders comedy The Seven Year Itch, in which she starred opposite Tom Ewell as a woman who becomes the object of her married neighbors sexual fantasies
The United States conducts Castle Bravo, its most powerful nuclear test and a major source of radioactive fallout.
The US carries out the 1st hydrogen bomb test in Bikini Atoll
The US carries out the first hydrogen bomb test in Bikini Atoll
The US & Japan sign a mutual Defence Treaty
The New York juvenile court dismissed Lee's truancy case on March 11, 1954, after he had returned to New Orleans.
According to Eisenhower the Hydrogen Bomb test exceeds all expectations
According to Eisenhower the hydrogen bomb test exceeds all expectations
Publicly frames Indochina in terms of the domino theory
Supports continued use of foreign aid for France in Indochina
Directs US diplomacy during the Geneva Conference on Indochina
Hunt oversaw psychological-warfare projects that included the clandestine Voice of Liberation broadcasts directed at Guatemala.
The US begins to prepare for limited military intervention. Dien Bien Phu falls to the Communists
The Act authorises American participation in constructing the Saint Lawrence Seaway.
The Supreme Court rules segregated public schools unconstitutional, creating a major civil-rights challenge for the administration.
The US does not want to recognize Beijing & Hanoi. Seeks unification through free elections supervised by the UN. Ignores the "Final Declaration", pledges unity through United Nations supervised elections. Ignores the "Final Declaration". Despite general agreement the "Final Declaration" is not signed
Seeks unification through free elections supervised by the UN. Ignores the "Final Declaration", pledges unity through United Nations supervised elections
The US does not want to recognize Beijing & Hanoi
American delegates attended the Geneva summit but scarcely participated.
But the plan hatched at Geneva was undermined and sabotaged by a lack of support.
The Geneva conference adopted a similar approach in Vietnam.
US Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, a vehement anti-communist, refused to recognise, shake hands with or speak directly to Chinese or Viet Minh delegates.
Vietnamese territory would be divided temporarily into north and south, then given a road map to free elections, self Government, reunification and independence.
US ships are sent to patrol the Gulf on Tonkin
United States ships patrol the Tonkin Gulf as Washington increases naval attention to the conflict in Indochina.
Refuses further military aid to France in South East Asia
CIA supported military forces invade Guatemala from Honduras
CIA supported military forces invade Guatemala from Honduras
The United Nations Security Council calls for a cessation of hostilities in Guatemala
The United Nations Security Council calls for a cessation of hostilities in Guatemala
Begins several days of talks with British Prime Minister Winston Churchill on world peace and Cold War strategy.
Says that "Acheson policy was directly responsible for the loss of China.."
Arbenz resigned as the CIA-backed operation reached its decisive stage, ending the political-warfare campaign in which Hunt had served.
Hunt's propaganda work supported a broader CIA psychological campaign designed to magnify the apparent strength of forces opposing Jacobo Arbenz.
The Viet Minh delegates did not wish to sign: they sceptical about the scheduled 1956 elections and reluctant to agree to the 17th parallel border, which would mean surrendering territory to the South. In the end the Viet Minh representatives signed on the instructions of Ho Chi Minh, who was himself under pressure from the Soviet Union and China
The Big Four sign an agreement to end the Indochina War
Signs the Communist Control Act during the height of domestic Cold War anti-communism.
A joint US-French naval task force was assembled near Haiphong harbour, while US personnel and aid workers organised refugee camps, food and medical supplies in South Vietnam.
The Geneva Accords also provided a 300 day grace period, so that civilians could relocate to North or South Vietnam.
The United States began providing assistance to those Vietnamese who wanted to move south.
This process – pointedly titled Operation Passage to Freedom – was part humanitarian mission, part propaganda ploy.
A joint US-French naval task force was assembled near Haiphong harbour, while US personnel and aid workers organised refugee camps, food and medical supplies in South Vietnam.
The Geneva Accords also provided a 300 day grace period, so that civilians could relocate to North or South Vietnam.
The United States began providing assistance to those Vietnamese who wanted to move south.
This process – pointedly titled Operation Passage to Freedom – was part humanitarian mission, part propaganda ploy.
Social Security coverage is expanded to millions of additional workers, including farmers and many self-employed professionals.
Claims that the CIA has been infiltrated by Communists
Claims that the CIA has been infiltrated by Communists
The Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty is signed, creating the framework for SEATO.
Lee entered ninth grade at Beauregard Junior High School and earned mediocre but generally acceptable marks.
Participates in the first televised meeting of a United States Cabinet.
Achievement testing showed Lee performing well in reading and vocabulary but poorly in mathematics during ninth grade.
Birth of Condoleezza Rice in Birmingham, Alabama.
The United States proposed to the General Assembly the creation of an international agency to take control of fissile material, which could be used either for nuclear power or for nuclear weapons. This agency would establish a kind of "nuclear bank." It had become clear that the Soviet Union would reject any international custody of fissile material, but that a clearing house for nuclear transactions might be possible
The United States proposed to the General Assembly the creation of an international agency to take control of fissile material, which could be used either for nuclear power or for nuclear weapons. This agency would establish a kind of "nuclear bank." It had become clear that the Soviet Union would reject any international custody of fissile material, but that a clearing house for nuclear transactions might be possible
The US closes its consulate
Condemned by Senate for conduct during "McCarthyism", ends anti-communist crusade
The Senate censures Senator Joseph McCarthy, marking the collapse of his political influence during Eisenhower's presidency.
Winner of the best male actor for "Stalag 17"
Supports Operation PBSUCCESS, the CIA-backed overthrow of Jacobo Arbenz in Guatemala.
Hunt helped oversee anti-Arbenz cartoons, pamphlets, newspaper material, and other propaganda intended to weaken support for Guatemala's government.
Dulles lobbied Eisenhower on behalf of the American United Fruit Company to instigate a military coup by the Guatemalan army through the CIA under the pretext that Jacobo Arbenz's Government and the Guatemalan Revolution were veering toward communism. Dulles had previously represented the United Fruit Company as a lawyer, and remained on its payroll, while his brother, CIA director Allen Dulles, was on the company's board of directors
Discovers a wheat cromosone which can increase wheat yeilds
Baade distinguishes stellar populations and revises Cepheid distances used in estimates of cosmic expansion
Makes a strong impact in Drum Beat supporting Alan Ladd
PhD Degree at Harvard University
Studied Drama at Yale University, graduating in 1954
The US Air Force transports 1,000 French paratroopers from Europe to Vietnam. Chief architect of the SEATO Pact. Admits the USA provides 10x more support to France than Russia & China to Vietnam
During the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) proceedings, he changed his surname from Buchinsky to Bronson as Eastern European names sounded suspicious in an era of anti-Soviet sentiment
Warns against large-scale US ground intervention in Indochina
Dickinsons film career begins with a small role in Lucky Me
Marries Claire Douglas, aged 19, when he was 35
Receives the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for research on the nature of the chemical bond and molecular structure.
iDulles became the architect of the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO). The Treaty, signed by representatives of Australia, Britain, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand and the United States, provided for collective action against aggression
Supports Operation PBSUCCESS, the CIA-backed overthrow of Jacobo Arbenz in Guatemala.
Supports Operation PBSUCCESS, the CIA-backed overthrow of Jacobo Arbenz in Guatemala.
Advocates consideration of air intervention during the Dien Bien Phu crisis
Hunt handled propaganda responsibilities for Operation PBSUCCESS as the CIA intensified political and psychological pressure against the Arbenz government.
Stars in, "Rear Window"
"Rock Around the Clock", a breakthrough for rock and roll music, is included in the film Blackboard Jungle
Bill Haley and the Comets become first major white band to use black rock n roll forms, featuring heavy, danceable beat and repetitive patterns, "Rock Around the Clock" becomes huge hit
Represents the United States in Saigon during the French withdrawal period
iDulles became the architect of the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO). The Treaty, signed by representatives of Australia, Britain, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand and the United States, provided for collective action against aggression
Dulles became the architect of the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO). The Treaty, signed by representatives of Australia, Britain, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Thailand and the United States, provided for collective action against aggression
Elvis Presley records the regional hit "Thats All Right (Mama)" at Sam Phillips Sun studios in Memphis, Elvis plays a rock and country & western fusion called rockabilly
Elvis Presley records the regional hit "Thats All Right (Mama)" at Sam Phillips Sun studios in Memphis, Elvis plays a rock and country & western fusion called rockabilly
Stars in The Barefoot Contessa
Stars in, "The Country Girl". Stars in, "The Bridges at Toko-Ri". Stars in, "Rear Window". Stars in, "Green Fire". Stars in, "Dial M for Murder"
Stars in The High and the Mighty
First movie for Hollywood is "The Silver Chalice"
Named Time's Man of the Year for 1954
Signs with Universal-International and begins small film and television roles.
The US closes its consulate. The US consulate is placed under siege to deprive it of supplies
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