Big Brothers Home Visit
A Big Brothers caseworker visited Lee and Marguerite at home, but Marguerite said further counseling was unnecessary.
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1954 in United States of America
Explore 110 historical events and records for United States of America in 1954.
Historical records for United States of America in 1954
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January
Beauregard Junior High Enrollment
Oswald enrolled in the eighth grade at Beauregard Junior High School on January 13, 1954.
USS Nautilus Launched
The first nuclear-powered submarine, USS Nautilus, is launched during Eisenhower's administration.
Return to New Orleans
Marguerite took Lee back to New Orleans before January 10, 1954, without first obtaining formal permission from the New York court.
The Seven Year Itch
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
March
Castle Bravo Test
The United States conducts Castle Bravo, its most powerful nuclear test and a major source of radioactive fallout.
Government
The US carries out the 1st hydrogen bomb test in Bikini Atoll
Nuclear Power
The US carries out the first hydrogen bomb test in Bikini Atoll
Government
The US & Japan sign a mutual Defence Treaty
New York Truancy Case Dismissed
The New York juvenile court dismissed Lee's truancy case on March 11, 1954, after he had returned to New Orleans.
Government
According to Eisenhower the Hydrogen Bomb test exceeds all expectations
Nuclear Power
According to Eisenhower the hydrogen bomb test exceeds all expectations
April
Domino Theory
Publicly frames Indochina in terms of the domino theory
Government
Supports continued use of foreign aid for France in Indochina
Geneva Conference
Directs US diplomacy during the Geneva Conference on Indochina
May
Voice of Liberation Oversight
Hunt oversaw psychological-warfare projects that included the clandestine Voice of Liberation broadcasts directed at Guatemala.
Invasion of Vietnam
The US begins to prepare for limited military intervention. Dien Bien Phu falls to the Communists
Saint Lawrence Seaway Act
The Act authorises American participation in constructing the Saint Lawrence Seaway.
Brown v Board Desegregation Ruling
The Supreme Court rules segregated public schools unconstitutional, creating a major civil-rights challenge for the administration.
Conference of Geneva
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
Election
Seeks unification through free elections supervised by the UN. Ignores the "Final Declaration", pledges unity through United Nations supervised elections
US does not want to recognize Beijing & Hanoi
The US does not want to recognize Beijing & Hanoi
Accords of Geneva
American delegates attended the Geneva summit but scarcely participated.
Accords of Geneva
But the plan hatched at Geneva was undermined and sabotaged by a lack of support.
Accords of Geneva
The Geneva conference adopted a similar approach in Vietnam.
Accords of Geneva
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.
Accords of Geneva
Vietnamese territory would be divided temporarily into north and south, then given a road map to free elections, self Government, reunification and independence.
Blockade of Tonkin Gulf
US ships are sent to patrol the Gulf on Tonkin
Tonkin Gulf Naval Patrol Expanded
United States ships patrol the Tonkin Gulf as Washington increases naval attention to the conflict in Indochina.
June
Government
Refuses further military aid to France in South East Asia
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
CIA supported military forces invade Guatemala from Honduras
Operation PBSUCCESS
CIA supported military forces invade Guatemala from Honduras
Government
The United Nations Security Council calls for a cessation of hostilities in Guatemala
UN Security Council
The United Nations Security Council calls for a cessation of hostilities in Guatemala
Churchill Washington Summit
Begins several days of talks with British Prime Minister Winston Churchill on world peace and Cold War strategy.
Government
Says that "Acheson policy was directly responsible for the loss of China.."
PBSUCCESS Political Warfare Concludes
Arbenz resigned as the CIA-backed operation reached its decisive stage, ending the political-warfare campaign in which Hunt had served.
Guatemala Psychological Warfare Campaign
Hunt's propaganda work supported a broader CIA psychological campaign designed to magnify the apparent strength of forces opposing Jacobo Arbenz.
July
Accords of Geneva
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
Government
The Big Four sign an agreement to end the Indochina War
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