Date in year · 1954 · The 1950s

March 26, 1954

On March 26, 1954, nuclear weapons testing: The Romeo shot of Operation Castle is detonated at Bikini Atoll. Yield: 11 megatons. Robert Greenberg, Trevor Francis, Ebiet G. Ade would arrive in the same year.

Events

1

Births

0

Deaths

0

Year

1954

1950s

Around 1954

The year in brief

1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1954th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 954th year of the 2nd millennium, the 54th year of the 20th century, and the 5th year of the 1950s decade.

Read the full year of 1954 →

What happened

On March 26, 1954

  1. 1954 Nuclear weapons testing: The Romeo shot of Operation Castle is detonated at Bikini Atoll. Yield: 11 megatons.

    Controlled detonation of nuclear weapons for scientific or political purposes

    Nuclear weapons tests are experiments carried out to determine the performance of nuclear weapons and the effects of their explosion. Over 2,000 nuclear weapons tests have been carried out since 1945. Nuclear testing is a sensitive political issue.

Elsewhere that year

Other moments from 1954

The class of 1954

Others born in 1954

Robert Greenberg 1954– American pianist and composer
Trevor Francis 1954– English footballer and manager (died 2023)
Ebiet G. Ade 1954– Indonesian singer-songwriter and guitarist
James Morrison 1954– American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
Mike Wingfield 1954– South African academic and scientist
Wladyslaw Zmuda 1954– Polish footballer and manager; 91 caps for Poland and voted Best Young Player at the 1974 FIFA World Cup

Step through

Nearby

Keep going

More to explore