Date in year · 1954 · The 1950s
On April 26, 1954, the Geneva Conference, an effort to restore peace in Indochina and Korea, begins. Robert Greenberg, Trevor Francis, Ebiet G. Ade would arrive in the same year.
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Featured · April 26, 1954
The Geneva Conference was intended to settle outstanding issues resulting from the Korean War and the First Indochina War and involved several nations. It took place in Geneva, Switzerland, from 26 April to 21 July 1954. The part of the conference on the Korean question ended without adopting any declarations or proposals and so is generally considered less relevant.
Around 1954
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.
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International conference on dismantling French Indochina
The Geneva Conference was intended to settle outstanding issues resulting from the Korean War and the First Indochina War and involved several nations. It took place in Geneva, Switzerland, from 26 April to 21 July 1954. The part of the conference on the Korean question ended without adopting any declarations or proposals and so is generally considered less relevant.
American inventor of the polio vaccine (1914–1995)
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