First World Cup Televised
Time: Wednesday Jun 16, 1954
Place: Switzerland
Details: The 1954 World Cup, held in Switzerland, was the first to be televised.
‹ Earlier in historyTuring's Remains Were CrematedSaturday Jun 12, 1954 Later in history ›Pierre Mendès France had been invested as Prime MinisterThursday Jun 17, 1954
Best-effort ordering. Some events may appear out of order since many are only known to the year, but they are usually around the same period.
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Wednesday May 9, 1849 - Central Europe (Present-Day Switzerland)
Igor Stravinsky-Moving to Switzerland
Sep, 1910 - Switzerland
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1900 - Switzerland
Chocolate-Conching Machine
1879 - Switzerland
Chocolate-Milk Chocolate
1875 - Switzerland
Benito Mussolini-Mussolini emigrated to Switzerland
1902 - Switzerland
Covid-19 Pandemic: 2020 Coronavirus outbreak-Covid crosses 48M cases and 1.2M deaths
Friday Nov 6, 2020 at 12:22:00 AM - Zurich
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Aug, 2014 - Switzerland
Coverture-In Switzerland
1988 - Switzerland
Bart Millard-To Switzerland
1990s - Switzerland
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Jul, 2003 - France, Portugal, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Germany, Spain, Sweden, Italy, Luxemburg, Ireland
Revolutions of 1848-Sonderbund War
Thursday Mar 11, 1847 - Switzerland
Benito Mussolini-Mussolini was the editor of "Avanti"
1912 - Italy
Spiez Castle-The great hall and the northern buildings were expanded and renovated
1600 - Spiez, Switzerland
Spiez Castle-The Bubenberg-appointed vogt took orders from Bern
1340 - Spiez, Switzerland
Spiez Castle-Johannes sold the castle, town, church and surrounding villages to Johann II von Bubenberg
1338 - Spiez, Switzerland
Spiez Castle-The Castle built
933 - Spiez, Switzerland
Spiez Castle-The castle passed through several owners until a foundation bought the castle and associated church
1875 - Spiez, Switzerland
Spiez Castle-New Castle
17th Century - Spiez, Switzerland
Spiez Castle-French invasion of Switzerland
1798 - Switzerland
Spiez Castle-King Albert I of Habsburg was murdered at Windisch on the Reuss
1308 - Spiez, Switzerland
Spiez Castle-The castle was listed as an Imperial fief under Vogt Richard de Corbières
1280 - Spiez, Switzerland
Spiez Castle-The Freiherr von Strättligen was co-owner of the castle
1289 - Spiez, Switzerland
Spiez Castle-Castle shield walls and main tower were built
12th Century - Spiez, Switzerland
Spiez Castle-The castle and surrounding land remained with the Bubenberg family until their extinction
1506 - Spiez, Switzerland
Spiez Castle-Battle of Sempach
1386 - Spiez, Switzerland
Spiez Castle-Von Erlach family retained ownership of the castle
1875 - Spiez, Switzerland
johann sulzer Birth
Monday Sep 18, 1752 - Aargau
Zlatan Ibrahimović-Winning the 2013 FIFA Puskás Award
Monday Jan 13, 2014 - Zürich, Switzerland
Sepp Blatter-Investigators' Announcement
Friday Sep 25, 2015 - Zurich, Switzerland
IKEA-The First Store outside Scandinavia
1973 - Spreitenbach, Switzerland
Holy Roman Empire-The House of Habsburg
11th Century - Central Europe
Sepp Blatter-Sexual Assault Allegations
Friday Nov 10, 2017 - Switzerland
Chocolate-Lindt & Sprüngli AG
1845 - Zurich, Switzerland
Albert Einstein-First scientific papers
Sunday Apr 30, 1905 - Zürich, Switzerland
Cristiano Ronaldo-2013 FIFA Ballon d'Or
Tuesday Oct 29, 2013 - Zürich, Switzerland
Lionel Messi-World Player of the Year of 2009
Monday Dec 21, 2009 - Kongresshaus Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
Lionel Messi-2010 FIFA Ballon d'Or
Monday Jan 10, 2011 - Zürich, Switzerland
Lionel Messi-2011 FIFA Ballon d'Or
Monday Jan 9, 2012 - Zürich, Switzerland
Audrey Hepburn-Marriage
Saturday Sep 25, 1954 - Switzerland
Lionel Messi-2012 FIFA Ballon d'Or
Monday Jan 7, 2013 - Zürich, Switzerland
Black Friday-Swiss retailer Manor was the first to launch a special Black Friday promotion
2015 - Switzerland
Warren Buffett-Swiss Reinsurance Company Ltd (Swiss Re)
2009 - Zurich, Switzerland
Cristiano Ronaldo-2014 FIFA Ballon d'Or
Monday Jan 12, 2015 - Zürich, Switzerland
Lothar Meyer-Lothar studied medicine at the University of Zurich
1851 - Zurich, Switzerland
Diego Maradona-Best goal ever scored in a World Cup
2002 - Zurich, Switzerland
Diego Maradona-Two-month ban
Friday Jan 15, 2010 - Zurich, Switzerland
Sepp Blatter-FIFA Reduce The Suspension
Wednesday Feb 24, 2016 - FIFA headquarters, Zurich, Switzerland
Sepp Blatter-2011 Election
Wednesday Jun 1, 2011 - FIFA headquarters, Zurich, Switzerland
Sepp Blatter-General Secretary
1981 - FIFA headquarters, Zurich, Switzerland
Sepp Blatter-1998 Election
Monday Jun 8, 1998 - FIFA headquarters, Zurich, Switzerland
Sepp Blatter-2002 Election
Tuesday May 28, 2002 - FIFA headquarters, Zurich, Switzerland
Sepp Blatter-2007 Election
Thursday May 31, 2007 - FIFA headquarters, Zurich, Switzerland
Sepp Blatter-The Ban
Monday Dec 21, 2015 - FIFA headquarters, Zurich, Switzerland
Sepp Blatter-Blatter's announcement that he would resign from the post of FIFA president
Tuesday Jun 2, 2015 - FIFA headquarters, Zurich, Switzerland
Sepp Blatter-2013 FIFA Ethics Committee investigation
Monday Apr 29, 2013 - FIFA headquarters, Zurich, Switzerland
Sepp Blatter-The 65th FIFA Congress In Zürich
Friday May 29, 2015 - FIFA headquarters, Zurich, Switzerland
Sepp Blatter-Blatter Was Suspended From FIFA For 90
Thursday Oct 8, 2015 - FIFA headquarters, Zurich, Switzerland
Heysel Stadium Events-FIFA extended the ban
Wednesday Jun 5, 1985 - Zurich, Switzerland
Heysel Stadium Events-FIFA announced that English clubs were also free to play friendly games in Europe
Dec, 1985 - Zurich, Switzerland
Sepp Blatter-Technical Director
1975 - FIFA headquarters, Zurich, Switzerland
SARS Coronavirus (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome)-FIFA moves women's world cup to USA
Saturday May 3, 2003 - Zurich, Switzerland
Sepp Blatter-Born
Tuesday Mar 10, 1936 - Visp, Canton of Valais, Switzerland
Visa Inc.-Visa Inc. announced the plan to acquire Visa Europe
Thursday Nov 5, 2015 - Europe
Albert Einstein-Marriage
Jan, 1903 - Bern, Switzerland
Avalanches in Switzerland (1718)
Monday Jan 17, 1718 - Leukerbad
Benito Mussolini-Mussolini invited for general strike
Thursday Mar 19, 1903 - Switzerland
Albert Einstein-Lecturer at Bern
1908 - Bern, Switzerland
Raphael Weiss Birth
Friday Mar 10, 1713 - Wangen
Louis d'Affry Birth
Friday Feb 8, 1743 - Freiburg
On This Day - 16 June
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Sunday Jun 16, 1822 - Quito, Equador
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Saturday Jun 16, 1894 - Japan
Ford-Ford Motor Company
Tuesday Jun 16, 1903 - Dearborn, Michigan, U.S.
IBM-CTR
Friday Jun 16, 1911 - Endicott, New York, U.S.
Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle talked about Jean Monnet's mooted Anglo-French political union
Sunday Jun 16, 1940 - London, England, United Kingdom
Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle meet the Pope and the new Italian government
Friday Jun 16, 1944 - Rome, Italy
Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle flew to Algiers
Friday Jun 16, 1944 - Algiers, Algeria
Hungarian Revolution of 1956-Nagy was Executed
Monday Jun 16, 1958 - Budapest, Hungary
Jimmy Hoffa-Detroit Free Press
Friday Jun 16, 2006 - U.S.
Michael Ballack-Leaving the National Team
Thursday Jun 16, 2011 - Germany
Prince Charles-Honorary Five-star Rank In All Three Branches of The British Armed Forces
Saturday Jun 16, 2012 - London, England
IBM-Kenexa
Saturday Jun 16, 2012 - Wayne, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Donald Trump-Trump announced his candidacy for President of the United States
Tuesday Jun 16, 2015 - New York, U.S.
Nathaniel Schnittelbach Birth
Thursday Jun 16, 1633 - Gdansk
June 1954
Alan Turing-Death
Monday Jun 7, 1954 - Wilmslow, Cheshire, United Kingdom
Death
Tuesday Jun 8, 1954 - Wilmslow, United Kingdom
Alan Turing-Turing's Remains Were Cremated
Saturday Jun 12, 1954 - England
First Indochina War-Pierre Mendès France had been invested as Prime Minister
Thursday Jun 17, 1954 - France
Che Guevara-Guatemala's Invasion
Friday Jun 18, 1954 - Guatemala
First Indochina War-Battle of Mang Yang Pass
Thursday Jun 24, 1954 - Mang Yang, Vietnam
Nuclear Power-USSR's Obninsk Nuclear Power Plant
Sunday Jun 27, 1954 - Obninsk , Russia
1954
Vietnam War-"Ngô Đình Diệm really did accomplish miracles" in South Vietnam
Jan, 1954 - South Vietnam
First Indochina War-Presenting The War as a Crusade against Communism
1954 - Vietnam
Che Guevara-Karl Marx Theories
1954 - Guatemala
Howard Hughes: The Aviator-Total control of RKO
1954 - U.S.
John Forbes Nash Jr.: A Beautiful Mind-Nash arrested
1954 - Santa Monica, California, U.S.
Frank Sinatra-Sinatra's first album for Capitol
Monday Jan 4, 1954 - U.S.
Marilyn Monroe-The Suspension
Monday Jan 4, 1954 - Los Angeles, California, USA
Dwight D. Eisenhower-Domino theory
1954 - U.S.
Marilyn Monroe-2nd Marriage
Thursday Jan 14, 1954 - San Francisco, California, USA
Nuclear Power-The world's first operational nuclear-powered submarine "USS Nautilus"
Thursday Jan 21, 1954 - U.S.
Christopher Paul Gardner-Birth
Tuesday Feb 9, 1954 - Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.
Jacintha Darlene Gardner-Jacintha Darlene Gardner's Father
Tuesday Feb 9, 1954 - U.S.
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan-Birth
Friday Feb 26, 1954 - Kasımpaşa, Istanbul, Turkey
First Indochina War-Battle of Dien Bien Phu
Saturday Mar 13, 1954 - Vicinity of Điện Biên Phủ, French Indochina (Now Vietnam)
Mona Lisa-Self portrait as Mona Lisa
1954 - Spain
Audrey Hepburn-Roman Holiday success
1954 - U.S.
Harald V-His Mother's Death
Monday Apr 5, 1954 - The National Hospital, Oslo, Norway
James Bond-Live and Let Die was published
Monday Apr 5, 1954 - United Kingdom
Jackie Chan-Born
Wednesday Apr 7, 1954 - Hong Kong, China
Charles de Gaulle-Gaulle argued that France must have its own nuclear arsenal
Apr, 1954 - U.S.
Audrey Hepburn-Ondine
1954 - U.S.
Ho Chi Minh-The 1954 Geneva Accords
Monday Apr 26, 1954 - Geneva, Switzerland
Freddie Mercury-Mercury was sent to study at St. Peter's School
1954 - Panchgani, Mumbai, India
Malcolm X-Leader of Temple No.7
May, 1954 - Harlem, New York, U.S.
First Indochina War-The Last French offensive Took Place
Tuesday May 4, 1954 - Vietnam
First Indochina War-The Final Fall Took Two Days
Thursday May 6, 1954 - Vietnam
Vietnam War-The Geneva Conference
Friday May 7, 1954 - Geneva, Switzerland
Ho Chi Minh-The Battle of Dien Bien Phu
Friday May 7, 1954 - Điện Biên Phủ, Dien Bien, Vietnam
Dwight D. Eisenhower-French fortress of Dien Bien Phu fell to the Vietnamese Communists
May, 1954 - Vietnam
Martin Luther King-Called as Pastor
Friday May 14, 1954 - Montgomery, Alabama, U.S.
Ruby Bridges-The Brown v. Board of Education decision was finalized
1954 - U.S.
Alan Turing-Death
Monday Jun 7, 1954 - Wilmslow, Cheshire, United Kingdom
Death
Tuesday Jun 8, 1954 - Wilmslow, United Kingdom
Alan Turing-Turing's Remains Were Cremated
Saturday Jun 12, 1954 - England
First Indochina War-Pierre Mendès France had been invested as Prime Minister
Thursday Jun 17, 1954 - France
Che Guevara-Guatemala's Invasion
Friday Jun 18, 1954 - Guatemala
First Indochina War-Battle of Mang Yang Pass
Thursday Jun 24, 1954 - Mang Yang, Vietnam
Nuclear Power-USSR's Obninsk Nuclear Power Plant
Sunday Jun 27, 1954 - Obninsk , Russia
Vietnam War-The State of Vietnam
Jul, 1954 - South Vietnam
Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis-Birth
Thursday Jul 1, 1954 - Abu Al-Khaseeb District, Basra Governorate, Iraq
Angela Merkel-Born
Saturday Jul 17, 1954 - Hamburg, West Germany
Ho Chi Minh-Resolving the remaining outstanding issues
Tuesday Jul 20, 1954 - Geneva, Switzerland
First Indochina War-The International Geneva Conference
Wednesday Jul 21, 1954 - Geneva, Switzerland
First Indochina War-Armistice and partition of Vietnam
Thursday Jul 22, 1954 - Vietnam
Hugo Chávez-Born
Wednesday Jul 28, 1954 - Sabaneta, Venezuela
First Indochina War-Operation Passage to Freedom
Aug, 1954 - Vietnam
Dwight D. Eisenhower-Eisenhower also induced Congress to create an Emergency Fund for International Affairs
1954 - U.S.
Halimah Yacob-Born
Monday Aug 23, 1954 - Singapore
Che Guevara-To Mexico
Sep, 1954 - Mexico
Che Guevara-Marriage
Sep, 1954 - Mexico
Mao Zedong-The Chairman of the Central Military Commission
Wednesday Sep 8, 1954 - China
Ruby Bridges-Birth
Wednesday Sep 8, 1954 - Tylertown, Mississippi, U.S.
Dwight D. Eisenhower-People's Liberation Army began shelling the islands of Quemoy and Matsu
Sep, 1954 - Quemoy and Matsu
Samsung-Founding Cheil Mojik
Wednesday Sep 15, 1954 - Chimsan-dong, Daegu, South Korea
Audrey Hepburn-Marriage
Saturday Sep 25, 1954 - Switzerland
Mao Zedong-The Chairman of the People's Republic of China
Monday Sep 27, 1954 - China
Marilyn Monroe-2nd Divorce
Oct, 1954 - Los Angeles , California, USA
Dwight D. Eisenhower-Eisenhower wanted to increase surveillance inside the Soviet Union
1954 - U.S.
International Monetary Fund-Former Czechoslovakia was expelled in 1954
1954 - Washington D.C., U.S.
James Bond-CBS paid Ian Fleming $1,000
1954 - New York City, New York, U.S.
James Bond-The episode aired live (CBS Series "Casino Royale")
Thursday Oct 21, 1954 - New York City, New York, U.S.
Lucky Luciano-Restrictions
Monday Nov 1, 1954 - Naples, Italy
Algerian War-The Toussaint Rouge
Monday Nov 1, 1954 - Algeria
Algerian War-The National Liberation Front
Monday Nov 1, 1954 - Algeria
Dwight D. Eisenhower-Gen. J. Lawton Collins was made ambassador to "Free Vietnam"
1954 - Then South Vietnam
Warren Buffett-Second Child
Thursday Dec 16, 1954 - Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.
Josip Broz Tito-Tito visited India
Tuesday Dec 21, 1954 - India
Dwight D. Eisenhower-Sino-American Mutual Defense Treaty
Tuesday Dec 21, 1954 - Washington D.C., U.S.