1954

January 21st
The first nuclear powered submarine , USS Nautilus , is launched in Groton, Connecticut (1).

February 15th
Royal Netherlands navy destroyer of the Admiralen class , HNLMS Van Ghent is decommissioned , whit here role , to be taken over by one of the four to be completed Van Speijk class frigates.

February 21st
US president Dwight Eisenhower authorizes , 100 million dollar , to be used for military aid to the United Republic of China.

March 13th
A border clash erupts between the United Republic of China army , against the Japanese imperial army and the republic of China-Nanking army in the province of Sichuan which is a divided province.

March 15th
US explodes a 15 megaton hydrogen bomb at Johnston Atoll , a royal Netherlands space force class-5 probe observes the blast , before sending the data to the royal Netherlands space force command , located at Netherlands space centre Guyana.

March 23rd
After ten days of fighting , the United Republic of China army and Japanese imperial army cease their attacks against each other in the province of Sichuan , the ten day border clash has seen the most heavy fighting between the United Republic of China and the Japanese empire sins the creation of the United Republic of China in 1949.

April 1st
In the Netherlands , the motorway, Amsterdam-Maastricht opens.

April 3rd
Vladimir Petrov (2) defects from the Soviet Union and asks for political asylum in the Netherlands East Indies.

April 14th
A Soviet spy ring in the Netherlands East Indies is uncovered by the royal Netherlands military intelligence service.

May 10th
The construction of Utopia Planitia space yard enters its six month , and thanks to the limiting miming done by KNRS ER-1 and KNRS ER-2 , who using their tractor to tow small asteroids to Mars , where the are processed by special modified work bees , its construction is kept on schedule.

May 24th
Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands announces that after 63 years on the throne , she will abdicated in favor of here daughter Juliana.

June 16th
Netherlands shortens military conscription from 20 to 18 months.

July 7th
As DAF is still working on designing a new main battle tank for the royal Netherlands army and royal Netherlands East Indies army , its unveils the T-25 Tjiger II (3) , a upgraded T-20 Tjiger tank , as a temporarily solution.

April 7th
President Dwight D. Eisenhower gives his "domino theory" (4) speech during a news conference.

April 16th
US vice president Richard Nixon announces that the United States may be “putting more military advisors in the United Republic of China regardless of Soviet protest”, this after the heavy border fighting between the United Republic of China and the Japanese empire a moth ago and the domino theory speech made by president Dwight D. Eisenhower.

May 20th
The national assembly of the United Republic of China , reelects Chiang Kai-shek as president , and Mao Zedong as prime minister of the United Republic of China.

July 8th
Wile construction of the first Wolf class scout vessel is well underway at Fijenoord-Rotterdamsche space yard , construction of the second Wolf class scout vessel at Fijenoord-Rotterdamsche space yard begins , as the Wolf class scout vessel is only 50 meter long , more then two can be build at one time at Fijenoord-Rotterdamsche space yard at one time.

September 4th
The first Celebes class cruisers, HNLMS Celebes is commissioned at Wilton Fijenoord dockyard in Schiedam , HNLMS Celebes who is a helicopter cruiser carries 4 KH-2 Kolibrie II helicopters.

September 6th
Thailand joins the San Francisco Security Treaty.

September 8th
Juliana becomes queen of the Netherlands.

September 26th
A typhoon hit’s the Japanese empire , 5 ferryboats sink killing about 1,600 people.

October 23rd
West Germany joins NATO.

November 3rd
The first Godzilla movie premieres in the Japanese imperial capitol of Tokyo.

November 12th
Queen Juliana of the Netherlands visit together whit here husband prince Bernhard , the Netherlands East Indies for a one week tour of the Netherlands largest colony.

November 22nd
After touring the Netherlands East Indies for a week , Queen Juliana and prince Bernhard depart , and fly onboard a Fokker F27M royal flight (5) turboprop , back home to the Netherlands.

December 15th
Netherlands Antilles becomes co-equal part of Kingdom of Netherlands , receiving the same status as Netherlands Guyana and Netherlands East Indies.

(1) wile the USS Nautilus maybe the world first nuclear-powered submarine , its not to most modern , that title is reserved to the royal Netherlands Zwaardvis class submarines of which eight are in service named Zwaardvis , Tijgerhaai , Dolfijn, Zeehond , Potvis , Zeeleeuw ,Tonijn , and Walrus who have replaced the older Dolfijn-class submarines and other submarines in service whit the Netherlands royal navy , and unlike the USS Nautilus uses diesel electric, batteries, and AIP , has six torpedo tubes for 18 torpedoes ore 30 mines , a test depth of some 400 meters and probably the most advance radar and sonar in operational use by any submarine in the world.

(2) Vladimir Petrov was a member of the Soviet Union's clandestine services who was sent to the Netherlands East Indies to recruit spies and to keep watch on Soviet citizens, making sure that none of the Soviets abroad defected , ironically he decided that life in the Netherlands would be better and after coming in contact whit a royal Netherlands military intelligence service officer defected in return for supplying information regarding a Soviet spy ring operating out of the Soviet consulate located in the Batavia , capitol of the Netherlands East Indies.

(3) the T-25 Tjiger II , wile resembling the Tjiger I , has significant differences , which are , mounting a bore evacuated 105 mm main gun, instead of the Tjiger I , 90 mm gun , four crew members instead of the Tjiger I , vive crew members , improve diesel engine , a better shaped turret , improvements to the armor protection and shock absorbers , a stabilization system for the main gun and a thermal imaging system.

(4) the domino theory speech , made by president Dwight D. Eisenhower , is about the United Republic of China , and if the country falls to the Japanese empire , then surrounding countries will follow in a domino effect.

(5) the Fokker F27M royal flight , is modified version of the Fokker F27 Friendship turboprop aircraft which entered service whit the royal Netherlands air force in 1952 , and is in service whit the royal Netherlands air force , royal Netherlands East Indies air force and the royal Netherlands naval aviation service, some versions of the F27 are , F27-300M Troopship a military transport version and the F27 Maritime Enforcer a armed maritime reconnaissance version , the Fokker F27 Friendship is also in service whit KLM and its daughter company KLM East Indies.