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Events on the year of 1954 in history

Events
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01 Jan 1954 KSLA TV channel 12 in Shreveport, LA (CBS) begins broadcasting
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01 Jan 1954 Rose and Cotton Bowl are 1st sport colorcasts
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01 Jan 1954 WWTV TV channel 9 in Cadillac-Traverse City, MI (CBS) 1st broadcast
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01 Jan 1954 Yugoslav parliament Chairman / VP Milovan Djilas criticize communism
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01 Jan 1954 NBC makes the first coast-to-coast NTSC color broadcast when it telecast the Tournament of Roses Parade, with public demonstrations given across the United States on prototype color receivers.
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02 Jan 1954 Herman Wouks "Caine Mutiny, " premieres in New York City
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04 Jan 1954 Elvis Presley records a 10 minute demo in Nashville
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04 Jan 1954 Soap Opera "The Brighter Day" premieres
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07 Jan 1954 Georgetown-IBM experiment: The first public demonstration of a machine translation system, is held in New York at the head office of IBM.
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09 Jan 1954 Bert Olmstead, Montreal Canadiens, ties NHL record of 8 points in game
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09 Jan 1954 Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Louise Bogan and Leonie Adams
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10 Jan 1954 BOAC Flight 781, a de Havilland DH.106 Comet 1, explodes and falls into the Tyrrhenian Sea killing 35 people.
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10 Jan 1954 Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to W H Auden
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11 Jan 1954 2 ton locomotive swept into ravine by avalanche - 10 die (Austria)
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12 Jan 1954 Queen Elizabeth II opens New Zealand parliament
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12 Jan 1954 Austria's worst avalanche-kills 200; 9hours later 2nd one-kills 115
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13 Jan 1954 WEAR TV channel 3 in Pensacola-Mobile, Florida (ABC) begins broadcasting
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13 Jan 1954 Military rule in Egypt; 318 Mohammedan Brotherhood arrested
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14 Jan 1954 New York Yankee Joe DiMaggio marries actress Marilyn Monroe
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14 Jan 1954 The Hudson Motor Car Company merges with Nash-Kelvinator Corporation forming the American Motors Corporation.
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14 Jan 1954 Sandy Wilson's musical "Boyfriend" premieres in London
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14 Jan 1954 Marilyn Monroe marries baseball star, New York Yankee, Joe DiMaggio
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16 Jan 1954 "South Pacific" closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 1928 performances
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16 Jan 1954 "South Pacific" closes at Majestic Theater New York City NY after 1928 performances
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17 Jan 1954 Suggs Louise wins LPGA Sea Island Golf Open (Cloister)
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17 Jan 1954 NFL Pro Bowl East beats West 20-9
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17 Jan 1954 Jacques Cousteau's 1st network telecast airs on "Omnibus" (CBS)
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18 Jan 1954 Fanfani forms Italian government
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20 Jan 1954 The National Negro Network is established with 40 charter member radio stations.
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20 Jan 1954 -70
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20 Jan 1954 Dmitri Shostakovich's "Concertino opus 94" premieres
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21 Jan 1954 The first nuclear-powered submarine, the USS Nautilus, is launched in Groton, Connecticut by Mamie Eisenhower, the First Lady of the United States.
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21 Jan 1954 1st gas turbine automobile exhibited (New York City NY)
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21 Jan 1954 1st atomic submarine, USS Nautilus, launched on Thames River, christened by First Lady Mamie Eisenhower
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23 Jan 1954 Longest undefeated streak in Toronto Maple Leaf history (18 games)
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23 Jan 1954 Harry van Thorn chosen chairman of Dutch KVP
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24 Jan 1954 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Tampa Women's Golf Open
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24 Jan 1954 BPAA All-Star Tournament won by Don Carter
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26 Jan 1954 Ground breaking begins on Disneyland
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29 Jan 1954 Arnold Schoenberg's "De Profundis" premieres in Cologne
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30 Jan 1954 Belgium ends trade agreement with USSR
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30 Jan 1954 Italy's Fanfani government resigns
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01 Feb 1954 1st TV soap opera "Secret Storm" premieres
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01 Feb 1954 Scapino Ballet Studio in Amsterdam destroyed by fire
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01 Feb 1954 Soccer team The County froms in Doetinchem
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02 Feb 1954 Bevo Francis, Rio Grande College, scores 113 pts in basketball game
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02 Feb 1954 President Eisenhower reports detonation of 1st H-bomb (done in 1952)
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02 Feb 1954 Snow falls on Gibraltar
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03 Feb 1954 Jeen van den Berg wins Dutch Eleven Cities Skating race (7:32)
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05 Feb 1954 WCDC TV channel 19 in Adams, MA (ABC) begins broadcasting
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09 Feb 1954 Mario Scelba forms new government in Italy
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10 Feb 1954 United States President Dwight Eisenhower warns against United States intervention in Vietnam.
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10 Feb 1954 Eisenhower warns against US intervention in Vietnam
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10 Feb 1954 Ice Pairs Championship at Oslo won by Frances Dafoe/Norris Bowden CAN
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10 Feb 1954 Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Oslo won by Gundi Busch Germany
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10 Feb 1954 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Oslo won by Hayes Alan Jenkins US
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11 Feb 1954 6th Emmy Awards I Love Lucy, Donald O'Connor & Eve Arden win
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13 Feb 1954 Frank Selvy becomes the only NCAA Division I basketball player ever to score 100 points in a single game.
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13 Feb 1954 Furman basketball star Frank Selvy scores 100 points in a game vs Newberry
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13 Feb 1954 Frank Selvey scores 100 points for Furman beating Newberry 149-95
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14 Feb 1954 Sen John Kennedy appears on "Meet the Press"
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14 Feb 1954 WTOC TV channel 11 in Savannah, Georgia (CBS) begins broadcasting
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14 Feb 1954 Senator John Kennedy appears on "Meet the Press"
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15 Feb 1954 1st bevatron in operation-Berkeley, California
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15 Feb 1954 WRDW TV channel 12 in Augusta, Georgia (CBS) begins broadcasting
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15 Feb 1954 Canada and the United States agree to construct the Distant Early Warning Line, a system of radar stations in the far northern Arctic regions of Canada and Alaska.
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16 Feb 1954 WNEM TV channel 5 in Bay City MI (NBC) begins broadcasting
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18 Feb 1954 The first Church of Scientology is established in Los Angeles.
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19 Feb 1954 WAST (now WNYT) TV channel 13 in Albany-Troy, New York (NBC) 1st broadcast
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20 Feb 1954 Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Serbin Golf Open
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20 Feb 1954 General Zahedi wins election in Persia
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23 Feb 1954 The first mass inoculation of children against polio with the Salk vaccine begins in Pittsburgh.
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23 Feb 1954 1st mass inoculation with Salk vaccine (Pittsburgh)
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23 Feb 1954 Syrian army drives out President Adib el-Shishakli
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25 Feb 1954 Gamal Abdel Nasser is made premier of Egypt.
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25 Feb 1954 Abdul Nasser appointed Egyptian premier
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26 Feb 1954 1st typesetting machine (photo engraving) used - Quincy, Massachusetts
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26 Feb 1954 Michigan rep Ruth Thompson (R) introduces legislation to ban mailing "obscene, lewd, lascivious or filthy" phonograph (rock & roll) records
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28 Feb 1954 Patty Berg / Pete Cooper wins LPGA Orlando Mixed Golf Tournament
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28 Feb 1954 The first color television sets using the NTSC standard are offered for sale to the general public.
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28 Feb 1954 US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island
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01 Mar 1954 4 Puerto Ricans open fire in US house of reps injuring 5 reps
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01 Mar 1954 In spring training, Ted Williams breaks his collarbone
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01 Mar 1954 Rebellion during visit of President Naguib in Khartoum Sudan, 30 die
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01 Mar 1954 Ted Williams fractures collarbone in 1st game of spring training after flying 39 combat missions without injury in Korean War
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01 Mar 1954 US explodes 15 megaton hydrogen bomb at Bikini Atoll
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01 Mar 1954 Puerto Rican nationalists attack the United States Capitol building, injuring five Representatives.
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01 Mar 1954 Nuclear weapons testing: The Castle Bravo, a 15-megaton hydrogen bomb, is detonated on Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean, resulting in the worst radioactive contamination ever caused by the United States.
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04 Mar 1954 JE Wilkins, appointed 1st Black US sub-cabinet member
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05 Mar 1954 "Girl in Pink Tights" opens at Mark Hellinger NYC for 115 performances
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07 Mar 1954 Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Sarasota Golf Open
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07 Mar 1954 Russia wins title in their 1st international ice hockey competition
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09 Mar 1954 1st local color TV coml WNBT-TV (WNBC-TV) NYC (Castro Decorators)
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09 Mar 1954 Edward R Murrow criticizes Sen Joseph McCarthy (See it Now)
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09 Mar 1954 WMUR TV channel 9 in Manchester, NH (ABC) begins broadcasting
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09 Mar 1954 McCarthyism: CBS television broadcasts the See It Now episode, "A Report on Senator Joseph McCarthy", produced by Fred Friendly.
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11 Mar 1954 US Army charges Senator Joseph McCarthy used undue pressure tactics
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12 Mar 1954 1st performance of Arnold Sch
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13 Mar 1954 First Indochina War: Viet Minh forces under Võ Nguyên Giáp unleashed a massive artillery barrage on the French to begin the Battle of Điện Biên Phủ, the climactic battle in the First Indochina War.
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13 Mar 1954 Braves' Bobby Thomson breaks his ankle, he is replaced by Hank Aaron
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13 Mar 1954 Viet Minh General Giap opens assault on That Bien Phu
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14 Mar 1954 Braves Henry Aaron homers in his 1st exhibition game
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14 Mar 1954 KDAL (now KDLH) TV channel 3 in Duluth-Superior MN (CBS) begins
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14 Mar 1954 Louise Suggs wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship
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14 Mar 1954 NBA Baltimore Bullets end a 32 game road losing streak
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15 Mar 1954 "CBS Morning Show" premieres with Walter Cronkite and Jack Paar
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15 Mar 1954 WSJV TV channel 28 in Elkhart-South Bend IN (ABC) begins broadcasting
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19 Mar 1954 1st color telecast of a prize fight, Giardello vs. Troy in Madison Square Garden, New York City
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19 Mar 1954 1st rocket-driven sled on rails was tested in Alamogordo, New Mexico
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19 Mar 1954 Weekes, Worrell and Walcott complete tons in innings vs. England
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19 Mar 1954 Willie Mosconi sets a world record by running 526 consecutive balls without a miss during a straight pool exhibition at East High Billiard Club in Springfield, Ohio. The record still stands today.
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19 Mar 1954 Joey Giardello knocks out Willie Tory in round seven at Madison Square Garden in the first televised prize boxing fight shown in colour.
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19 Mar 1954 US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Tenley Albright
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19 Mar 1954 US Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Hayes A Jenkins
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20 Mar 1954 "King & I" closes at St. James Theater NYC after 1246 performances
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20 Mar 1954 16th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: La Salle beats Bradley 92-76
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20 Mar 1954 1st newspaper vending machine used (Columbia Pennsylvania)
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21 Mar 1954 KFBB TV channel 5 in Great Falls, MT (ABC / CBS / NBC) begins broadcasting
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22 Mar 1954 1st shopping mall opened in Southfield, Michigan
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22 Mar 1954 Closed since 1939, the London bullion market reopens.
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25 Mar 1954 26th Academy Awards - "From Here to Eternity, " Holden and A Hepburn win
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25 Mar 1954 Pope Pius XII encyclical "Sacra virginitas" (On consecrated virginity)
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25 Mar 1954 26th Academy Awards: "From Here to Eternity", William Holden & Audrey Hepburn win
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25 Mar 1954 RCA manufactures 1st color TV set (12
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26 Mar 1954 US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island
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28 Mar 1954 8th Tony Awards: Teahouse of the August Moon & Kismet win
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28 Mar 1954 Louise Suggs wins LPGA Betsy Rawls Golf Open
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28 Mar 1954 WKAQ TV channel 2 in San Juan PR (TM) begins broadcasting
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30 Mar 1954 The Yonge Street subway line opens in Toronto. It is the first subway in Canada.
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30 Mar 1954 Test Cricket debut of Garry Sobers vs England at Kingston
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31 Mar 1954 US Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs CO, established
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31 Mar 1954 USSR offers to join NATO
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01 Apr 1954 1st army helicopter battalion forms, Fort Bragg, North Carolina
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01 Apr 1954 1st Dutch motorway, Amsterdam-Utrecht, opens
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01 Apr 1954 Earthquake / tsunami ravage Aleutians, 200 killed
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01 Apr 1954 US Air Force Academy forms
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01 Apr 1954 WQED TV channel 13 in Pittsburgh, PA (PBS) begins broadcasting
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01 Apr 1954 United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower authorizes the creation of the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado.
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02 Apr 1954 Plans to build Disneyland 1st announced [see Jan 26]
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03 Apr 1954 "Me & Juliet" closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 358 performances
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04 Apr 1954 Louise Suggs wins LPGA Carrollton Georgia Golf Open
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06 Apr 1954 Montreal Canadiens score 3 goals in 56 seconds in playoff game against Detroit
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06 Apr 1954 TV Dinner was 1st put on sale by Swanson and Sons
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07 Apr 1954 German government refuses to recognize DDR
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07 Apr 1954 President Eisenhower fears "domino-effect" in Indo-China
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07 Apr 1954 WALB TV channel 10 in Albany, Georgia (NBC / ABC) begins broadcasting
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07 Apr 1954 United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower gives his "domino theory" speech during a news conference.
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08 Apr 1954 "By the Beautiful Sea" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 270 performances
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08 Apr 1954 South African Airways Flight 201 A de Havilland DH.106 Comet 1 crashes into the sea during night killing 21 people.
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08 Apr 1954 A Royal Canadian Air Force Canadair Harvard collides with a Trans-Canada Airlines Canadair North Star over Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, killing 37 people.
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09 Apr 1954 WECT TV channel 6 in Wilmington, NC (NBC / CBS) begins broadcasting
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10 Apr 1954 KRGV TV channel 5 in Weslaco TX (ABC) begins broadcasting
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11 Apr 1954 Marlene Bauer wins LPGA New Orleans Golf Open
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12 Apr 1954 Bill Haley & His Comets records "Rock Around Clock"
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12 Apr 1954 Joe Turner releases "Shake, Rattle & Roll"
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12 Apr 1954 Bill Haley & the Comets record "Rock Around the Clock"
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12 Apr 1954 Joe Turner releases "Shake, Rattle & Roll"
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12 Apr 1954 18th Golf Masters Championship Sam Snead beats Ben Hogan to win his 3rd Masters tournament, shooting a 289
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12 Apr 1954 8th NBA Championship Minneapolis Lakers beat Syracuse Nationals, 4 games to 3
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12 Apr 1954 Belgian Van Houtte government resigns
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13 Apr 1954 Baltimore Orioles 1st game, lose to Tigers in Detroit 3-0
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13 Apr 1954 Milwaukee Braves' Hank Aaron's 1st game
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13 Apr 1954 Robert Oppenheimer accused of being a communist
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14 Apr 1954 Soviet diplomat Vladimir Petrov asks for political asylum in Canberra
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15 Apr 1954 Orioles 1st game in Baltimore; beat White Sox 3-1
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15 Apr 1954 Yankees dedicate a plaque to Edward Barrow
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15 Apr 1954 KARK TV channel 4 in Little Rock AR (NBC) begins broadcasting
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15 Apr 1954 WHO TV channel 13 in Des Moines IA (NBC) begins broadcasting
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16 Apr 1954 KVAL TV channel 13 in Eugene OR (CBS) begins broadcasting
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16 Apr 1954 Stanley Cup Detroit Red Wings beat Montr
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18 Apr 1954 Colonel Nasser seizes power and becomes Prime Minister of Egypt
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18 Apr 1954 Gamal Abdel Nasser seizes power in Egypt.
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18 Apr 1954 Louise Suggs wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open
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19 Apr 1954 The Constituent Assembly of Pakistan recognises Urdu and Bengali as the national languages of Pakistan.
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19 Apr 1954 7-time winner of the Boston Marathon, 65-year-old Clarence Demar, runs his last race at Boston finishing 78th
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19 Apr 1954 58th Boston Marathon won by Veikko Karvonen of Finland in 2:20:39
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20 Apr 1954 "Golden Apple" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 125 performances
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21 Apr 1954 Gregori Malenkov becomes Premier of the USSR
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21 Apr 1954 USAF flies French battalion to Vietnam
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22 Apr 1954 Red Scare: Witnesses begin testifying and live television coverage of the Army–McCarthy hearings begins.
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22 Apr 1954 NBA adopts the 24-second shot clock & 6 team-foul rule
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22 Apr 1954 Senate Army-McCarthy televised hearings began
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22 Apr 1954 Achiel van Acker forms Belgian government
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22 Apr 1954 USSR joins UNESCO
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23 Apr 1954 Hammerin' Hank Aaron hits 1st of his 755 homers
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23 Apr 1954 NBA adopts the 24-second shot clock rule
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24 Apr 1954 Australia and the USSR break diplomatic relations
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24 Apr 1954 1st American, civilian pilot, P R Holden, wounded in Indochina
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24 Apr 1954 WSEE TV channel 35 in Erie PA (CBS) begins broadcasting
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25 Apr 1954 US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island atmospher
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25 Apr 1954 The first practical solar cell is publicly demonstrated by Bell Telephone Laboratories.
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25 Apr 1954 Bell labs announces 1st solar battery (New York NY)
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25 Apr 1954 British raid Nairobi Kenya (25,000 Mau Mau suspects are arrested)
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25 Apr 1954 WDEF TV channel 12 in Chattanooga TN (CBS) begins broadcasting
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26 Apr 1954 The Geneva Conference, an effort to restore peace in Indochina and Korea, begins.
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26 Apr 1954 Nationwide test of Salk anti-polio vaccine begins
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26 Apr 1954 Far Eastern Affairs conference opens in Geneva
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30 Apr 1954 Darius Milhauds 4th Concert for piano/orchestra premieres in Haifa
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01 May 1954 80th Kentucky Derby: Raymond York aboard Determine wins in 2:03
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01 May 1954 Bishops publish Mandement (member socialist organization forbidden)
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01 May 1954 HSA-UWC Forms (Unification Church) (Moonies)
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01 May 1954 WAPA TV channel 4 in San Juan, PR (NBC / SFN) begins broadcasting
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02 May 1954 Stan Musial hits 5 HRs in a doubleheader
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03 May 1954 KTEN TV channel 10 in Ada-Ardmore, OK (ABC) begins broadcasting
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03 May 1954 Pulitzer prize awarded to Charles A Lindbergh and John Patrick
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03 May 1954 WHA TV channel 21 in Madison, WI (PBS) begins broadcasting
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05 May 1954 Military coup by general Alfredo Stroessner in Paraguay
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06 May 1954 Roger Bannister of Britain breaks 4 minute mile (3:59:4)
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06 May 1954 Roger Bannister becomes the first person to run the mile in under four minutes.
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07 May 1954 French surrender to Vietminh after 55-day siege at Dien Bien Phu
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07 May 1954 US, Great-Britain and France reject Russian membership in NATO
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10 May 1954 Bill Haley & His Comets release "Rock Around the Clock", the first rock and roll record to reach number one on the Billboard charts.
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10 May 1954 Bolshoi-ballet does not appear in Paris France
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13 May 1954 "Pajama Game" opens at St. James Theater NYC for 1063 performances
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13 May 1954 The original Broadway production of The Pajama Game opens and runs for another 1,063 performances. Later received three Tony Awards for Best Musical, Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical, and Best Choreography.
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13 May 1954 The anti-National Service Riots, by Chinese middle school students in Singapore, take place.
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13 May 1954 Labour Party wins British municipal elections
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13 May 1954 Robin Roberts gives up a homerun then retires the next 27 men in a row
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13 May 1954 US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak
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14 May 1954 Belgium shortens military conscription from 20 to 18 months
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15 May 1954 KGLO (now KIMT) TV channel 3 in Mason City IA (CBS) 1st broadcast
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16 May 1954 Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA National Capital Golf Open
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16 May 1954 Ted Williams gets 8 hits in 1st game (DH) since breaking collarbone
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16 May 1954 WGAN (now WGME) TV channel 13 in Portland, ME (CBS) 1st broadcast
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17 May 1954 Supreme Court unanimously rules on Brown vs. Topeka Board of Education reversed 1896 "separate but equal" Plessy Vs Ferguson decision
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17 May 1954 The United States Supreme Court hands down a unanimous decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas.
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18 May 1954 European Convention on Human Rights goes into effect
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19 May 1954 Postmaster General Summerfield approves CIA mail-opening project
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20 May 1954 Chiang Kai-shek becomes president of Nationalist China
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21 May 1954 Amendment to give 18-year-olds right to vote is defeated
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22 May 1954 80th Preakness: Johnny Adams aboard Hasty Road wins in 1:57.4
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22 May 1954 KREX TV channel 5 in Grand Junction CO (CBS) begins broadcasting
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22 May 1954 Robert Zimmerman aka Bob Dylan is Bar Mitzvahed
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24 May 1954 1st rocket attains 150 mi (241 km) altitude, White Sands, New Mexico
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24 May 1954 IBM announces vacuum tube "electronic" brain that could perform 10 million operations an hour
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24 May 1954 Dr Peter Murray Marshall becomes 1st black to head an AMA unit
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24 May 1954 German airline Lufthansa forms
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29 May 1954 First of the annual Bilderberg conferences.
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29 May 1954 Kirk & Anne Douglas married
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29 May 1954 Pope Pius X issues holy declaration
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30 May 1954 Dutch bishops forbid membership to non-catholic sporting clubs
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30 May 1954 Emile Zatopek runs world record 5K (13:57.2)
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30 May 1954 Hector Villa-Lobos' "Odisseia de Uma Raca" premieres
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01 Jun 1954 Emile Zatopek runs record 6 mile: (27:59.2) / 10,000m (28:54.2)
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02 Jun 1954 John Costello (Cons) becomes Premier of Ireland
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04 Jun 1954 Arthur Murray flies X-1A rocket plane to record 27,000 m
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04 Jun 1954 France grants Vietnam independence inside French Union
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05 Jun 1954 "Your Show Of Shows, " last airs on NBC-TV
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05 Jun 1954 Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Ecclesiae fastos
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06 Jun 1954 Patty Berg wins LPGA Triangle Round Robin Golf Tournament
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07 Jun 1954 1st microbiology laboratory dedicated (New Brunswick NJ)
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09 Jun 1954 Joseph Welch asks Sen Joseph McCarthy "Have you no sense of decency, sir?" during Senate-Army hearings
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09 Jun 1954 McCarthyism: Joseph Welch, special counsel for the United States Army, lashes out at Senator Joseph McCarthy during hearings on whether Communism has infiltrated the Army giving McCarthy the famous rebuke, "You've done enough. Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency?"
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10 Jun 1954 KQED TV channel 9 in SF, CA (PBS) begins broadcasting
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10 Jun 1954 PBS reaches SF: KQED (Channel 9) starts broadcasting
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12 Jun 1954 "Girl in Pink Tights" closes at Mark Hellinger NYC after 115 performances
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12 Jun 1954 86th Belmont: Eric Guerin aboard High Gun wins in 2:30.8
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12 Jun 1954 Pope Pius XII canonises Dominic Savio, who was 14 years old at the time of his death, as a saint, making him the youngest unmartyred saint in the Roman Catholic Church.
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12 Jun 1954 Milwaukee Braves Jim Wilson no-hits Phillies, 2-0
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13 Jun 1954 Cornerstone of Albert Einstein College of Medicine, laid in Bronx
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14 Jun 1954 President Eisenhower signs order adding words "under God" to the Pledge
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14 Jun 1954 U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs a bill into law that places the words "under God" into the United States Pledge of Allegiance.
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15 Jun 1954 UEFA (Union of European Football Associations) is formed in Basel, Switzerland.
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16 Jun 1954 Dutch military conscription shortened from 20 to 18 months
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16 Jun 1954 Ngo Dinh Diem elected President of Vietnam
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17 Jun 1954 CIA exile army lands in Guatemala (JF Dulles & United Fruit Co)
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17 Jun 1954 Rocky Marciano beats Ezzard Charles in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
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17 Jun 1954 Televised Senate Army McCarthy hearings ends
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18 Jun 1954 Pierre Mendès-France becomes Prime Minister of France.
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19 Jun 1954 54th US Golf Open: Ed Furgol shoots a 284 at Baltusrol Golf Club - New Jersey
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19 Jun 1954 Betty Jameson wins LPGA Western Golf Open
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19 Jun 1954 Tasmanian Devil, debuts in "Devil May Hare" by Warner Bros
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21 Jun 1954 John Landy runs world record mile (3:58.0)
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22 Jun 1954 In Christchurch (New Zealand) Pauline Parker and Juliet Hulme murder Pauline's mother because they think she is in the way of their close friendship (movie Heavenly Creatures by Peter Jackson in 1994). See Parker–Hulme murder case.
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22 Jun 1954 Congress passes revised organic act for Virgin Islands
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23 Jun 1954 122
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24 Jun 1954 First Indochina War: Battle of Mang Yang Pass — Vietminh troops belonging to the 803rd Regiment ambush G.M. 100 of France in An Khê.
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26 Jun 1954 Jim Peters runs marathon in 2:17:39.4
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27 Jun 1954 The Obninsk Nuclear Power Plant, the Soviet Union's first nuclear power station, opens in Obninsk, near Moscow.
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27 Jun 1954 The 1954 FIFA World Cup quarterfinal match between Hungary and Brazil, highly anticipated to be exciting, instead turns violent, with three players ejected and further fighting continuing after the game.
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27 Jun 1954 1st atomic power station opens (Obninsk, near Moscow, Russia)
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27 Jun 1954 CIA-sponsored rebels overthrow elected government of Guatemala
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29 Jun 1954 Atomic Energy Comm voted against reinstating Dr J Robert Oppenheimer
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30 Jun 1954 Largest check: Internal US Treasury check at $4,176,969,623.57
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30 Jun 1954 Yank pitcher Tom Morgan ties record by hitting 3 batters in 1 inning
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01 Jul 1954 WDBO (now WCPX) TV channel 6 in Orlando, Florida (CBS) begins broadcasting
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02 Jul 1954 68th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: J Drobny beats K Rosewall (13-11 46 62 97)
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02 Jul 1954 Denis Compton scores 278 in 290 minutes vs. Pakistan
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03 Jul 1954 "Wonderful Town" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 559 performances
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03 Jul 1954 61st Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Maureen Connolly beats L Brough (62 75)
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03 Jul 1954 Food rationing ends in Britain
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04 Jul 1954 WMSL (WYUR, now WAFF) TV channel 48 in Huntsville, AL (ABC) begins
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05 Jul 1954 B-52A bomber made its maiden flight
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05 Jul 1954 The BBC broadcasts its first television news bulletin.
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05 Jul 1954 The Andhra Pradesh High Court was established.
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05 Jul 1954 Elvis Presley records his first single, "That's All Right," at Sun Records in Memphis, Tennessee.
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06 Jul 1954 KMOS TV channel 6 in Sedalia-Warrensburg, MO (PBS) begins broadcasting
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07 Jul 1954 T.A.N.U. party forms in Tanzania
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07 Jul 1954 Elvis Presley makes his radio debut when WHBQ Memphis played his first recording for Sun Records, "That's All Right."
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08 Jul 1954 KMOX (now KMOV) TV channel 4 in Saint Louis, MO (CBS) 1st broadcast
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08 Jul 1954 Military junta selects Colonel Armas President of Guatemala
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11 Jul 1954 1st White Citizens Council organizes in Indianola, Mississippi
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12 Jul 1954 Major League Baseball Players Association founded
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12 Jul 1954 President Eisenhower put forward a plan for an interstate highway system
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13 Jul 1954 21st All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 11-9 at Municipal Stadium, Cleveland
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13 Jul 1954 AL beats NL 11-9 in 21st All Star Game (Cleveland Stadium)
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13 Jul 1954 Dean Stone gets credit for AL win, although he didn't retire a
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14 Jul 1954 117
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14 Jul 1954 118
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15 Jul 1954 KOCO TV channel 5 in Oklahoma City, OK (ABC) begins broadcasting
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15 Jul 1954 WBOC TV channel 16 in Salisbury, MD (CBS / NBC / ABC) begins broadcasting
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15 Jul 1954 First flight of the Boeing 367-80, prototype for both the Boeing 707 and C-135 series.
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15 Jul 1954 1st coml jet transport plane built in US tested (Boeing 707)
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17 Jul 1954 Theodor Heuss re-elected President of West Germany
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17 Jul 1954 1st major league game where majority of team is black (Dodgers)
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17 Jul 1954 Construction begins on Disneyland. . .
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18 Jul 1954 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Inverness Four-Ball Golf Tournament
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18 Jul 1954 Cards losing 8-1 to Phillies begin stalling in 5th, they forefeit game
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20 Jul 1954 Armistice for Indo-China signed, Vietnam separates into North and South
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20 Jul 1954 West German secret service head Otto John defects to German DR
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20 Jul 1954 Germany: Otto John, head of West Germany's secret service, defects to East Germany.
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20 Jul 1954 Tennis Champ Maureen Connolly's right leg is crushed in an accident
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21 Jul 1954 First Indochina War: The Geneva Conference partitions Vietnam into North Vietnam and South Vietnam.
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21 Jul 1954 At Geneva, France agrees to independence of North & South Vietnam
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22 Jul 1954 Virgin Islands (US) adopts constitution (Revised Organic Act)
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22 Jul 1954 WTHI TV channel 10 in Terre Haute, IN (CBS) begins broadcasting
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25 Jul 1954 Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Fort Wayne Golf Open
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26 Jul 1954 WCET TV channel 48 in Cincinnati, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting
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27 Jul 1954 36th PGA Championship: Chick Herbert at Keller Golf Club - St. Paul, Minnesota
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27 Jul 1954 Armistice divides Vietnam into two countries
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28 Jul 1954 Ernest Blochs 4th string quartet, premieres
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30 Jul 1954 Bob Kennedy hits the 1st grand slam for the new Baltimore Orioles
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30 Jul 1954 Elvis Presley joins Memphis Federation of Musicians, Local 71
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31 Jul 1954 First ascent of K2, by an Italian expedition led by Ardito Desio.
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31 Jul 1954 Mil Braves' Joe Adcock sets record of 18 total bases (4 hrs, 1 double)
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01 Aug 1954 Louison Bobet wins his 2nd Tour de France
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01 Aug 1954 WKBT TV channel 8 in La Crosse, WI (CBS) begins broadcasting
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02 Aug 1954 Tahar Ben Ammar appointed Premier of Tunisia
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03 Aug 1954 1st VTOL (Vertical Take-off & Land) flown
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04 Aug 1954 Boscombe Down 1st flight of supersonic P-1 Lightning
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05 Aug 1954 Patty Berg wins LPGA World Golf Championshio
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06 Aug 1954 WLAC (now WTVF) TV channel 5 in Nashville (CBS) begins broadcasting
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07 Aug 1954 Charles Mahoney becomes 1st US black to serve as a full UN delegate
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10 Aug 1954 Netherlands Indonesian Union breaks up
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10 Aug 1954 At Massena, New York, the groundbreaking ceremony for the Saint Lawrence Seaway is held.
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10 Aug 1954 Sir Gordon Richards retires as a jockey with record 4,870 wins
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11 Aug 1954 BC Lions plays its 1st CF game, they lose to Montreal Alouettes, 22-0
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11 Aug 1954 Formal peace takes place, ending 7+ yrs of fighting in Indochina between French & Communist Vietminh
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12 Aug 1954 Senator Eddie Yost draws his 100th walk for 5th year in a row
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13 Aug 1954 21st NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Detroit 31, All-Stars 6 (93,470)
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13 Aug 1954 Radio Pakistan broadcasts the "Qaumī Tarāna", the national anthem of Pakistan for the first time.
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14 Aug 1954 WGR TV (now WGRZ) TV channel 2 in Buffalo, New York (NBC) begins
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15 Aug 1954 Alfredo Stroessner names himself President of Paraguay
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15 Aug 1954 WCHS TV channel 8 in Charleston-Huntington, WV (ABC) begins
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15 Aug 1954 Alfredo Stroessner begins his dictatorship in Paraguay.
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16 Aug 1954 "Sports Illustrated" magazine begins publishing
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16 Aug 1954 200 pilgrims drown in Farahzad Iran rain storm flood
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16 Aug 1954 The first issue of Sports Illustrated is published.
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16 Aug 1954 Sports Illustrated publishes it's 1st issue
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18 Aug 1954 James E Wilkins is 1st black to attend a US cabinet meeting
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18 Aug 1954 Asst Sec of Labor James Wilkins became 1st black to attend cabinet
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19 Aug 1954 Ralph J Bunche named undersecretary of UN
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22 Aug 1954 WPTV TV channel 5 in Palm Beach, Florida (NBC) begins broadcasting
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24 Aug 1954 Eisenhower signs Communist Control Act, outlawing the Communist Party
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24 Aug 1954 Communist Control Act passed, at height of McCarthyism
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24 Aug 1954 International Amateur Athletic Federation recognizes Red China
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25 Aug 1954 Ivan Filin wins Berne marathon (2:25:26.6) (260m)
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29 Aug 1954 San Francisco International Airport (SFO) opens
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30 Aug 1954 Hurricane Carol, kills 68
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31 Aug 1954 WMTW TV channel 8 in Portland-Poland Spring, ME (ABC) begins
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31 Aug 1954 Census Bureau established
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31 Aug 1954 Hurricane Carol (1st major named storm) hits New England, 70 die
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01 Sep 1954 Hurricane Carol strikes Long Island / New England, kills 68
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01 Sep 1954 Ted Kluszewski is 1st Cin Red to hit 40 HRs en route to 49
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02 Sep 1954 Hurricane Edna batters NE US, killing 20
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02 Sep 1954 WTVD TV channel 11 in Raleigh-Durham, NC (ABC) begins broadcasting
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03 Sep 1954 China begins artillery bombing on Quemoy and Amoy
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03 Sep 1954 Espionage and Sabotage Act of 1954 signed
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03 Sep 1954 Pope Pius X canonized a Saint
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03 Sep 1954 The People's Liberation Army begins shelling the Republic of China-controlled islands of Quemoy, starting the First Taiwan Strait Crisis.
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03 Sep 1954 The German U-boat U-505 begins its move from a specially constructed dock to its final site at Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry.
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04 Sep 1954 1st passage of McClure Strait, fabled Northwest Passage completed
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04 Sep 1954 Peter B Cortese of US achieves a one-arm deadlift of 370 lbs; 22 lbs over triple his body weight, at York, Pennsylvania
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05 Sep 1954 Dutch Super Constellation crashes at Shannon, 28 die
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06 Sep 1954 68th US Womens Tennis: Doris Hart beats A Louise Brough (68 61 86)
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06 Sep 1954 74th US Mens Tennis: E V Seixas Jr beats Rex Hartwig (36 62 64 64)
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06 Sep 1954 US plane shot down above Siberia
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06 Sep 1954 WINS NYC begins playing rock n roll with Alan Freed Show
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06 Sep 1954 Yankees use a record 10 pinch hitters
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07 Sep 1954 Integration begins in Washington DC and Baltimore MD public schools
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08 Sep 1954 Alan Freed leaves Cleveland to NYC for WINS radio
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08 Sep 1954 SE Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) forms to stop communist spread in SE Asia
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08 Sep 1954 The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) is established.
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09 Sep 1954 Indians becomes 1st Cleveland team to win 100 games in a season
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10 Sep 1954 WLUK TV channel 11 in Green Bay, WI (NBC / ABC) begins broadcasting
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10 Sep 1954 12 second shock kills 1,460 in Orleansville Algeria
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11 Sep 1954 20.4 cm rainfall at Brunswick, Maine (state record)
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11 Sep 1954 KXJB TV channel 4 in Valley City (Fargo) (NBC) begins broadcasting
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11 Sep 1954 Lee Meriwether (California), 19, crowned 27th Miss America 1955 (1st on TV)
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11 Sep 1954 Hurricane Edna hits New England as a Category 3 hurricane, causing significant damage and 29 deaths.
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11 Sep 1954 1st Miss America TV broadcast
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12 Sep 1954 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA St. Louis Golf Open
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12 Sep 1954 White Sox win 90th game, 1st time they win this many since 1920
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12 Sep 1954 WLBZ TV channel 2 in Bangor, ME (NBC) begins broadcasting
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12 Sep 1954 Indians sweep Yanks at Municipal Stadium; largest AL crowd (86,563)
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13 Sep 1954 Reds Ted Kluszewski scores a run in record 17 consecutive games
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13 Sep 1954 WPBN TV channel 7 in Traverse City, MI (NBC) begins broadcasting
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14 Sep 1954 In a top secret nuclear test, a Soviet Tu-4 bomber drops a 40 kiloton atomic weapon just north of Totskoye village.
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14 Sep 1954 Hurricane Edna (2nd of 1954) hits NYC, $50 million damage
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16 Sep 1954 CKLW TV channel 9 in Windsor, ON (CBC) begins broadcasting
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17 Sep 1954 Rocky Marciano KOs Ezzard Charles in 8 for heavyweight boxing title
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17 Sep 1954 Heavyweight champ Rocky Marciano KOs Ezzard Charles in 8
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18 Sep 1954 KTUL TV channel 8 in Tulsa, OK (ABC) begins broadcasting
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18 Sep 1954 Cleveland Indians clinch AL pennant, beat Tigers (3-2)
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19 Sep 1954 Beverly Hanson wins LPGA Wichita Golf Open
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20 Sep 1954 KETC TV channel 9 in Saint Louis, MO (PBS) begins broadcasting
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20 Sep 1954 1st FORTRAN computer program run
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20 Sep 1954 1st National People's Congress adopts Chinese constitution
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20 Sep 1954 Roger Bannister awarded Britain's Silver Pears Trophy
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21 Sep 1954 1st nuclear submarine, USS Nautilus, commissioned
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21 Sep 1954 Kleffens appointed Chairman of General Meeting UN
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22 Sep 1954 Brooklyn Dodger Karl Spooner strikes out 15 New York Giants in his 1st game
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24 Sep 1954 Tonight Show premiers on NBC (Johnny takes over 8 years later)
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24 Sep 1954 Yanks tie a record, 3 of their pinch hitters strike out in 1 inning
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25 Sep 1954 Francois "Doc" Duvalier wins Haitian presidential election
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25 Sep 1954 Indians win AL record 111 games
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25 Sep 1954 WCBD TV channel 2 in Charleston, SC (ABC) begins broadcasting
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26 Sep 1954 Japanese ferry boat Toya Maru sinks in Strait of Tsugaru, 1172 die
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26 Sep 1954 KODE TV channel 12 in Joplin, MO (ABC) begins broadcasting
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26 Sep 1954 KUTV TV channel 2 in Salt Lake City, UT (NBC) begins broadcasting
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26 Sep 1954 Patty Berg wins LPGA Ardmore Golf Open
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26 Sep 1954 Typhoon hits Japan - 5 ferryboats sink killing about 1,600
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26 Sep 1954 WANE TV channel 15 in Fort Wayne, IN (CBS) begins broadcasting
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26 Sep 1954 WCAX TV channel 3 in Burlington, VT (CBS) begins broadcasting
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26 Sep 1954 Yogi Berra plays his only game at 3rd and Mickey Mantle plays shortstop
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26 Sep 1954 Japanese rail ferry Tōya Maru sinks during a typhoon in the Tsugaru Strait, Japan killing 1,172.
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26 Sep 1954 Typhoon strikes Kakodate Bay Japan, killing over 1,600
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27 Sep 1954 1st African American Supreme Court page is CV Bush
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27 Sep 1954 School integration begins in Washington, DC and Baltimore, Maryland public schools
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27 Sep 1954 The nationwide debut of Tonight Starring Steve Allen (The Tonight Show) hosted by Steve Allen on NBC.
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27 Sep 1954 Steve Allen's "Tonight Show" premiers
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29 Sep 1954 "Barefoot Contessa" starring Ava Gardner premieres at the Capitol
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29 Sep 1954 "Masquerade Party, " TV game Show; moves to ABC
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29 Sep 1954 "Star is Born" starring Judy Garland and James Mason premieres
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29 Sep 1954 Bennekom soccer team forms in Bennekom
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29 Sep 1954 KALB TV channel 5 in Alexandria, LA (NBC / ABC) begins broadcasting
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29 Sep 1954 The convention establishing CERN (the European Organization for Nuclear Research) is signed.
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29 Sep 1954 Willie Mays famous over-the-shoulder catch of Vic Wertz' 460' drive
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30 Sep 1954 "Boy Friend" opens at Royale Theater NYC for 483 performances
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30 Sep 1954 Nautilus, 1st atomic-powered vessel (sub), commissioned by the Navy
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30 Sep 1954 The U.S. Navy submarine USS Nautilus is commissioned as the world's first nuclear reactor powered vessel.
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30 Sep 1954 1st atomic-powered vessel, submarine Nautilus launched
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01 Oct 1954 British colony of Nigeria becomes a federation
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02 Oct 1954 8th NHL All-Star Game: All-Stars beat Detroit 2-2 at Detroit
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02 Oct 1954 Former French possession of Chandernagore made part of West Bengal
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02 Oct 1954 New York Giants sweep Cleveland Indians, in 51st World Series
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03 Oct 1954 "Father Knows Best" premieres
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03 Oct 1954 KFVS TV channel 12 in Cape Girardeau, MO (CBS) begins broadcasting
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05 Oct 1954 Hurricane Hazel hits Eastern US
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07 Oct 1954 Hassan el Hodeiby, leader of Moslem brothership, arrested in Egypt
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07 Oct 1954 Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Ad Sinarum gentem
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09 Oct 1954 KTIV TV channel 4 in Sioux City, IA (NBC) begins broadcasting
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10 Oct 1954 Ho Chi Minh enters Hanoi after French troops pulled out
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11 Oct 1954 "On Your Toes" opens at 46th St. Theater NYC for 64 performances
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11 Oct 1954 Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Ad caeli Reginam
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11 Oct 1954 First Indochina War: The Viet Minh take control of North Vietnam.
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14 Oct 1954 Israeli act of revenge in Qibiya Jordan, kills 53
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15 Oct 1954 Hurricane Hazel strikes US and Canada, 348 die
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15 Oct 1954 KLTV TV channel 7 in Tyler-Longview, TX (ABC) begins broadcasting
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15 Oct 1954 Hurricane Hazel devastates the eastern seaboard, killing 95 and causing massive floods as far north as Toronto. As a Category 4 upon landfall, it is the strongest storm on record to strike as far north as North Carolina.
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17 Oct 1954 Philadelphia Eagle Adrian Burk passes for 7 touchdowns vs. Washington (49-21)
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18 Oct 1954 WBTW TV channel 13 in Florence, SC (CBS / ABC) begins broadcasting
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18 Oct 1954 WNBC radio changes call letters to WRCA (NYC)
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18 Oct 1954 Texas Instruments announces the first Transistor radio.
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18 Oct 1954 Hurricane Hazel (3rd of 1954) becomes most severe to hit US
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19 Oct 1954 Egypt and Great Britain sign treaty; British troops departs
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19 Oct 1954 KAKE TV channel 10 in Wichita, KS (ABC) begins broadcasting
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19 Oct 1954 First ascent of Cho Oyu.
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20 Oct 1954 "Peter Pan" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 149 performances
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21 Oct 1954 Indonesian troops land in New-Guinea
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22 Oct 1954 West Germany joins North Atlantic Treaty Organization
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23 Oct 1954 Britain, England, France and the USSR agree to end occupation of Germany
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23 Oct 1954 German FR joins NATO
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23 Oct 1954 Pakistan Governor-General Ghoelan Mohammed disbands parliament
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23 Oct 1954 WSAU TV channel 7 in Wausau, WI (CBS) begins broadcasting
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24 Oct 1954 Dwight D. Eisenhower pledges United States support to South Vietnam.
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26 Oct 1954 Chevrolet unveils V-8 engine
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27 Oct 1954 President Eisenhower offers aid to South Vietnam President Ngo Dinh Diem
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27 Oct 1954 WISN TV channel 12 in Milwaukee, WI (ABC) begins broadcasting
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27 Oct 1954 Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. becomes the first African-American general in the United States Air Force.
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27 Oct 1954 B O Davis Jr becomes 1st black general in USAF
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27 Oct 1954 Walt Disney's 1st TV show, "Disneyland," premieres on ABC
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28 Oct 1954 Nobel prize for literature awarded to Ernest Hemingway
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28 Oct 1954 Ernest Hemingway wins Nobel prize for literature
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29 Oct 1954 Colonel Nasser disbands Moslem Brothership
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29 Oct 1954 Sweden begins experimental TV
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30 Oct 1954 Linus Pauling won the Nobel prize in chemistry
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30 Oct 1954 US Armed Forces end segregation of races
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30 Oct 1954 Defense Department announces elimination of all segregated regiments
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31 Oct 1954 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Texas Golf Open
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31 Oct 1954 KREM TV channel 2 in Spokane, WA (CBS / ABC) begins broadcasting
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31 Oct 1954 Algerian Revolution against French begins
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01 Nov 1954 Algeria begins rebellion against French rule
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01 Nov 1954 General Fulgencio Batista elected President of Cuba
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01 Nov 1954 India takes over administration of 4 French Indian settlements
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01 Nov 1954 KUON TV channel 12 in Lincoln, NB (PBS) begins broadcasting
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01 Nov 1954 US Senate admonishes Joseph Mccarthy because of slander campaign
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01 Nov 1954 The Front de Libération Nationale fires the first shots of the Algerian War of Independence.
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02 Nov 1954 JS Thurmond is 1st senator elected by write-in vote (SC)
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02 Nov 1954 Taiwan and US sign military pact
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03 Nov 1954 Linus Pauling wins Nobel Chemistry Prize
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03 Nov 1954 Nobel for physics awarded to Max Born and Walter Bothe
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03 Nov 1954 The first Godzilla film is released and marks the first appearance of the character of the same name.
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04 Nov 1954 "Fanny" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 888 performances
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04 Nov 1954 Philadelphia Athletics move to Kansas City
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07 Nov 1954 US spy plane shot down North of Japan
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08 Nov 1954 AL approves Philadelphia Athletics move to Kansas City
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10 Nov 1954 Iwo Jima Memorial (servicemen raising US flag) dedicated in Arlington
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10 Nov 1954 Lt Col John Strapp travels 632 MPH in a rocket sled
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12 Nov 1954 Ellis Island, immigration station in New York Harbor, closed
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14 Nov 1954 Egyptian President Naguib fired / state of emergency declared
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15 Nov 1954 1st regularly scheduled commercial flights over North Pole begins
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18 Nov 1954 Yanks trade Woodling, Byrd, McDonald, Triandos, Miranada and Smith to Orioles for Turley, Larsen and Hunter as part of an 18 player deal
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20 Nov 1954 KTRK TV channel 13 in Houston, TX (ABC) begins broadcasting
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22 Nov 1954 Humane Society forms
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24 Nov 1954 Air Force One, 1st US Presidential airplane, christened
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24 Nov 1954 France sends 20,000 soldiers to Algeria
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24 Nov 1954 1st US Presidential airplane christened
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27 Nov 1954 "By the Beautiful Sea" closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 270 performances
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27 Nov 1954 42nd CFL Grey Cup: Edmonton Eskimos defeats Montreal Alouettes, 26-25
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27 Nov 1954 Alger Hiss is released from prison after serving 44 months for perjury.
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28 Nov 1954 1st pro football game in the Netherlands
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28 Nov 1954 KCKT (now KSNC) TV channel 2 in Great Bend, KS (NBC) 1st broadcast
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30 Nov 1954 20th Heisman Trophy Award: Alan Ameche, Wisconsin (FB)
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30 Nov 1954 In Sylacauga, Alabama, United States, the Hodges meteorite crashes through a roof and hits a woman taking an afternoon nap. This is the only documented case in the Western Hemisphere of a human being hit by a rock from space.
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30 Nov 1954 1st meteorite ( 8 lb ) known to strike a woman (Liz Hodges-Sylacauga AL)
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01 Dec 1954 Nationalist China and US sign dike agreement
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01 Dec 1954 Yanks send Miller, Segrist, Leppert and 2 minors to Orioles for Blayzka, Kryhoski, Johnson, Fridley and Del Guercio (completing 18 player deal)
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02 Dec 1954 "Hit the Trail" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 4 performances
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02 Dec 1954 Frank Selvy of Milwaukee sets then NBA record of 24 of 26 free throws
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02 Dec 1954 US Senate censures Joe McCarthy (Sen-R-Wisc) for "conduct that tends to bring Senate into dishonor & disrepute"
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02 Dec 1954 Cold War: The United States Senate votes 65 to 22 to censure Joseph McCarthy for "conduct that tends to bring the Senate into dishonor and disrepute".
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02 Dec 1954 The Sino-American Mutual Defense Treaty, between the United States and Taiwan, is signed in Washington, D.C.
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04 Dec 1954 "Hit the Trail" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 4 performances
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04 Dec 1954 "On Your Toes" closes at 46th St. Theater NYC after 64 performances
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04 Dec 1954 The first Burger King is opened in Miami.
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05 Dec 1954 KTEW (now KJRH) TV channel 2 in Tulsa, OK (NBC) begins broadcasting
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06 Dec 1954 Simone de Beauvoir receives Prix Goncourt
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07 Dec 1954 Japanese government of Joshida, resigns
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07 Dec 1954 KCTS TV channel 9 in Seattle, WA (PBS) begins broadcasting
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08 Dec 1954 WPTZ TV channel 5 in Plattsburgh, New York (NBC) begins broadcasting
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09 Dec 1954 Dmitri Sjostakovitsj appointed honored guest of Swed Royal Music Academy
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10 Dec 1954 Philadelphia Phillies purchase Connie Mack Stadium
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10 Dec 1954 Albert Schweitzer receives Nobel Peace Prize
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11 Dec 1954 USS Forrestal christened in Newport News, Virginia
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11 Dec 1954 Phillies purchase Connie Mack Stadium
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14 Dec 1954 WOAY TV channel 4 in Oak Hill-Beckley WV (ABC) begins broadcasting
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15 Dec 1954 Netherlands Antilles becomes co-equal part of Kingdom of the Netherlands
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15 Dec 1954 The Charter for the Kingdom of the Netherlands is signed.
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15 Dec 1954 Fordham University scraps football team for financial reasons
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17 Dec 1954 1st fully automated railroad freight yard (Gary, Indiana)
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17 Dec 1954 WEAU TV channel 13 in Eau Claire WI (NBC) begins broadcasting
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21 Dec 1954 Dr Sam Sheppard is convicted of his wife, Marilyn's murder
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23 Dec 1954 First successful kidney transplant is performed by J. Hartwell Harrison and Joseph Murray.
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24 Dec 1954 Laos gains its independence
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24 Dec 1954 Council for the Children Protection forms in Netherlands
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25 Dec 1954 WSFA TV channel 12 in Montgomery AL (NBC) begins broadcasting
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26 Dec 1954 "The Shadow, " airs for last time on radio
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26 Dec 1954 Cleveland Browns win NFL Championship, beating Detroit 56-10
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26 Dec 1954 Cleveland Browns beat Detroit Lions 56-10 in NFL championship game
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26 Dec 1954 "The Shadow" airs for last time on radio
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27 Dec 1954 "Saint of Bleecker Street" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 92 performances
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27 Dec 1954 Gian Carlo Menotti's opera "Saint of Bleecker Street" premieres at Broadway Theater NYC for 92 performances
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28 Dec 1954 43rd Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in Sydney (3-2)
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28 Dec 1954 KEPR TV channel 19 in Pasco-Kennewick-Richl WA (CBS) 1st broadcast
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29 Dec 1954 Kingdom of the Netherlands, with Netherlands & Netherlands Antilles as autonomous parts, comes into being
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30 Dec 1954 "House of Flowers" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 165 performances
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30 Dec 1954 Harold Arlen / Truman Capotes musical premieres in New York City
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30 Dec 1954 1st use of 24-second shot clock in pro basketball (Rochester vs Boston)
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