Apr 25 Bell labs announces first solar battery (NYC)

Apr 22 Senate Army-McCarthy televised hearings began Red scare starts

Apr 04 Louise Suggs wins LPGA Carrollton GA Golf Open

Apr 15 Yankees dedicate a plaque to Edward Barrow

Apr 24 " Billboard" magazine, the music industry trade publication, headlined a change to come about in the music biz. The headline read, "Teenagers Demand Music with a Beat -- Spur Rhythm and Blues" . Within a year, R&B music by both black and white artists caught the public’ s fancy.

Apr 09 "By the Beautiful Sea" opens at the Majestic Theater on Broadway

Apr 08 Army helicopter battalion formed, Fort Bragg, NC

Nov 01 Algeria begins rebellion against French rule

Nov 30 First meteorite ( 8 lb ) known to strike a woman (Liz Hodges-Sylacauga AL)

Nov 10 Iwo Jima Memorial (servicemen raising US flag) dedicated in Arlington

Nov 03 The birth of Adam Ant, British Singer/songwriter

Nov 24 The first US Presidential airplane christened

Nov 10 Lt Col John Strapp travels 632 MPH in a rocket sled

Nov 01 India takes over administration of 4 French Indian settlements

Nov 02 Charles C Diggs Jr elected Michigan's first black congressman

Nov 21 Actress Goldie Hawn is born

Nov 15 The first regularly scheduled commercial flights over North Pole begins

Nov 30 The first modern instance of a meteorite striking a human being occurs at Sylacauga, Alabama, when a meteorite crashes through the roof of a house and into a living room, bounces off a radio, and strikes a woman on the hip

Nov 03 Linus Pauling wins Nobel Chemistry Prize

Nov 12 Ellis Island, the U.S. immigration processing center located in New York Harbor, closes today. Since it opened in 1892, it had processed more than 20 million immigrants.

Sep 10 12 second shock kills 1,460 in Orleansville Algeria

Sep 25 Papa' Doc Duvalier becomes the President of Haiti

Sep 20 The first FORTRAN computer program run

Sep 20 Roger Bannister awarded Britain's Silver Pears Trophy

Sep 24 Tonight Show premiers on NBC (Johnny takes over 8 years later)

Sep 21 Nuclear submarine "Nautilus" is commissioned

Sep 11 First Miss America TV broadcast

Sep 27 The Tonight Show, starring Steve Allen, debuts on NBC-TV.

Sep 03 Pope Pius X canonized a saint

Sep 03 After nearly 3,000 episodes, The Lone Ranger ends 21-year legacy of radio drama.

Sep 14 Hurricane Edna (2nd of 1954) hits NYC, $50 million damage

Sep 27 School integration begins in Wash DC & Baltimore Md public schools

Sep 30 First atomic-powered vessel, submarine Nautilus launched

Sep 20 First National People's Congress adopts Chinese constitution

Sep 04 The first passage of McClure Strait, fabled Northwest Passage completed

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