Historical Events In 1954

Nov 11   John Rosamund Johnson, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.  

Nov 12   Ellis Island, immigration station in NY Harbor, closed in the year 1954.  

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 in the year 1954.  

Nov 13   Fay Baker, actress (Sorority Girl), dies at 60 in the year 1954.  

Nov 14   Egyptian pres Naguib fired/state of emergency declared on this day in history.  

Nov 15   In the year 1954 1st regularly scheduled commercial flights over North Pole begins  

Nov 15   Lionel Barrymore, [Blythe], actor (Dr Kildare, Key Largo), dies at 76 in the year 1954.  

Nov 15   The first regularly scheduled commercial flights over North Pole begins on this day in history.  

Nov 18   On this day in history yanks trade Woodling, Byrd, McDonald, Triandos, Miranada & Smith to Orioles for Turley, Larsen & Hunter as part of an 18 player deal  

Nov 20   KTRK TV channel 13 in Houston, TX (ABC) begins broadcasting in the year 1954.  

Nov 21   In the year 1954 actress Goldie Hawn is born  

Nov 21   Karol Rathaus, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.  

Nov 22   Andrej J Vysjinski, Russian UN ambassador, dies at 70 on this day in history.  

Nov 22   Humane Society forms in the year 1954.  

Nov 23   For the first time, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above the peak it reached just before the 1929 crash on this day in history.  

Nov 24   Air Force One, 1st US Presidential airplane, christened in the year 1954.  

Nov 24   In the year 1954 the first US Presidential airplane christened  

Nov 26   Test Cricket debut of Colin Cowdrey v Australia at Gabba on this day in history.  

Nov 27   On this day in history "By the Beautiful Sea" closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 270 perfs  

Nov 28   On this day in history 1st pro football game in Netherlands  

Nov 28   Enrico Fermi, Italian/US physicist (Nobel 1938), dies at 53 in the year 1954.  

Nov 29   Enrico Fermi, Italian/US nuclear physicist, dies in the year 1954.  

Nov 30   1st meteorite known to strike a woman (Liz Hodges-Sylacauga Ala) on this day in history.  

Nov 30   First meteorite ( 8 lb ) known to strike a woman (Liz Hodges-Sylacauga AL) on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1954.  

Dec 01   In the year 1954 nationalist China & US sign dike agreement  

Dec 02   In the year 1954 "Hit the Trail" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 4 performances  

Dec 02   On this day in history uS Senate censures Joe McCarthy (Sen-R-WI) for "conduct that tends to bring the Senate into dishonor and disrepute"  

Dec 03   Enrique Soro Barriga, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.  

Dec 03   In the year 1954 samuel Barber's "Prayers of Kierkegaard," premieres  

Dec 04   On this day in history "Hit the Trail" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 4 perfs  

Dec 04   On this day in history nina Vasar, wife of Russian composer Dmitri Sjostakovitsj, dies  

Dec 05   On this day in history kTEW (now KJRH) TV channel 2 in Tulsa, OK (NBC) begins broadcasting  

Dec 06   On this day in history simone de Beauvoir receives Prix Goncourt  

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Jan 02   Ludmila Borozna, USSR, volleyball player (Olympic-gold-1972) was born in the year 1954.  

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of henry Bonilla, American politician  

Jan 02   In the year 1954 birth of dawn Silva, American singer (The Brides of Funkenstein, P-Funk)  

Jan 03   In the year 1954 birth of ross The Boss, rocker  

Jan 03   Dean Hart, Canadian wrestler (d. 1990) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 03   In the year 1954 birth of ned Lamont, American businessman  

Jan 04   In the year 1954 birth of eugene Chadbourne, American composer and musician  

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of bryan Hitt, rocker (REO Speedwagon-Keep on Loving You)  

Jan 01   Duff Cooper, British diplomat and writer (b. 1890) died in the year 1954.  

Jan 05   Rabbit Maranville, American baseball player (b. 1891) died on this day in history.  

Jan 10   On this day in history fred Raymond, composer, dies at 53  

Jan 11   In the year 1954 edgar Tytgat, Flemish painter/etcher/drawer, dies at 77  

Jan 13   On this day in history roland Diggle, composer, dies at 69  

Jan 16   In the year 1954 michail M Prishvin, Russian writer, dies  

Jan 18   Sydney Greenstreet, actor (Conflict, Maltese Falcon), dies at 74 on this day in history.  

Jan 19   On this day in history death of theodor Kaluza, German scientist (b. 1885)