Historical Events In 1954
Saturday, 21 May 2022
Nov 11 John Rosamund Johnson, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.
Nov 12 Ellis Island, immigration station in NY Harbor, closed on this day in history.
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 on this day in history.
Nov 14 Egyptian pres Naguib fired/state of emergency declared in the year 1954.
Nov 15 On this day in history 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 In the year 1954 the first regularly scheduled commercial flights over North Pole begins
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 on this day in history.
Nov 21 Actress Goldie Hawn is born on this day in history.
Nov 21 On this day in history karol Rathaus, composer, dies at 59
Nov 22 Andrej J Vysjinski, Russian UN ambassador, dies at 70 in the year 1954.
Nov 22 On this day in history humane Society forms
Nov 23 In the year 1954 for the first time, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above the peak it reached just before the 1929 crash.
Nov 24 On this day in history air Force One, 1st US Presidential airplane, christened
Nov 24 On this day in history the first US Presidential airplane christened
Nov 26 In the year 1954 test Cricket debut of Colin Cowdrey v Australia at Gabba
Nov 27 "By the Beautiful Sea" closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 270 perfs in the year 1954.
Nov 28 1st pro football game in Netherlands in the year 1954.
Nov 28 Enrico Fermi, Italian/US physicist (Nobel 1938), dies at 53 on this day in history.
Nov 29 Enrico Fermi, Italian/US nuclear physicist, dies in the year 1954.
Nov 30 On this day in history 1st meteorite known to strike a woman (Liz Hodges-Sylacauga Ala)
Nov 30 On this day in history first meteorite ( 8 lb ) known to strike a woman (Liz Hodges-Sylacauga AL)
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 on this day in history.
Dec 01 Nationalist China & US sign dike agreement in the year 1954.
Dec 02 On this day in history "Hit the Trail" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 4 performances
Dec 02 In the year 1954 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 "Hit the Trail" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 4 perfs on this day in history.
Dec 04 Nina Vasar, wife of Russian composer Dmitri Sjostakovitsj, dies on this day in history.
Dec 05 On this day in history kTEW (now KJRH) TV channel 2 in Tulsa, OK (NBC) begins broadcasting
Dec 06 Simone de Beauvoir receives Prix Goncourt in the year 1954.
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