Historical Events In 1954

Jun 23   122°F (50°C), Overton, Nevada (state record until June 29, 1994) in the year 1954.  

Jun 25   On this day in history eduard M Meijers, Dutch lawyer (Civil Code), dies at 74  

Jun 26   On this day in history jim Peters runs marathon in 2:17:39.4  

Jun 27   1st atomic power station opens (Obninsk, near Moscow, Russia) on this day in history.  

Jun 27   CIA-sponsored rebels overthrow elected government of Guatemala in the year 1954.  

Jun 27   Francis L Casadesus, French violinist/composer/conductor, dies at 83 in the year 1954.  

Jun 27   The first atomic power station opens (Obninsk, near Moscow, Russia) on this day in history.  

Jun 28   In the year 1954 111°F (44°C) at Camden, South Carolina (state record)  

Jun 28   In the year 1954 red deer, in Milwaukee Zoo, oldest known deer, dies at 26  

Jun 29   Atomic Energy Comm voted against reinstating Dr J Robert Oppenheimer on this day in history.  

Jun 30   In the year 1954 uSSR opens its first atomic power plant  

Jul 04   On this day in history west Germany beats Hungary 3-2 for soccer's 5th World Cup in Bern  

Jul 05   In the year 1954 b-52A bomber made its maiden flight  

Jul 06   On this day in history dirk Verbeek, actor/director (Hofstad Stage), dies at 70  

Jul 07   T.A.N.U. party forms in Tanzania on this day in history.  

Jul 07   T.A.N.U. party founded in Tanzania in the year 1954.  

Jul 08   KMOX (now KMOV) TV channel 4 in Saint Louis, MO (CBS) 1st broadcast in the year 1954.  

Jul 11   In the year 1954 1st White Citizens Council organizes in Indianola, Miss  

Jul 11   The first White Citizens Council organizes in Indianola, Miss in the year 1954.  

Jul 12   Major League Baseball Players Assn founded in the year 1954.  

Jul 13   21st All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 11-9 at Municipal Stadium, Cleve on this day in history.  

Jul 13   Irving Pichel, dies at 63 on this day in history.  

Jul 14   On this day in history 117ø F (47ø C), East St. Louis, Illinois (state record)  

Jul 14   In the year 1954 117°F (47°C), East St Louis, Illinois (state record)  

Jul 14   118ø F (48ø C), Warsaw & Union, Missouri (state record) on this day in history.  

Jul 14   Jacinto Benavente y Martinez, Spanish playwright, dies at 87 on this day in history.  

Jul 15   In the year 1954 110°F (43°C) at Balcony Falls, Virginia (state record)  

Jul 15   In the year 1954 the first commercial jet transport plane built in US tested (Boeing 707)  

Jul 17   1st major league game where majority of team is black (Dodgers) in the year 1954.  

Jul 17   Construction begins on Disneyland in rural Orange County on this day in history.  

Jul 17   Dirk B Nanninga, painter, dies at 85 in the year 1954.  

Jul 18   In the year 1954 betsy Rawls wins LPGA Inverness Four-Ball Golf Tournament  

Jul 19   Jean Roger-Ducasse, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.  

Jul 20   In the year 1954 blair Moody, (Sen-Mich), dies at 52  

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Jan 02   On this day in history birth of ludmila Borozna, USSR, volleyball player (Olympic-gold-1972)  

Jan 02   Henry Bonilla, American politician was born in the year 1954.  

Jan 02   Dawn Silva, American singer (The Brides of Funkenstein, P-Funk) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 03   Ross The Boss, rocker was born on this day in history.  

Jan 03   Dean Hart, Canadian wrestler (d. 1990) was born in the year 1954.  

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of ned Lamont, American businessman  

Jan 04   Eugene Chadbourne, American composer and musician was born in the year 1954.  

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

Jan 01   In the year 1954 death of duff Cooper, British diplomat and writer (b. 1890)  

Jan 05   On this day in history death of rabbit Maranville, American baseball player (b. 1891)  

Jan 10   Fred Raymond, composer, dies at 53 in the year 1954.  

Jan 11   On this day in history 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   On this day in history sydney Greenstreet, actor (Conflict, Maltese Falcon), dies at 74  

Jan 19   Theodor Kaluza, German scientist (b. 1885) died in the year 1954.