Page 14: Historical Events In 1954

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

Nov 12   In the year 1954 ellis Island, immigration station in NY Harbor, closed   

Nov 12   On this day in history 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.   

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   1st regularly scheduled commercial flights over North Pole begins on this day in history.   

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

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 on this day in history.   

Nov 21   In the year 1954 actress Goldie Hawn is born   

Nov 21   Karol Rathaus, composer, dies at 59 in the year 1954.   

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

Nov 22   In the year 1954 humane Society forms   

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 on this day in history.   

Nov 24   The first US Presidential airplane christened in the year 1954.   

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

Nov 27   In the year 1954 "By the Beautiful Sea" closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 270 perfs   

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

Nov 28   Enrico Fermi, Italian/US physicist (Nobel 1938), dies at 53 on this day in history.   

Nov 29   On this day in history enrico Fermi, Italian/US nuclear physicist, dies   

Nov 30   1st meteorite known to strike a woman (Liz Hodges-Sylacauga Ala) in the year 1954.   

Nov 30   First meteorite ( 8 lb ) known to strike a woman (Liz Hodges-Sylacauga AL) in the year 1954.   

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

Dec 03   On this day in history enrique Soro Barriga, composer, dies at 70   

Dec 03   Samuel Barber's "Prayers of Kierkegaard," premieres in the year 1954.   

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

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

Dec 05   KTEW (now KJRH) TV channel 2 in Tulsa, OK (NBC) begins broadcasting on this day in history.   

Dec 06   Simone de Beauvoir receives Prix Goncourt in the year 1954.   

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

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

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of dawn Silva, American singer (The Brides of Funkenstein, P-Funk)   

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   Ned Lamont, American businessman was born in the year 1954.   

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   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   In the year 1954 fred Raymond, composer, dies at 53   

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

Jan 13   Roland Diggle, composer, dies at 69 in the year 1954.   

Jan 16   On this day in history michail M Prishvin, Russian writer, dies   

Jan 18   Sydney Greenstreet, actor (Conflict, Maltese Falcon), dies at 74 in the year 1954.   

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