Page 14: Historical Events In 1954

Nov 15   1st regularly scheduled commercial flights over North Pole begins   

Nov 15   Lionel Barrymore, [Blythe], actor (Dr Kildare, Key Largo), dies at 76   

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

Nov 18   Yanks trade Woodling, Byrd, McDonald, Triandos, Miranada and Smith to Orioles for Turley, Larsen and Hunter as part of an 18 player deal.   

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

Nov 21   Actress Goldie Hawn is born.   

Nov 21   Karol Rathaus, composer, dies at 59.   

Nov 22   Andrej J Vysjinski, Russian UN ambassador, dies at 70   

Nov 22   Humane Society forms.   

Nov 23   For the inaugural time, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above the peak it reached just before the 1929 crash   

Nov 24   Air Force One, 1st US Presidential airplane, christened.   

Nov 24   The inaugural US Presidential airplane christened.   

Nov 26   Test Cricket debut of Colin Cowdrey v Australia at Gabba   

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

Nov 28   1st pro football game in Netherlands   

Nov 28   Enrico Fermi, Italian/US physicist (Nobel 1938), dies at 53   

Nov 29   Enrico Fermi, Italian/US nuclear physicist, dies.   

Nov 30   1st meteorite known to strike a woman (Liz Hodges-Sylacauga Ala)   

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

Nov 30   The inaugural 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.   

Dec 01   Nationalist China and US sign dike agreement.   

Dec 02   "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".   

Dec 03   Enrique Soro Barriga, composer, dies at 70   

Dec 03   Samuel Barber's "Prayers of Kierkegaard," premieres   

Dec 04   "Hit the Trail" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 4 perfs.   

Dec 04   Nina Vasar, wife of Russian composer Dmitri Sjostakovitsj, dies.   

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

Dec 06   Simone de Beauvoir receives Prix Goncourt   

Dec 07   Japanese government of Joshida, steps down   

Dec 08   Gladys George, actress (Roaring Twenties), dies at 50   

Dec 08   Maxwell Anderson's "Bad Seed," premieres in NYC.   

Dec 09   Dmitri Sjostakovitsj appointed honored guest of Swed Royal Music Acad.   

Dec 10   Albert Schweitzer receives Nobel Peace Prize.   

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Jan 02   Ludmila borozna: Ussr, volleyball player (olympic-gold-1972)   

Jan 02   Henry bonilla: American politician   

Jan 02   Dawn silva: American singer (the brides of funkenstein, p-funk)   

Jan 03   Ross the boss: Rocker   

Jan 03   Dean hart: Canadian wrestler    

Jan 03   Ned lamont: American businessman   

Jan 04   Eugene chadbourne: American composer and musician   

Jan 05   Bryan hitt: Rocker (reo speedwagon-keep on loving you)   

Jan 01   Duff cooper: British diplomat and writer (b. 1890)   

Jan 05   Rabbit maranville: American baseball player (b. 1891)   

Jan 10   Fred raymond: Composer,   

Jan 11   Edgar tytgat: Flemish painter/etcher/drawer,    

Jan 13   Roland diggle: Composer,   

Jan 16   Michail m prishvin: Russian writer,   

Jan 18   Sydney greenstreet: Actor (conflict, maltese falcon),    

Jan 19   Theodor kaluza: German scientist (b. 1885)