Page 15: Historical Events In 1954

Dec 11   Phillies purchase Connie Mack Stadium.   

Dec 11   USS Forrestal christened in Newport News, Va.   

Dec 14   WOAY TV channel 4 in Oak Hill-Beckley, WV (ABC) begins broadcasting.   

Dec 15   Davy Crockett, Indian Fighter was featured on Walt Disney’s TV series for the inaugural time. Crockett was played by Fess Parker.   

Dec 15   Fordham University scraps football team for financial reasons   

Dec 15   Netherlands Antilles is recorded as becoming co-equal part of Kingdom of Netherlands.   

Dec 17   British Petroleum Company (BP) formed   

Dec 17   fully automated railroad freight yard (Gary IN).   

Dec 20   Emilis Melngailis, composer, dies at 80   

Dec 21   Dr Sam Sheppard's wife Marilyn is murdered (he is accused of crime)   

Dec 23   The inaugural human kidney transplant is performed by Dr. Joseph E. Murray at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts.   

Dec 24   Council for the Children Protection forms in Neth   

Dec 24   Johnny Ace, ballad singer, dies at 25 of Russian Roulette   

Dec 24   Laos gains its independence.   

Dec 25   Johnny Ace, Memphis rocker, accidently shot self in head at 25   

Dec 27   "Saint of Bleecker Street" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 92 perfs   

Dec 28   43rd Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in Sydney (3-2).   

Dec 29   Kingdom of Netherlands, with Netherlands and Netherlands Antilles as autonomous parts, comes into being   

Dec 29   Kingdom of the Netherlands, with Netherlands and Netherlands Antilles as autonomous parts, comes into being   

Dec 30   "House of Flowers" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 165 performances.   

Dec 31   Peter Van Anrooy, conductor/composer (Piet Hein Rhapsodie), dies at 75   

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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)