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

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of henry Bonilla, American politician   

Jan 02   Dawn Silva, American singer (The Brides of Funkenstein, P-Funk) was born in the year 1954.   

Jan 03   In the year 1954 birth of ross The Boss, rocker   

Jan 03   In the year 1954 birth of dean Hart, Canadian wrestler (d. 1990)   

Jan 03   Ned Lamont, American businessman was born on this day in history.   

Jan 04   In the year 1954 birth of eugene Chadbourne, American composer and musician   

Jan 05   Bryan Hitt, rocker (REO Speedwagon-Keep on Loving You) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 01   On this day in history death of duff Cooper, British diplomat and writer (b. 1890)   

Jan 05   In the year 1954 death of rabbit Maranville, American baseball player (b. 1891)   

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

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

Jan 13   In the year 1954 roland Diggle, composer, dies at 69   

Jan 16   Michail M Prishvin, Russian writer, dies on this day in history.   

Jan 18   Sydney Greenstreet, actor (Conflict, Maltese Falcon), dies at 74 on this day in history.   

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