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HomePage 7: Historical Events In 1954
Monday, 01 June 2026
May 04 US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island 
May 05 Military coup by General Alfredo Stroessner in Paraguay.
May 06 Roger Bannister of Britain breaks 4 minute mile (3 59 4)
May 10 Bolshoi-ballet does not appear in Paris France.
May 10 George Hirst, cricketer (36323 1st-class runs, 2739 wickets), dies.
May 13 "Pajama Game" opens at St James Theater NYC for 1063 performances
May 13 In this year, Labour Party claims British municipal elections
May 14 Belgium shortens military conscription from 20 to 18 months.
May 16 Clemens Krauss, Austrian conductor (Vienna State Opera), dies at 61.
May 17 Supreme Court unanimously rules on Brown v Topeka Board of Education reversed 1896 "separate but equal" Plessy Vs Ferguson decision
May 18 European Convention on Human Rights comes into force
May 19 Aart A van Schelven, church historian (Willem of Orange), dies at 73
May 19 Postmaster General Summerfield approves CIA mail-opening project
May 20 Chiang Kai-shek is recorded as becoming president of Nationalist China
May 21 Amendment to give 18-year-olds right to vote is defeated.
May 21 Janos Hammerschlag, composer, dies at 68.
May 22 In this year, 80th Preakness: Johnny Adams aboard Hasty Road claims in 1:57.4
May 22 Robert Zimmerman aka Bob Dylan is Bar Mitzvahed
May 23 H R Bromley-Davenport, cricketer (batted in 4 Tests for England), dies
May 24 Dr Peter Murray Marshall is recorded as becoming inaugural black to head an AMA unit
May 24 German airline Lufthansa forms.
May 24 IBM announces vacuum tube "electronic" brain that could perform 10 million operations an hour.
May 24 The inaugural rocket attains 150 mile (241 km) altitude, White Sands NM.
May 26 Franz Pfemfert, writer, dies at 74
May 27 Herzmanovsky-Orlando, writer, dies
May 28 Achille Longo, composer, dies at 54
May 29 Kirk and Anne Douglas married.
May 30 Ahmad Amin, Egyptian historian/author, dies at 67
May 30 Dutch bishops forbid membership to non-catholic sporting clubs.
Jun 02 John Costello (Cons) is recorded as becoming premier of Ireland
Jun 04 Arthur Murray flies X-1A rocket plane to record 27000 m.
Jun 04 Harold Hoffman, (Gov-NJ), dies at 58.
Jun 05 "Your Show Of Shows," last airs on NBC-TV
Jun 07 1st microbiology laboratory dedicated (New Brunswick NJ)
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