Page 8: Historical Events In 1954

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).   

Jun 07   inaugural microbiology laboratory dedicated (New Brunswick NJ)   

Jun 08   Alan M Turing, British mathematician (Turing), commits suicide at 41   

Jun 09   Joseph Welch asks Sen Joseph McCarthy "Have you no sense of decency, sir?" during Senate-Army hearings   

Jun 10   In this year, PBS reaches SF KQED (Channel 9) starts broadcasting   

Jun 10   In this year, PBS reaches SF: KQED (Channel 9) starts broadcasting   

Jun 10   Will Rossiter, composer, dies at 87.   

Jun 13   Nikolai Obouhov, composer, dies at 62   

Jun 14   Pres Eisenhower signs order adding words "under God" to the Pledge   

Jun 14   U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs an order adding the words quot;under Godquot; to the Pledge of Allegiance.   

Jun 16   Dutch military conscription shortened from 20 to 18 months.   

Jun 17   CIA exile army lands in Guatemala (JF Dulles and United Fruit Co).   

Jun 17   Televised Senate Army McCarthy hearings ends.   

Jun 18   Pierre Mendès-France forms French government.   

Jun 19   54th US Golf Open: Ed Furgol shoots a 284 at Baltusrol GC in NJ.   

Jun 19   Kathleen Turner, American film actress is born.   

Jun 21   John Landy runs world record mile (3:58.0).   

Jun 22   Congress passes revised organic act for Virgin Islands   

Jun 22   Don Hollenbeck, newscaster (CBS Weekend News), dies at 49.   

Jun 23   122°F (50°C), Overton, Nevada (state record until June 29, 1994)   

Jun 25   Eduard M Meijers, Dutch lawyer (Civil Code), dies at 74   

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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)