Page 9: Historical Events In 1954

Jun 26   Jim Peters runs marathon in 2:17:39.4.   

Jun 27   1st atomic power station opens (Obninsk, near Moscow, Russia).   

Jun 27   CIA-sponsored rebels overthrow elected government of Guatemala.   

Jun 27   Francis L Casadesus, French violinist/composer/conductor, dies at 83   

Jun 27   The inaugural atomic power station opens (Obninsk, near Moscow, Russia).   

Jun 28   111°F (44°C) at Camden, South Carolina (state record)   

Jun 28   Red deer, in Milwaukee Zoo, oldest known deer, dies at 26.   

Jun 29   Atomic Energy Comm voted against reinstating Dr J Robert Oppenheimer.   

Jun 30   USSR opens its inaugural atomic power plant.   

Jul 04   West Germany beats Hungary 3-2 for soccer's 5th World Cup in Bern.   

Jul 05   B-52A bomber made its maiden flight   

Jul 06   Dirk Verbeek, actor/director (Hofstad Stage), dies at 70.   

Jul 07   T.A.N.U. party forms in Tanzania   

Jul 07   T.A.N.U. party founded in Tanzania   

Jul 08   KMOX (now KMOV) TV channel 4 in Saint Louis, MO (CBS) 1st broadcast   

Jul 11   1st White Citizens Council organizes in Indianola, Miss.   

Jul 11   The inaugural White Citizens Council organizes in Indianola, Miss.   

Jul 12   Major League Baseball Players Assn founded   

Jul 13   In this year, 21st All Star Baseball Game: AL claims 11-9 at Municipal Stadium, Cleve.   

Jul 13   Irving Pichel, dies at 63   

Jul 14   117°F (47°C), East St Louis, Illinois (state record)   

Jul 14   Jacinto Benavente y Martinez, Spanish playwright, dies at 87   

Jul 15   110°F (43°C) at Balcony Falls, Virginia (state record)   

Jul 15   The inaugural commercial jet transport plane built in US tested (Boeing 707).   

Jul 17   1st major league game where majority of team is black (Dodgers)   

Jul 17   Construction begins on Disneyland in rural Orange County.   

Jul 17   Dirk B Nanninga, painter, dies at 85.   

Jul 18   In this year, Betsy Rawls claims LPGA Inverness Four-Ball Golf Tournament.   

Jul 19   Jean Roger-Ducasse, composer, dies at 81.   

Jul 20   Blair Moody, (Sen-Mich), dies at 52.   

Jul 20   Tennis Champ Maureen Connolly's right leg is crushed in an accident   

Jul 20   Two-and-a-half months after the French defeat at Dien Bien Phu in northern Vietnam, France agreed to recognize Vietnamese sovereignty at the Geneva Conference   

Jul 21   At Geneva, France agrees to independence of North and South Vietnam.   

Jul 22   In this year, Virgin Islands (US) formally adopts constitution (Revised Organic Act).   

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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)