1954 34982 225356915 2008-07-13T07:18:06Z Footballfan190 5962983 /* Events */ {{year nav|1954}} {{C20YearInTopicX}} Year '''1954''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MCMLIV]]''') was a [[common year starting on Friday]] (link will display full 1954 [[Gregorian calendar]]). {{C20YearTOC|1954|Ship events|Fields Medalists}} == Events of 1954 == ===January=== <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> [[Image:Gentlemen Prefer Blondes Movie Trailer Screenshot (34).jpg|thumb|130px|right| [[January 14]]: [[Marilyn Monroe|Marilyn]] weds [[Joe DiMaggio|DiMaggio]].]] * [[January 1]] - The [[Soviet Union]] ceases to demand [[war reparations]] from [[East Germany]]. * [[January 12]] - [[Avalanche]]s in [[Austria]] kill more than 20. * [[January 15]] - [[Mau Mau]] leader [[Waruhiu Itote]] is captured in [[Kenya]]. * [[January 17]] - In [[Yugoslavia]], [[Milovan Djilas]], one of the leading members of the [[League of Communists of Yugoslavia]], is relieved of his duties. * [[January 20]] - The US-based [[National Negro Network]] is established with 40 charter member [[radio station]]s. * [[January 21]] - The first nuclear-powered [[submarine]], the [[USS Nautilus (SSN-571)|USS ''Nautilus'']], is launched in [[Groton, Connecticut]], by [[First Lady of the United States]] [[Mamie Eisenhower]]. * [[January 25]] - The foreign ministers of the [[United States]], [[United Kingdom|Britain]], [[France]] and the [[Soviet Union]] meet at the [[Berlin Conference, 1954|Berlin Conference]]. ===February=== * [[February 3]] - Queen [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Elizabeth II]] becomes the first reigning [[monarch]] to visit [[Australia]]. * [[February 10]] - After authorizing $385 million over the $400 million already budgeted for military aid to Vietnam, US [[President of the United States|President]] [[Dwight Eisenhower]] warns against [[United States]] intervention in [[Vietnam]]. * [[February 23]] - The first mass [[vaccination]] of children against [[polio]] begins in [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]], [[United States]]. * [[February 25]] - Lt. Col. [[Gamal Abdel Nasser]] becomes premier of [[Egypt]]. ===March=== * [[March 1]] - Officials announce that an American [[hydrogen bomb]] test has been conducted on [[Bikini Atoll]] in the [[Pacific Ocean]]. * [[March 1]] - [[U.S. Capitol shooting incident (1954)|U.S. Capitol shooting incident]]: Four [[Puerto Rican independence movement|Puerto Rican nationalists]] open fire in the [[United States House of Representatives]] chamber and wound five; they are apprehended by security guards. * [[March 9]] - American journalists [[Edward Murrow]] and [[Fred W. Friendly]] produce a 30-minute ''[[See It Now]]'' documentary titled ''[[Joseph McCarthy|A Report on Senator Joseph McCarthy]]''. * [[March 12]] - [[Finland]] and [[Germany]] officially end the [[state of war]]. * [[March 13]] - French troops begin battle against [[Vietminh]] in [[Dien Bien Phu]]. * [[March 19]] - [[Joey Giardello]] knocks out [[Willie Tory]] at [[Madison Square Garden]] in the first [[television|televised]] prize [[boxing]] fight shown in color. * [[March 23]] - In Vietnam, the [[Viet Minh]] capture the main airstrip of [[Battle of Dien Bien Phu|Dien Bien Phu]] - French forces are partially isolated. * [[March 25]] - The [[26th Academy Awards]] ceremony is held. * [[March 25]] - [[RCA]] manufactures the first color [[Television|TV]] set (12" screen; price: $1,000). * [[March 25]] - [[Soviet Union]] recognizes [[sovereignty]] of [[East Germany]] but Soviet troops remain in the country. * [[March 28]] - Puerto Rico's first television station, [[WKAQ-TV]], goes on the air. * [[March 29]] - [[C-47 Skytrain|C-47]] with French nurse [[Genevieve de Galard]] on board is incapacitated on [[Battle of Dien Bien Phu|Dien Bien Phu]] runway. * [[March 30]] - [[Canada]]'s first [[Rapid transit|subway]] opens in [[Toronto]]. ===April=== * [[April 1]] - President [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] authorizes the creation of the [[United States Air Force Academy]] in [[Colorado]]. * [[April 3]] - [[Vladimir Mikhaylovich Petrov (diplomat)|Vladimir Petrov]] [[Petrov Affair|defects]] from the [[Soviet Union]] and asks to seek [[political asylum]] in [[Australia]]. * [[April 4]] - Legendary conductor [[Arturo Toscanini]] experiences a lapse of memory during a concert. At concert's end, his retirement is announced, and Toscanini never conducts in public again. * [[April 7]] - [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] gives his "[[domino theory]]" speech during a news conference. * [[April 14]] - [[Aneurin Bevan]] resigns from the [[Labour Party (UK)|UK Labour]] [[shadow cabinet]]. * [[April 16]] - Vice President [[Richard Nixon]] announces that the United States may be “putting our own boys in Indochina regardless of Allied support.” * [[April 22]] - [[United States Senate|Senator]] [[Joseph McCarthy]] begins hearings investigating the [[United States Army]] for being "soft" on [[Communism]]. ===May=== <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[May 6]] - [[Roger Bannister]] runs the first [[four-minute mile]]. * [[May 7]] - [[Vietnam War]]: The [[Battle of Dien Bien Phu]] ends in a [[France|French]] defeat (the battle began on [[March 13]]). * [[May 14]] - The [[Boeing 707]] is released after about two years of development. * [[May 17]] - [[United States Supreme Court]] hands down its decision in [[Brown v. Board of Education]] of [[Topeka, Kansas]] 347 US 483 1954. * [[May 17]] - The [[Petrov Affair|Petrov]] [[Royal Commission]] in [[Australia]] begins its inquiry. * [[May 20]] - [[Chiang Kai-shek]] is reelected [[president of the Republic of China]] by the [[National Assembly of the Republic of China|National Assembly]]. * [[May 22]] - The common [[Nordic Passport Union|Nordic Labour Market]] act is signed. * [[May 29]] - [[Robert Menzies]]'s government is re-elected for a 4th term in [[Australia]]. ===June=== * [[June 9]] - [[McCarthyism]]: [[Joseph Welch]], special counsel for the [[United States Army]], lashes out at [[United States Senate|Senator]] [[Joseph McCarthy]] during hearings on whether [[Communism]] has infiltrated the Army. * [[June 14]] - The words "under God" are added to the [[United States]] [[Pledge of Allegiance]]. * [[June 15]] - [[UEFA]] (the Union of European Football Associations) is formed in [[Basel]], [[Switzerland]]. * [[June 17]] - A [[military coup]] occurs in [[Guatemala]]. * [[June 18]] - [[Pierre Mendès-France]] becomes prime minister of [[France]]. * [[June 27]] - [[Guatemala]]n President [[Jacobo Arbenz Guzmán]] steps down in a [[CIA]]-sponsored [[Operation PBSUCCESS|military coup]], triggering a bloody civil war that would continue for more than 35 years. * [[June 27]] - The world's first [[nuclear power|atomic power station]] opens at [[Obninsk]], near [[Moscow]]. ===July=== * [[July 1]] - The [[Nordic Passport Union|common Nordic Labour Market act]] comes into power. * [[July 1]] The United States officially begins using the international unit of the [[nautical mile]] equal to 6076.11549 ft. or 1852 meters * [[July 4]] - End of [[rationing]] of [[meat]] - the last form of [[Rationing in the United Kingdom during and after World War II|food rationing in Britain]]. * [[July 4]] - [[Germany national football team|West Germany]] beats [[Hungary national football team|Hungary]] [[1954 World Cup Final|3-2]] to win the [[1954 FIFA World Cup]]. * [[July 5]] - The [[Andhra Pradesh High Court]] is established. * [[July 15]] - The maiden flight of [[Boeing 707]] occurs. * [[July 21]] - [[First Indochina War]]: The [[Geneva Conference (1954)|Geneva Conference]] partitions [[Vietnam]] into [[North Vietnam]] and [[South Vietnam]]. * [[July 28]] - The [[Situationist International]] is founded. ===August=== * [[August]] - First flight of a [[B-52 Stratofortress]]. * [[August 6]] - Emilie Dionne, one of the [[Dionne Quintuplets]], dies of [[asphyxiation]] following an [[epileptic seizure]] at Sainte Agathe, [[Quebec]]. * [[August 16]] - Volume 1, Issue 1 of ''[[Sports Illustrated]]'' is published. * [[August 24]] - President of [[Brazil]], [[Getulio Vargas]], commits suicide; he's been accused of conspiracy to murder an air force officer. ===September=== * [[September 3]] - The last new episode of ''[[The Lone Ranger]]'' is aired on [[radio]] after 2,956 episodes over a period of 21 years * [[September 6]] - [[SEATO]] treaty signed in [[Manila]], [[Philippines]] [[KOVR]] went on the air. * [[September 8]] - The [[Southeast Asia Treaty Organization]] (SEATO) is established in [[Bangkok]], [[Thailand]]. * [[September 9]] - An earthquake centered on the city of [[Chlef|Orleansville]] in [[Algeria]]: 1500 dead and thousands homeless. * [[September 11]] - First [[Miss America]] Pageant broadcast on [[television]]. * [[September 14]] - [[Soviet Union|USSR]] tests [[nuclear weapon]]. * [[September 24]] - [[Edward Pilgrim]] commits suicide hastened by bureaucracy. * [[September 25]] - [[Footscray Football Club]] wins their first [[Grand Final]]. * [[September 26]] - [[Japan]]ese ferry [[Toya Maru]] sinks during a [[typhoon]] in the [[Tsugaru Strait]] killing more than 1,100. * [[September 30]] - [[USS Nautilus]], 1st atomic-powered vessel ([[submarine]]), commissioned by the [[US Navy]]. ===October=== * [[October 11]] - [[Vietnam War]]: The [[Viet Minh]] takes control of [[North Vietnam]]. * [[October 11]] - [[Hurricane Hazel]] crosses over [[Haiti]], killing 1,000. * [[October 15]] - [[Hurricane Hazel]] makes U.S. landfall - it is the only recorded [[Category 4 hurricane]] to strike as far north as [[North Carolina]]. * [[October 18]] - [[Texas Instruments]] announces the development of the first [[Transistor radio]]. * [[October 20]] - [[Dock worker]]s' [[Strike action|strike]] expands in [[England]]. * [[October 23]] - [[West Germany]] joins [[NATO]]. * [[October 25]] - [[Landslide]]s caused by heavy rains hit [[Salerno]], [[Italy]], killing about 300. * [[October 26]] - Member of [[Muslim Brotherhood]] [[Mahmoud Abdul Latif]] tries to kill [[Gamal Abdal Nasser]]. * [[October 31]] - [[Algerian War of Independence]]: The [[Algerian National Liberation Front]] begins a revolt against [[France|French]] rule. ===November=== <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[November 1]] - The [[National Liberation Front (Algeria)|FLN]] attacks Representative and public buildings of the France colonial power. * [[November 2]] - Dock workers' strike in England ends. * [[November 5]] - [[Japan]] and [[Burma]] sign in [[Rangoon]] a separate [[Burma-Japanese peace treaty|treaty of peace]] to end the formal state of war. * [[November 10]] - US President [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] dedicates the [[USMC War Memorial]] (Iwo Jima memorial) in [[Arlington National Cemetery]]. * [[November 12]] - The main immigration port-of-entry in [[New York Harbor]] at [[Ellis Island]] closes. * [[November 14]] - [[Egypt]]ian president [[Mohammed Naguib]] is deposed - [[Gamal Abdel Nasser]] replaces him. * [[November 23]] - The [[Dow Jones Industrial Average]] rises 3.27 points, or 0.86%, closing at an all-time high of 382.74. More significantly, this is the first time the Dow has surpassed its [[1929]] peak level reached just before that year's [[Wall Street Crash of 1929|crash]]. * [[November 30]] - In [[Sylacauga, Alabama]], a 4 kg piece of the [[Hodges Meteorite]] crashes through the roof of a house and badly bruises a napping woman, in the first documented case of an object from [[outer space]] hitting a person. ===December=== [[December 1]] The first [[Hyatt Hotel]], The Hyatt House Los Angeles, opens. It is the first hotel in the world built outside of an airport. * [[December 2]] **[[Second Red Scare|Red Scare]]: The [[United States Senate]] votes 67 to 22 to condemn [[Joseph McCarthy]] for "conduct that tends to bring the Senate into dishonor and disrepute." **Taiwan-United States Mutual Defense Treaty. [http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Mutual_Defense_Treaty_between_the_United_States_of_America_and_the_Republic_of_China] * [[December 4]] - The first [[Burger King]] is opened in [[Miami, Florida]], [[USA]] * [[December 24]] - [[Laos]] gains full independence from [[France]]. ===Undated=== *[[New Zealand]] [[inventor]], [[Sir William Hamilton]] invented the worlds first water [[pump-jet]] engine, later named the "Hamilton Jet". * The first [[kidney transplant]]s are done in [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]] and [[Paris]]. *The [[Boy Scouts of America]] desegregates on the basis of race. *Gerbils ([[Meriones Unguiculatus]]) are brought to the United States by Dr. Victor Schwentker. *[[Unification Church]] is founded. * Case of [[Lothar Malskat]], who had admitted that he had painted the [[fresco]]es in [[Marienkirche, Lübeck|Marienkirche]] himself, goes into trial. * The [[TV Dinner]] is introduced by [[United States|American]], [[Gerry Thomas]]. *Choreographer [[George Balanchine]]'s production of ''The Nutcracker'' is staged for the first time in New York, becoming an annual tradition there, and still being revived as of 2007. *[[Korea]] use of [[Gimpo International Airport]] possible. ===Ongoing=== * [[Marshall Plan]] ===Fictional=== The following are references to year 1954 in fiction: [[Robert A. Heinlein]]'s short story, [[The Year of the Jackpot]] takes place in 1954. ==Births== {{Year in other calendars|Japanese=[[Shōwa]] 29}} ===January-February=== <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[January 2]] - [[Henry Bonilla]], American politician * [[January 3]] - [[Jim Ross]], American wrestling commentator * [[January 4]] - [[Dave Ulliott|Dave "The Devilfish" Ulliott]], English professional poker player * [[January 5]] - [[Alex English]], American basketball player * [[January 6]] - [[Anthony Minghella]], British film and theatre director (d. [[2008]]) * [[January 12]] - [[Howard Stern]], American radio host * [[January 13]] - [[Trevor Rabin]], South African-American musician * [[January 14]] - [[Tom Cheney (cartoonist)|Tom Cheney]], American cartoonist * [[January 15]] - [[Jose Dalisay, Jr.]], Filipino writer * [[January 17]] - [[Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.]], son of [[Robert F Kennedy]] * [[January 19]] - [[Katey Sagal]], American actress and singer * [[January 19]] - [[Ted DiBiase]], American professional wrestler * [[January 22]] - [[Peter Pilz]], Austrian politician * [[January 23]] - [[Franco De Vita]], Venezuelan singer and songwriter * [[January 29]] - [[Oprah Winfrey]], American actress, talk show hostess, producer, and publisher * [[January 29]] - [[Yukinobu Hoshino]], Japanese cartoonist * [[February 1]] - [[Bill Mumy]], American actor and musician * [[February 2]] - [[Christie Brinkley]], American model * [[February 7]] - [[Dieter Bohlen]], German singer * [[February 9]] - [[Christopher Gardner]], American entrepreneur * [[February 9]] - [[Kevin Warwick]], Cyborg Scientist * [[February 11]] - [[Noriyuki Asakura]], Japanese composer * [[February 12]] - [[Philip Zimmermann]], American cryptographer * [[February 13]] - [[Donnie Moore]], American baseball player (d. [[1989]]) * [[February 15]] - [[Matt Groening]], American cartoonist * [[February 18]] - [[John Travolta]], American actor * [[February 19]] - [[Socrates (football player)|Socrates]], Brazilian footballer * [[February 20]] - [[Anthony Stewart Head]], English actor * [[February 20]] - [[Patty Hearst]], American heiress and kidnapping victim * [[February 23]] - [[Viktor Yushchenko]], [[President of Ukraine]] * [[February 25]] - [[John Doe (musician)|John Doe]], American musician * [[February 27]] - [[Neal Schon]], American guitarist ===March-April=== <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[March 1]] - [[Ron Howard (director)|Ron Howard]], American actor, director, producer * [[March 4]] - [[François Fillon]], [[Prime Minister of France]] * [[March 4]] - [[Peter Jacobsen]], American professional golfer * [[March 4]] - [[Catherine O'Hara]], Canadian actress * [[March 4]] - [[Irina Ratushinskaya]], Russian writer * [[March 4]] - [[Willie Thorne]], English snooker player * [[March 4]] - [[Adrian Zmed]], American actor and dancer * [[March 6]] - [[Harald Schumacher]], German football goalkeeper * [[March 8]] - [[David Wilkie (swimmer)|David Wilkie]], Scottish swimmer * [[March 9]] - [[Bobby Sands]], Irish Republican, Long Kesh hunger striker * [[March 13]] - [[Valerie Amos, Baroness Amos|The Baroness Amos]], British politician * [[March 15]] - [[Craig Wasson]], American actor * [[March 16]] - [[Nancy Wilson (guitarist)|Nancy Wilson]], American singer, musician, and actress * [[March 17]] - [[Lesley-Anne Down]], British actress * [[March 18]] - [[James F. Reilly]], astronaut * [[March 19]] - [[Indu Shahani]], Indian educationist and [[Sheriff of Mumbai]] * [[March 23]] - [[Geno Auriemma]], American basketball coach * [[March 24]] - [[Robert Carradine]], American actor * [[March 26]] - [[Kazuhiko Inoue]], Japanese [[seiyu]] (voice actor) * [[March 29]] - [[Karen Ann Quinlan]], American right-to-die cause célèbre (d. [[1985]]) * [[April 2]] - [[Susumu Hirasawa]], Japanese musician * [[April 5]] - [[Guy Bertrand (broadcaster)]]. Canadian linguist and radio personality. * [[April 7]] - [[Jackie Chan]], Hong Kong-born actor * [[April 7]] - [[Tony Dorsett]], American football player * [[April 8]] - [[John Schneider]], American actor ("Dukes of Hazzard") * [[April 9]] - [[Dennis Quaid]], American actor * [[April 9]] - [[Steve Holt (Canadian musician)|Steve Holt]], Canadian musician * [[April 10]] - [[Anacani]], Mexican-born American singer ''[[The Lawrence Welk Show]]'' * [[April 10]] - [[Peter MacNicol]], American actor * [[April 14]] - [[Bruce Sterling]], American science fiction writer * [[April 15]] - [[Seka]], American actress * [[April 16]] - [[Ellen Barkin]], American actress * [[April 17]] - [[Riccardo Patrese]], Italian race car driver * [[April 26]] - [[Alan Hinkes]], British Mountaineer * [[April 28]] - [[Robert Sargent Shriver III]], son of [[Eunice Kennedy Shriver]] * [[April 29]] - [[Jerry Seinfeld]], American comedian * [[April 29]] - [[Jake Burton Carpenter]], founder of [[Burton Snowboards]] ===May-June=== * [[May 1]] - [[Archie Norman]], British politician and businessman * [[May 5]] - [[Dave Spector]], American television personality and commentator * [[May 7]] - [[Philippe Geluck]], Belgian cartoonist * [[May 7]] - [[Amy Heckerling]], American film director * [[May 8]] - [[David Keith]], American actor * [[May 8]] - [[John Michael Talbot]], American musician * [[May 11]] - [[Judith Weir]], British composer * [[May 19]] - [[Phil Rudd]], Australian drummer ([[AC/DC]]) * [[May 26]] - [[Danny Rolling]], American Murderer (d. [[2006]]) * [[May 27]] - [[Pauline Hanson]], Australian politician * [[June 5]] - [[Nancy Stafford]], American actress and Christian author * [[June 9]] - [[John Hagelin]], American physicist and U.S. Presidential candidate * [[June 9]] - [[Elizabeth May]], leader of the [[Green Party of Canada]] * [[June 15]] - [[James Belushi]], American actor * [[June 16]] - [[Sergey Kuryokhin]], a [[Russians|Russian]] [[piano]] player, avant-garde composer, improvisor, performance artist and actor (d.[[1996]]) * [[June 19]] - [[Ted Coombs]], American artist * [[June 19]] - [[Kathleen Turner]], American actress * [[June 20]] - [[Michael Anthony (musician)|Michael Anthony]], American bassist and founding member of the hard rock group [[Van Halen]] * [[June 20]] - [[Ilan Ramon]], [[Israeli Air Force]], [[Israel]] first [[astronaut]] (d. [[2003]]) * [[June 22]] - [[Freddie Prinze]], American actor and comedian (d. [[1977]]) * [[June 26]] - [[Steve Barton]], American actor (d. [[2001]]) * [[June 27]] - [[Ron Kirk]], Mayor of Dallas, Texas * [[June 28]] - [[Ava Barber]], country singer ''[[The Lawrence Welk Show]]'' * [[June 29]] - [[Rick Honeycutt]], American baseball player and coach * [[June 30]] - [[Pierre Charles]], [[Prime Minister of Dominica]] (d. [[2004]]) ===July-August=== <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[July 5]] - [[John Wright (cricketer)|John Wright]], [[New Zealand national cricket captains|New Zealand cricket captain]] * [[July 6]] - [[Willie Randolph]], American baseball player, coach, manager * [[July 10]] - [[Neil Tennant]], British musician * [[July 13]] - [[Sezen Aksu]], popular [[Turkey|Turkish]] female singer * [[July 15]] - [[Tarak Dhiab]], Tunisian footballer * [[July 16]] - [[Jeanette Mott Oxford]], American politician * [[July 17]] - [[Angela Merkel]], [[Chancellor of Germany]] * [[July 22]] - [[Pierre Lebeau]], Canadian actor * [[July 25]] - [[Walter Payton]], American football player (d. [[1999]]) * [[July 27]] - [[Philippe Alliot]], French race car driver * [[July 28]] - [[Hugo Chavez]], Venezuelan President * [[August 1]] - [[Michael J. Badnarik]], American software engineer and presidential candidate * [[August 2]] - [[Sammy McIlroy]], Northern Irish footballer and football manager * [[August 4]] - [[Uwe Wittwer]], Swiss artist * [[August 11]] - [[Joe Jackson (musician)|Joe Jackson]], British singer * [[August 12]] - [[Sam J. Jones]], American actor * [[August 12]] - [[Pat Metheny]], American jazz guitarist * [[August 13]] - [[Nico Assumpção]], [[Brazil]]ian bass player * [[August 14]] - [[Mark Fidrych]], American baseball player * [[August 15]] - [[Mary Jo Salter]], American poet * [[August 16]] - [[James Cameron]], Canadian-born film director * [[August 17]] - [[Anatoly Kudryavitsky]], Russian-Irish writer * [[August 20]] - [[Tawn Mastrey]], American disc jockey, music video producer (d. [[2007]]) * [[August 20]] - [[Al Roker]], American television broadcaster * [[August 21]] - [[Ivan Stang]], American author and publisher * [[August 21]] - [[Steve Smith (musician)|Steve Smith]], American drummer * [[August 23]] - [[Charles Busch]], American director, writer, and actor * [[August 25]] - [[Elvis Costello]], British singer * [[August 29]] - [[István Cserháti]], Hungarian keyboardist (d. [[2005]]) * [[August 31]] - [[Julie Brown]], American actress, singer-songwriter and screenwriter * [[August 31]] - [[Caroline Cossey]], English model ===September-October=== * [[September 1]] - [[Dave Lumley]], Canadian ice hockey player * [[September 10]] - [[Mark W. Everson]], incoming President and Chief Executive Officer of the American Red Cross * [[September 13]] - [[Steve Kilbey]], Australian musician * [[September 17]] - [[Joël-François Durand]], French composer * [[September 18]] - [[Dennis Johnson]], American basketball player (d. [[2007]]) * [[September 21]] - [[Shinzo Abe]], Japanese politician * [[September 23]] - [[Charlie Barnett (actor)|Charlie Barnett]], American actor (d. [[1996]]) * [[September 26]] - [[Kevin Kennedy (baseball)|Kevin Kennedy]], baseball manager and television host * [[September 28]] - [[Steve Largent]], American football player and congressman * [[September 30]] - [[Barry Williams]], American actor * [[October 1]] - [[Martin Strel]], Slovenian swimmer * [[October 3]] - [[Dennis Eckersley]], baseball player * [[October 3]] - [[Stevie Ray Vaughan]], American musician (d. [[1990]]) * [[October 3]] - [[Al Sharpton]], American politician and minister * [[October 7]] - [[Robert A. Schuller]], American televangelist and son of [[Robert H. Schuller]] * [[October 9]] - [[Scott Bakula]], American television actor * [[October 9]] - [[John O'Hurley]], American television actor and game show host * [[October 10]] - [[David Lee Roth]] Lead Singer of Rock Band Van Halen * [[October 12]] - [[Les Dennis]], English television presenter and actor * [[October 13]] - [[Mordechai Vanunu]], Israeli nuclear technician * [[October 15]] - [[Tanya Roberts]], American actress * [[October 15]] - [[Peter Bakowski]], Australian poet * [[October 23]] - [[Ang Lee]], Taiwanese film director * [[October 24]] - [[Mike Rounds]], Governor of South Dakota ===November-December=== <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> *[[November 2]] - [[Pat Croce]], American entrepreneur *[[November 2]] - [[Angela Webber]], Australian author, TV writer, producer and comedian (d. [[2007]]) *[[November 3]] - [[Brigitte Lin]], actress *[[November 3]] - [[Adam Ant]], English singer *[[November 3]] - [[Kathy Kinney]], American actress and comedienne *[[November 6]] - [[Catherine Crier]], American television journalist *[[November 7]] - [[Kamal Haasan]], Indian actor *[[November 8]] - [[Michael D. Brown]], U.S. Undersecretary of Emergency Preparedness and Response *[[November 8]] - [[Kazuo Ishiguro]], Japanese-born British author *[[November 13]] - [[Chris Noth]], American actor *[[November 14]] - [[Condoleezza Rice]], [[U.S. Secretary of State]] *[[November 14]] - [[Yanni]], Greek musician *[[November 14]] - [[Willie Hernández]], Puerto Rican [[Major League Baseball]] player *[[November 15]] - [[Aleksander Kwaśniewski]], [[President of Poland]] *[[November 16]] - [[Andrea Barrett]], American author *[[November 16]] - [[Bruce Edwards]], golf caddy (d. [[2004]]) *[[November 23]] - [[Bruce Hornsby]], American singer *[[November 26]] - [[Dan Kwong]], American performance artist, playwright *[[November 27]] - [[Patricia McPherson]], American actress *[[November 29]] - [[Joel Coen]], American film director, producer, screenwriter, and editor *[[December 1]] - [[Bob Goen]], American television personality and game show host *[[December 2]] - [[Dan Butler]], American actor *[[December 2]] - [[Stone Phillips]], American television journalist *[[December 3]] - [[Grace Andreacchi]], American author *[[December 7]] - [[Mark Hofmann]], American forger and murderer *[[December 10]] - [[Jack Hues]], English musician *[[December 11]] - [[Jermaine Jackson]], American singer *[[December 11]] - [[Prachanda]], Nepalese Communist leader *[[December 13]] - [[John Anderson (musician)|John Anderson]], American country music singer-songwriter *[[December 14]] - [[Ib Andersen]], Danish dancer *[[December 14]] - [[Alan Kulwicki]], American race car driver (d. [[1993]]) *[[December 18]] - [[Ulrich Roth]], German musician guitarist in rock band Scorpions *[[December 20]] - [[Michael Badalucco]], American actor *[[December 20]] - [[Sandra Cisneros]], American writer *[[December 21]] - [[Chris Evert]], American tennis player *[[December 24]] - [[José María Figueres]], Costa Rican politician, President [[1994]]-[[1998]] *[[December 25]] - [[Annie Lennox]], British singer *[[December 26]] - [[Susan Butcher]], American dog-sled racer (d. [[2006]]) *[[December 28]] - [[Denzel Washington]], American actor *[[December 31]] - [[Alex Salmond]], Scottish politician ===Unknown dates=== * [[Albert Oehlen]], German painter * [[Chris Riley (Priest)]], prominent Australian youth worker * [[Nenad Prokic]], Serbian playwright * [[Pat Metheny]], American Jazz Great * [[Ray Ratto]], sports columnist * [[Sid Meier]], American computer game designer ==Deaths== ===January-June=== <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[January 18]] - [[Sydney Greenstreet]], English actor (b. [[1879]]) * [[January 20]] - [[Fred Root]], English cricketer (b. [[1890]]) * [[January 31]] - [[Edwin Armstrong]], electrical engineer (b. [[1890]]) * [[February 12]] - [[Dziga Vertov]], Russian filmmaker (b. [[1896]]) * [[March 7]] - [[Otto Diels]], German chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1876]]) * [[April 13]] - [[Angus Lewis Macdonald|Angus L. Macdonald]], [[Nova Scotia]] Premier. (b. [[1890]]) * [[April 17]] - [[Lucreţiu Pătrăşcanu]], Romanian communist activist and sociologist (b. [[1900]]) * [[May 6]] - [[B.C. Forbes]], Scottish-born publisher (b. [[1880]]) * [[May 15]] - [[William March]], American writer and soldier (b. [[1893]]) * [[May 19]] - [[Charles Ives]], American composer (b. [[1874]]) * [[May 25]] - [[Robert Capa]], Hungarian-born photojournalist (b. [[1913]]) * [[April 10]] - [[Auguste Lumière]], French inventor (b. [[1862]]) * [[April 28]] - [[Léon Jouhaux]], French labor leader, recipient of the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] (b. [[1879]]) * [[June 7]] - [[Alan Turing]], British mathematician (b. [[1912]]) ===July-December=== <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[July 3]] - [[Reginald Marsh (artist)|Reginald Maarsh]], American artist (b. [[1898]]) * [[July 11]] - [[Henry Valentine Knaggs]], English physician and author (b. [[1859]]) * [[July 13]] - [[Frida Kahlo]], Mexican painter (b. [[1907]]) * [[July 13]] - [[Grantland Rice]], American sportswriter (b. [[1880]]) * [[July 14]] - [[Jacinto Benavente]], Spanish writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1866]]) * [[July 29]] - [[Coen de Koning]], Dutch speed skater (b. [[1879]]) * [[August 24]] - [[Getúlio Vargas]], [[President of Brazil]] (b. [[1882]]) * [[September 21]] - [[Kokichi Mikimoto]], Japanese pearl farm pioneer (b. [[1858]]) * [[November 3]] - [[Henri Matisse]], French painter (b. [[1869]]) * [[November 16]] - [[Albert Francis Blakeslee]], American botanist (b. [[1874]]) * [[November 28]] - [[Enrico Fermi]], Italian physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1901]]) * [[November 29]] - [[Dink Johnson]], American musician (b. [[1892]]) * [[November 30]] - [[Wilhelm Furtwängler]], German conductor (b. [[1886]]) * [[December 8]] - [[Claude Cahun]], French photographer and writer (b. [[1894]]) * [[December 23]] - [[René Iché]], French sculptor (b. [[1897]]) * [[December 30]] - [[Archduke Eugen of Austria]], Austrian field marshal (b. [[1863]]) ==Ship events== * [[List of ship commissionings in 1954]] * [[List of ship decommissionings in 1954]] ==Nobel prizes== * [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Physics]] - [[Max Born]], [[Walther Bothe]] * [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Chemistry]] - [[Linus Carl Pauling]] * [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Medicine]] - [[John Franklin Enders]], [[Thomas Huckle Weller]], [[Frederick Chapman Robbins]] * [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Literature]] - [[Ernest Hemingway]] * [[Nobel Peace Prize|Peace]] - The Office of the [[United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees]]. ==Fields Medalists== *[[Kunihiko Kodaira]], [[Jean-Pierre Serre]] ==See also== * [[20th century]] ==Notes== <references/> {{commonscat}} ==External links== *[http://www.coinpage.com/1954-pictures.html 1954 Coin Pictures] [[Category:1954| ]] [[af:1954]] [[am:1954 እ.ኤ.አ.]] [[ar:1954]] [[an:1954]] [[roa-rup:1954]] [[frp:1954]] [[ast:1954]] [[av:1954]] [[az:1954]] [[bn:১৯৫৪]] [[zh-min-nan:1954 nî]] [[map-bms:1954]] [[be:1954]] [[be-x-old:1954]] [[bh:१९५४]] [[bs:1954]] [[br:1954]] [[bg:1954]] [[ca:1954]] [[cv:1954]] [[cs:1954]] [[co:1954]] [[cy:1954]] [[da:1954]] [[de:1954]] [[et:1954]] [[el:1954]] [[es:1954]] [[eo:1954]] [[eu:1954]] [[fa:۱۹۵۴ (میلادی)]] [[fo:1954]] [[hif:1954]] [[fr:1954]] [[fy:1954]] [[fur:1954]] [[ga:1954]] [[gan:1954年]] [[gv:1954]] [[gd:1954]] [[gl:1954]] [[ko:1954년]] [[hy:1954]] [[hi:1954]] [[hr:1954.]] [[io:1954]] [[ilo:1954]] [[bpy:মারি ১৯৫৪]] [[id:1954]] [[ia:1954]] [[ie:1954]] [[os:1954]] [[is:1954]] [[it:1954]] [[he:1954]] [[jv:1954]] [[pam:1954]] [[kn:೧೯೫೪]] [[ka:1954]] [[csb:1954]] [[kk:1954]] [[kw:1954]] [[sw:1954]] [[ht:1954 (almanak gregoryen)]] [[ku:1954]] [[la:1954]] [[lv:1954]] [[lb:1954]] [[lt:1954 m.]] [[lij:1954]] [[lmo:1954]] [[hu:1954]] [[mk:1954]] [[mi:1954]] [[mr:इ.स. १९५४]] [[ms:1954]] [[nah:1954]] [[nl:1954]] [[nds-nl:1954]] [[new:ई सं १९५४]] [[ja:1954年]] [[nap:1954]] [[no:1954]] [[nn:1954]] [[nrm:1954]] [[nov:1954]] [[oc:1954]] [[uz:1954]] [[pa:੧੯੫੪]] [[pi:१९५४]] [[pap:1954]] [[nds:1954]] [[pl:1954]] [[pt:1954]] [[ty:1954]] [[ksh:Joohr 1954]] [[ro:1954]] [[ru:1954 год]] [[se:1954]] [[sq:1954]] [[scn:1954]] [[simple:1954]] [[sk:1954]] [[sl:1954]] [[sr:1954]] [[sh:1954]] [[su:1954]] [[fi:1954]] [[sv:1954]] [[tl:1954]] [[ta:1954]] [[tt:1954]] [[te:1954]] [[th:พ.ศ. 2497]] [[vi:1954]] [[tg:1954]] [[tr:1954]] [[tk:1954]] [[uk:1954]] [[vec:1954]] [[wa:1954]] [[vls:1954]] [[yo:1954]] [[zh-yue:1954年]] [[cbk-zam:1954]] [[bat-smg:1954]] [[zh:1954年]]