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1954 Historical Event(s)
January 10, 1954
– BOAC Flight 781 A de Havilland DH.106 Comet 1 explodes into the Tyrrhenian Sea killing 35 people.
February 3, 1954
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Horse in Chinese astrology.
February 15, 1954
– Canada and the United States agree to construct the Distant Early Warning Line, a system of radar stations in the far northern Arctic regions of Canada and Alaska.
February 23, 1954
– The first mass inoculation of children against polio with the Salk vaccine begins in Pittsburgh.
April 8, 1954
– South African Airways Flight 201 A de Havilland DH.106 Comet 1 crashes into the sea during night killing 21 people.
April 12, 1954
– Bill Haley & His Comets record “Rock Around the Clock” in New York City.
July 20, 1954
– Germany: Otto John, head of West Germany’s secret service, defects to East Germany.
September 27, 1954
– The nationwide debut of Tonight!(The Tonight Show) hosted by Steve Allen on NBC.
November 1, 1954
– The Front de Libération Nationale fires the first shots of the Algerian War of Independence.
November 27, 1954
– Alger Hiss is released from prison after serving 44 months for perjury.
Who Were Born On 1954?
February 25, 1954
– Gerardo Pelusso, Uruguayan football manager
March 4, 1954
– Ricky Ford, American jazz tenor saxophonist
March 19, 1954
– Indu Shahani, Indian educator
May 23, 1954
– Hans Kruize, Dutch field hockey player
May 31, 1954
– Thomas Mavros, Greek footballer
September 8, 1954
– Mark Lindsay Chapman, English film and television actor
October 3, 1954
– Stevie Ray Vaughan, American blues musician (d. 1990)
October 8, 1954
– Huub Rothengatter, Dutch racing driver
October 9, 1954
– Anne-Marie Goumba, African politician
November 16, 1954
– Luis Conte, Cuban percussionist