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1954 Calendar

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•  January 1, 1954 – NBC makes the first coast-to-coast NTSC color broadcast when it telecast the Tournament of Roses Parade, with public demonstrations given across the United States on prototype color receivers.
•  February 3, 1954 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Horse in Chinese astrology.
•  March 1, 1954 – Nuclear testing: The Castle Bravo, a 15-megaton hydrogen bomb, is detonated on Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean, resulting in the worst radioactive contamination ever caused by the United States.
•  March 30, 1954 – The Yonge Street subway line opens in Toronto. It is the first subway in Canada.
•  April 1, 1954 – President Dwight D. Eisenhower authorizes the creation of the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado.
•  May 6, 1954 – Roger Bannister becomes the first person to run the mile in under four minutes.
•  July 5, 1954 – The BBC broadcasts its first television news bulletin.
•  October 24, 1954 – Dwight D. Eisenhower pledges United States support to South Vietnam
•  November 13, 1954 – Great Britain defeats France to capture the first ever Rugby League World Cup in Paris in front of around 30,000 spectators.
•  November 19, 1954 – Télé Monte Carlo, Europe’s oldest private television channel, is launched by Prince Rainier III.

•  February 12, 1954 – Joseph Jordania, Australian/Georgian evolutionary musicologist
•  April 5, 1954 – Peter Case, American musician (The Nerves)
•  April 24, 1954 – Captain Sensible, British guitarist (The Damned)
•  May 20, 1954 – Guy Hoffman, American musician (Violent Femmes)
•  July 26, 1954 – Vitas Gerulaitis, American tennis player (d. 1994)
•  August 2, 1954 – Sammy McIlroy, Northern Irish footballer and manager
•  November 7, 1954 – Gil Junger, American director
•  November 29, 1954 – Steve Rogers, Australian rugby league footballer (d. 2006)
•  December 26, 1954 – Steve Steen, English actor
•  December 30, 1954 – Barry Greenstein, American poker player