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Television Finale
Jun 9 Milton Berle's TV show "Texaco Star Theater" last airs on NBC-TV
- Jun 9 South African premier D. F. Malan visits the Netherlands
- Jun 9 Worcester County tornado kills 94 injures 1310 and leaves 10,000 homeless
- Jun 11 "Amos 'n Andy" TV Comedy, also radio from '29; last aired on CBS
- Jun 11 Test Cricket debut of Alan Davidson at Trent Bridge
Cricket History
Jun 13 English Cricketer Alec Bedser takes 14-99 (7-55 & 7-44) vs Australia
World Record Marathon
Jun 13 Jim Peters runs world record marathon (2:18:40.2)
- Jun 13 KOAA TV channel 5 in Pueblo-Colorado Spgs, CO (NBC) 1st broadcast
Eisenhower Condemns McCarty
Jun 14 Eisenhower condemns McCarthy's book burning proposal
Elvis Graduates
Jun 14 Elvis Presley graduates from L. C. Humes High School in Memphis, Tennessee
- Jun 14 Military coup by General Gustavo Rojas Pinilla in Colombia
- Jun 14 Yanks sweep Indians 6-2, 3-0 before 74,708 win streak at 18 straight
- Jun 15 Browns end Yankees win streak at 18 & Browns 14-game losing streak
- Jun 15 NY Yankees first baseman Johnny Mize is 93rd MLB player to get 2,000 hits
- Jun 15 NYC Transit Authority forms
- Jun 15 WLFI TV channel 18 in Lafayette, IN (CBS) begins broadcasting
- Jun 16 Despite Johnny Mize 2,000th hit, NY Yankees lose ending an 18 game winning streak and also ending St Louis Brown 14 game losing streak
- Jun 17 Most runs scored in 1 inning (17 by Red Sox)
- Jun 17 Riots in East Germany for reunification
Event of Interest
Jun 17 US Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas stays executions of spies Julius & Ethel Rosenberg scheduled for next day their 14th anniversary
- Jun 18 Monarchy of Egypt formally abolished after the 1952 revolution and proclaimed the Republic of Eqypt; Army General Muhammad Naguib becomes 1st president
- Jun 18 Red Sox rookie Eugene Stephens is 1st player in AL history to register 3 hits in an inning as Boston scores 17 runs in the 7th during 23-3 rout of visiting Detroit Tigers at Fenway Park, Boston
- Jun 18 USAF C-124 Globemaster crashes shortly after takeoff from Tachikawa Air Base, Japan, killing 129 servicemen; at the time, it was the deadliest incident in aviation history
- Jun 19 Albert W Dent elected president of US National Health Council
- Jun 19 WCSC TV channel 5 in Charleston, South Carolina (CBS) begins broadcasting
- Jun 19 WTPA (now WHTM) TV channel 27 in Harrisburg, PA (ABC) 1st broadcast
- Jun 20 LPGA Western Golf Open Women's Golf, Capital City Club: Louise Suggs defeats Patty Berg, 6 & 5 in the final
- Jun 24 KSWS (now KOBR) TV channel 8 in Roswell, NM (NBC) begins broadcasting
- Jun 25 1st passenger to fly commercially around the world < 100 hours
- Jun 25 86°F in Anchorage, Alaska
- Jun 26 KCTV (now KLST) TV channel 8 in San Angelo, TX (CBS) 1st broadcast
Lavrentiy Beria Ousted
Jun 26 Lavrentiy Beria, one of the trio of Soviet leaders after Stalin's death and the former secret police chief, is ousted from power and arrested
- Jun 27 Joseph Laniel appointed French premier
- Jun 29 XETV TV channel 6 in Tijuana-San Diego, CA (IND) begins broadcasting
- Jun 30 1st Chevrolet Corvette manufactured
- Jul 1 KLAS TV channel 8 in Las Vegas, NV (CBS) begins broadcasting
- Jul 1 KTVH (now KWCH) TV channel 12 in Hutchinson-Wichita, KS (CBS) begins
- Jul 4 Imre Nagy succeeds Matyas Rákosi as premier of Hungary
- Jul 5 Phillies pitcher Robin Roberts hurls his 28th consecutive MLB complete game in a 2-0 win over Pittsburgh
- Jul 5 WANC TV channel 21 in Asheville, NC (IND) begins broadcasting
Che Guevara Begins Road Trip
Jul 7 Che Guevara sets out on a trip through Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, and El Salvador
Event of Interest
Jul 14 First US national monument dedicated to a black American, to preserve the boyhood home of agricultural scientist and inventor George Washington Carver in Newton County, Missouri [1]
- Jul 15 ANC members, Walter Sisulu and Duma Nokwe leave South Africa and go overseas under false names
- Jul 16 KROC (now KTTC) TV channel 10 in Rochester, Minnesota (NBC) 1st broadcast
- Jul 18 Elvis Presley pays $3.98 to make his first demo, at Sun Studio in Memphis, records "My Happiness" and "That's When Your Heartaches Begin". Reportedly gives the record to his mother as a belated birthday present.
- Jul 19 KIMA TV channel 29 in Yakima, WA (CBS) begins broadcasting
- Jul 19 WAKR (now WAKC) TV channel 23 in Akron, OH (ABC) begins broadcasting
- Jul 20 The United Nations Economic and Social Council votes to make UNICEF a permanent agency
- Jul 20 USSR/Israel recover diplomatic relations
- Jul 24 KEYT TV channel 3 in Santa Barbara, California (ABC) begins broadcasting
- Jul 25 NYC transit fare rises from 10 cents to 15 cents, 1st use of subway tokens
- Jul 26 Arizona Governor John Howard Pyle orders an anti-polygamy law enforcement crackdown on residents of Short Creek, Arizona, which becomes known as the Short Creek Raid
- Jul 26 Cuban pirate radio station's 1st transmission at Santiago de Cuba
Event of Interest
Jul 26 Fidel Castro leads a failed attack on the Moncada Barracks, intended to spark a revolution in Cuba
- Jul 27 Dizzy Dean, Al Simmons "Chief" Bender, Bobby Wallace, Harry Wright, Ed Barrow, Bill Klem and Tom Connolly inducted into Baseball Hall of Fame
Korean War Ends
Jul 27 North Korea and the United Nations sign armistice to stop fighting and divide Korea at the 38th parallel
- Jul 27 Vatican disallows priest holiday work in factory
- Jul 29 US bomber shot down by Soviet Air Defence Forces in the Sea of Japan, north of Vladivostok
- Aug 1 Boston Red Sox pitcher Ben Flowers sets then MLB record of 8 consecutive games in relief
- Aug 1 California introduces sales tax (for education)
- Aug 1 Fidel Castro arrested in Cuba
- Aug 1 KMBC TV channel 9 in Kansas City, Missouri (MET/ABC) begins broadcasting
- Aug 1 KOBI TV channel 5 in Medford, Oregon (NBC) begins broadcasting
- Aug 1 Northern Rhodesia becomes part of Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
- Aug 2 KCPQ TV channel 13 in Tacoma-Seattle, WA (IND) begins broadcasting
- Aug 3 Frank Blair becomes news anchor of "Today Show"
- Aug 4 Black families move into Trumbull Park housing project in Chicago
- Aug 4 New York Yankees hurler Vic Raschi sets MLB record for a pitcher by driving in 7 runs in a 15-0 win v Detroit
From Here to Eternity
Aug 5 "From Here to Eternity" based on book by James Jones, directed by Fred Zinnemann and starring Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift and Frank Sinatra is released (Academy Awards Best Picture 1954)
- Aug 5 Operation "Big Switch"; Korean War prisoner exchanged at Panmunjom
Sports History
Aug 6 Future Baseball Hall of Fame slugger Ted Williams returns to Red Sox from military service in Korea; ends abbreviated season with .407 batting average
- Aug 7 Eastern Airlines enters jet age, uses Electra prop-jet
- Aug 8 US & South Korea initial a mutual security pact
- Aug 9 1st elected Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, Sheikh Abdullah dismissed by the Indian government and later arrested
- Aug 12 Ann Davison arrives in Miami in her 23 foot boat Felicity Ann, becoming the 1st woman to sail solo across the Atlantic
- Aug 12 Heavy earthquake strikes the Ionian islands, 435 killed
- Aug 12 Soviet Union conducts secret test of its 1st hydrogen bomb
- Aug 13 4-5 million French go on strike against economizations
- Aug 13 US President Dwight Eisenhower establishes Government Contract Compliance Committee
- Aug 14 20th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Detroit 24, All-Stars 10 (93,818)
- Aug 14 KXLF TV channel 4 in Butte, MT (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting
Event of Interest
Aug 15 US General Omar Bradley leaves office as the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff after four years and retires from active military service
- Aug 16 KTAL TV channel 6 in Shreveport-Texarkana, LA (NBC) begins
Shah Flees
Aug 16 Shah of Persia Mohammad Reza Pahlavi & princess Soraya flee to Baghdad & Rome
- Aug 17 Addiction: First meeting of Narcotics Anonymous in Southern California
Coup d'état
Aug 19 Democratically elected Prime Minister of Iran Mohammad Mosaddegh is overthrown in a coup orchestrated by the United Kingdom (under the name 'Operation Boot') and the United States (under the name TPAJAX Project)
- Aug 20 General Fazlollah Zahedi arrests Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh in a CIA supported coup d'état
- Aug 20 Russia publicly acknowledges hydrogen bomb test detonation
Baseball Hires John Norman Lewis
Aug 21 Baseball player representatives Ralph Kiner (NL) & Allie Reynolds (AL) hire labor leader John Norman Lewis at $15,000 to give legal advice to players in negotiations with team owners
- Aug 21 Marion Carl in Douglas Skyrocket reaches record 25,370 m
- Aug 21 Sultan Sidi Mohammed Am Joessoef V of Morocco deposed
- Aug 22 Shah of Iran Mohammad Reza Pahlavi returns to Tehran
- Aug 23 Cyclist Arie Van Vliet becomes world champion sprinter
- Aug 23 Dutch DC-6 crashes near Ymuiden in North Sea, 21 die
- Aug 23 Former Boston Braves pitcher Phil Paine becomes first major leaguer to play in Japan; on military service with U.S. Air Force plays first of 9 games for Nishitetsu Lions
F1 World Champion
Aug 23 Italian Ferrari driver Alberto Ascari clinches his second Formula 1 World Drivers Championship by winning Swiss Grand Prix at Bremgarten
- Aug 23 KBAK TV channel 29 in Bakersfield, CA (ABC) begins broadcasting
- Aug 23 Phil Grate sets record for throwing a baseball (443'3")
- Aug 23 USSR performs nuclear test
Roman Holiday
Aug 27 Romantic comedy film "Roman Holiday" is released, starring Audrey Hepburn, Gregory Peck, and Eddie Albert
- Aug 29 KHSL TV channel 12 in Chico, CA (CBS) begins broadcasting
- Aug 29 USSR explodes its first hydrogen bomb
- Aug 31 KRBC TV channel 9 in Abilene, TX (NBC) begins broadcasting
- Aug 31 WKBG (now WLVI) TV channel 56 in Cambridge-Boston, MA (IND) begins
- Sep 1 101°F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in Sept
- Sep 1 Buck Baker takes lead with 10 laps remaining to win the Southern 500 at Darlington in the most competitive event in NASCAR Grand National history; four drivers swap lead a record 35 times
- Sep 1 Fokker begins building F-27 Fokker Friendship
- Sep 1 WNOK (now WLTX) TV channel 19 in Columbia, SC (CBS) 1st broadcast
- Sep 1 WTCN (now KARE) TV channel 11 in Minneapolis-St Paul, MN (MET) begins
- Sep 3 European Convention on Human Rights goes into effect
François Mitterrand Resigns
Sep 3 French minister François Mitterrand, resigns due to colonial policy
Election of Interest
Sep 6 Konrad Adenauer's CDU wins elections in German Federal Republic
Baseball Record
Sep 6 Roy Campanella sets record for HRs by a catcher at 38
- Sep 7 Roy Campanella sets catcher record of 125 (en route to 142) RBIs
- Sep 9 WFIE TV channel 14 in Evansville, IN (NBC) begins broadcasting
- Sep 10 Swanson sells its 1st "TV dinner"
- Sep 11 KSBW TV channel 8 in Salinas-Monterey, CA (NBC) begins broadcasting
- Sep 11 WEHT TV channel 25 in Evansville, IN (CBS) begins broadcasting
- Sep 12 Brooklyn Dodgers clinch NL pennant earlier than any other team, defeating Milwaukee Braves 5-2. Brooklyn finishes season with record of 105-49.
Ascari Retains Championship
Sep 13 Italian Ferrari driver Alberto Ascari retains Formula 1 World Drivers Championship although forced to retire (engine trouble) in season ending Italian Grand Prix at Monza; wins title by 6.5 points from Juan Manuel Fangio
- Sep 13 KGTV TV channel 10 in San Diego, CA (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting
- Sep 13 Pitcher Bob Trice becomes the first black player for Philadelphia Athletics
Khrushchev Succeeds Malenkov
Sep 14 Nikita Khrushchev appointed First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, succeeding Malenkov
- Sep 14 Yanks clinch 5th straight pennant with 8-5 win over Indians
- Sep 15 Boxing's NBA adopts 10-pt-must-scoring-system (10 pts to round winner)
- Sep 15 KVOA TV channel 4 in Tucson, AZ (NBC) begins broadcasting
- Sep 15 WVEC TV channel 13 in Hampton-Norfolk, VA (ABC) begins broadcasting
The Robe
Sep 16 1st movie in Cinemascope "The Robe" based on the book by Lloyd C. Douglas, directed by Henry Koster and starring Richard Burton and Jean Simmons premieres
- Sep 16 AL approves St Louis Browns move to become Baltimore Orioles
Ernie Banks
Sep 17 Ernie Banks becomes Chicago Cubs 1st black player
Marciano TKOs LaStarza
Sep 24 Rocky Marciano TKOs home town favourite Roland LaStarza in 11 at NYC's Polo Grounds to retain his world heavyweight boxing title
- Sep 26 KERO TV channel 23 in Bakersfield, CA (CBS/NBC) begins broadcasting
- Sep 26 Polish government fires/imprisons Cardinal Wyszynski
- Sep 26 Shortstop Billy Hunter smashes final home run in St Louis Browns history during a 6-3 loss to Chicago White Sox at Busch Stadium; franchise moves to Baltimore next season
- Sep 26 US & Spain sign defense treaty (4 US bases in Spain)
- Sep 27 Baltimore Colt Bert Rechichar kicks a 56-yard field goal
- Sep 27 KCMO (now KCTV) TV channel 5 in Kansas City, MO (CBS) begins
- Sep 27 KNOE TV channel 8 in Monroe-West Monroe, LA (CBS) begins broadcasting
- Sep 27 KOLO TV channel 8 in Reno, NV (ABC/CBS) begins broadcasting
- Sep 27 KQTV TV channel 2 in Saint Joseph, MO (ABC) begins broadcasting
- Sep 27 St Louis Browns play last game in Sportsman's Park, losing 100th game
- Sep 27 Typhoon destroys one third of Nagoya, Japan
- Sep 27 WHBQ TV channel 13 in Memphis, Tennessee (ABC) begins broadcasting
- Sep 27 WMAZ TV channel 13 in Macon, GA (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting
- Sep 27 WTOK TV channel 11 in Meridian, MS (ABC/CBS) begins broadcasting
- Sep 28 "Bob & Ray Show" TV Variety last air on NBC
- Sep 28 "Juvenile Jury" TV Children's last airs on NBC, moved to CBS
- Sep 28 "Racket Squad" TV Crime Drama last airs on CBS
- Sep 28 Dutch government proclaims 5% general pay increase on Jan 1, 1954
- Sep 28 KOAT TV channel 7 in Albuquerque, NM (ABC/PBS) begins broadcasting
- Sep 29 "Buick-Berle Show" debuts on NBC-TV
Make Room for Daddy
Sep 29 "Make Room for Daddy" starring Danny Thomas, premieres on ABC-TV
- Sep 29 "Milton Berle Show" premieres on NBC in the US
- Sep 29 1st department store to sell insurance is Carson Pirie Scott in Chicago, Illinois
- Sep 29 Baltimore, Maryland Mayor D'Alesandro buys Veeck's interest in Browns for $2,475,000
- Sep 29 US government gives France $385 million for combat in Indo-China
- Sep 30 Auguste/Jacques Piccard dives with bathosphere to 3150 m (record)
Chief Justice Earl Warren
Sep 30 Earl Warren appointed Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court
- Sep 30 Robert Anderson's "Tea & Sympathy" premieres in NYC
- Sep 30 WICS TV channel 20 in Springfield, IL (NBC) begins broadcasting
- Sep 30 WMT (now KGAN) TV channel 2 in Cedar Rapids-Waterloo, IA (CBS) begins
- Oct 1 Indian state of Andhra Pradesh partitioned from Madras
- Oct 1 KJEO TV channel 47 in Fresno, CA (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting
- Oct 1 KYTV TV channel 3 in Springfield, MO (NBC) begins broadcasting
- Oct 1 WATE TV channel 6 in Knoxville, TN (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting
- Oct 1 WREX TV channel 13 in Rockford, IL (ABC) begins broadcasting
- Oct 3 KGGM TV channel 13 in Albuquerque, NM (CBS) begins broadcasting
- Oct 4 British runner Jim Peters sets world marathon record 2:18:34.8 in the Turku Marathon in Finland
- Oct 5 Earl Warren sworn in as 14th Chief Justice of US Supreme Court
- Oct 5 The first documented recovery meeting of Narcotics Anonymous is held.
- Oct 6 WTVM TV channel 9 in Columbus, GA (ABC) begins broadcasting
Sports History
Oct 7 Bill Veeck tells St. Louis Browns stockholders he faces bankruptcy unless they drop their suit to block his move to Baltimore, they comply
Alabama Bars Robinson All-Stars
Oct 8 Birmingham, Alabama, bars Jackie Robinson's Negro-White All-Stars from playing there Robinson gives in & drops white players from his group
- Oct 8 WTAP TV channel 15 in Parkersburg-Marietta, WV (NBC) begins
Guyanese Constitution
Oct 9 British Prime Minister Winston Churchill aproves Guyanese Constitution
- Oct 9 Konrad Adenauer elected Chancellor of West Germany
- Oct 12 US & Greece sign peace treaty (US bases)
- Oct 13 Burglar alarm-ultrasonic or radio waves patented by Samuel Bagno
- Oct 14 1st 3 Dutch female police officers go into service
- Oct 14 Belgian Convair crashes at Frankfurt, 44 die
- Oct 14 Charley Dressen resigns rather than take 1 year contract as Dodger mgr
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