Events Date 1954 P 3 | History by KabAstro

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Oct 19 First ascent of Cho Oyu, sixth highest mountain in the world at 8,201 metres
Oct 19 KAKE TV channel 10 in Wichita, KS (ABC) begins broadcasting

Ladies of the Corridor

Oct 21 Dorothy Parker and Arnaud d'Usseau's black comedy play "Ladies of the Corridor" premieres

Short Story Writer and Poet Dorothy Parker

Oct 21 Indonesian troops land in New Guinea
Oct 22 West Germany joins North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Oct 23 Britain, France & US agree to end occupation of Germany
Oct 23 Pakistan Governor-General Ghoelan Mohammed disbands parliament
Oct 23 WSAU TV channel 7 in Wausau, WI (CBS) begins broadcasting

Fangio F1 Champion

Oct 24 Britain's Mike Hawthorne wins season ending Spanish Grand Prix at Pedralbes; Argentine Maserati driver Juan Manuel Fangio takes second Formula 1 World Drivers Championship by 17 points from countryman José Froilán González

Event of Interest

Oct 24 Dwight D. Eisenhower pledges United States' support to South Vietnam

34th US President and WWII General Dwight D. Eisenhower

Aid to South Vietnam

Oct 25 US President Dwight D. Eisenhower offers aid to the Prime Minister of South Vietnam Ngô Đình Diệm [1]

President of South Vietnam Ngô Đình Diệm

Oct 26 Chevrolet unveils V-8 engine
Oct 26 City of Trieste returned to Italy
Oct 27 Benjamin O. Davis Jr. becomes the first African-American general in the United States Air Force.

Disneyland

Oct 27 Walt Disney's 1st TV show, "Disneyland", premieres on ABC

Oct 27 WISN TV channel 12 in Milwaukee, WI (ABC) begins broadcasting
Oct 28 Major league owners vote down sale of A's to a Philadelphia syndicate
Oct 28 N. Richard Nash's play "The Rainmaker" premieres in NYC

Ernest Hemingway

Oct 28 Nobel Prize for Literature is awarded to Ernest Hemingway

Egyptian History

Oct 29 Colonel Gamal Abdel Nasser disbands the Muslim Brotherhood

Oct 29 Sweden begins experimental TV
Oct 30 1st use of 24-sec shot clock in pro basketball (Rochester vs Boston)
Oct 30 US Defense Department announces elimination of all racially segregated regiments
Oct 31 Algerian Revolution against French begins
Oct 31 KREM TV channel 2 in Spokane, WA (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting

Election of Interest

Nov 1 General Fulgencio Batista elected President of Cuba

Cuban President and Dictator Fulgencio Batista

Nov 1 India takes over administration of 4 French Indian settlements
Nov 1 KUON TV channel 12 in Lincoln, NB (PBS) begins broadcasting
Nov 1 The Front de Libération Nationale fires the first shots of the Algerian War of Independence against France.

Event of Interest

Nov 1 US Senate admonishes Joseph McCarthy because of his slander campaigns

Hancock's Half Hour

Nov 2 BBC radio comedy "Hancock's Half Hour" debuts starring Tony Hancock and Sid James, written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson

Nov 2 Charles Diggs Jr is elected Michigan's 1st black congressman to the House of Representatives

Election of Interest

Nov 2 Strom Thurmond is the 1st senator elected by write-in vote (South Carolina)

Nov 3 Nobel for physics awarded to Max Born & Walter Bothe
Nov 4 Philadelphia A's move to Kansas City

Sports History

Nov 5 Montreal Canadien center Jean Béliveau scores 3 goals in 44 seconds on future Hall of Fame goaltender Terry Sawchuk in 4-2 win v Boston Bruins; 2nd fastest NHL hat trick

Nov 7 Cleveland Browns' Chet Hanulak sets club record with 7 punt returns & win by their largest margin of victory (59) beating Wash 62-3
Nov 7 US spy plane shot down North of Japan
Nov 8 AL approves Philadelphia A's move to Kansas City

Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima

Nov 10 "Marine Corps War Memorial" unveiled in Arlington County, Virginia, dedicated to US Marine Corps who died in defense of US since 1775 (inspired by 1945 Iwo Jima photo of servicemen raising US flag)

United States Marines raise the U.S. flag atop Mount Suribachi, during the Battle of Iwo Jima

Two Towers

Nov 11 Publication of "Two Towers", 2nd volume of "Lord of the Rings", by J. R. R. Tolkien by George Allen and Unwin in London

Nov 12 Ellis Island, immigration station in NY Harbor is closed

People's Action Party

Nov 12 Lee Kuan Yew and others form the People's Action Party (PAP) in Singapore to work towards self-rule in Singapore

Founder of Modern Singapore Lee Kuan Yew

Nov 14 Egyptian President Naguib resigns, state of emergency declared
Nov 15 1st regularly scheduled commercial flights over North Pole begin as SAS (Scandinavian Airlines) inaugurates DC-6B service between Los Angeles, California and Copenhagen, Denmark, via Greenland and Winnipeg, Manitoba
Nov 20 KTRK TV channel 13 in Houston, TX (ABC) begins broadcasting
Nov 22 Humane Society (US) forms in Washington, D.C.
Nov 23 For the first time, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above the peak it reached just before the 1929 crash
Nov 24 Air Force One, 1st US Presidential airplane, christened
Nov 24 France sends 20,000 soldiers to Algeria

Colin Cowdrey

Nov 26 Test Cricket debut of Colin Cowdrey v Australia at Gabba

Nov 27 Alger Hiss is released from prison after serving 44 months for perjury
Nov 28 1st pro football game in The Netherlands
Nov 28 KCKT (now KSNC) TV channel 2 in Great Bend, KS (NBC) 1st broadcast
Nov 30 20th Heisman Trophy Award: Alan Ameche, Wisconsin (FB)
Nov 30 Ann Hodges is bruised by a meteor at Sylacauga, Alabama, in the first modern instance of a meteorite striking a human
Nov 30 John Strydom succeeds D. F. Malan as premier of South Africa
Dec 1 Nationalist China & US sign dike agreement
Dec 1 NY Yankees and Baltimore Orioles complete largest trade in MLB history as 17 players, including Don Larsen, Gene Woodling, Bob Turley change teams; first phase of transaction began November 18 and concludes today after the MLB draft
Dec 2 Milwaukee Hawks shooting guard Frank Selvey sets then NBA record of 24 of 26 free throws as he scores 42 points in 117-108 win over the Minneapolis Lakers at Milwaukee Arena
Dec 2 Taiwan (ROC) & US sign the Mutual Defense Treaty, preventing Mainland China (PRC) from taking Taiwan between 1955-1979
Dec 2 US Senate censures Joeseph McCarthy (Sen-R-Wisc) for "conduct that tends to bring Senate into dishonor & disrepute"

Prayers of Kierkegaard

Dec 3 Samuel Barber's cantata "Prayers of Kierkegaard" premieres

Dec 3 William Walton's opera "Troilus & Cressida" premieres in London
Dec 4 The first Burger King is opened in Miami, Florida, USA
Dec 5 KTEW (now KJRH) TV channel 2 in Tulsa, OK (NBC) begins broadcasting

Beauvoir Receives Prix Goncourt

Dec 6 Simone de Beauvoir receives the Prix Goncourt prize in French literature

Dec 7 Japanese government of Joshida resigns
Dec 7 KCTS TV channel 9 in Seattle, WA (PBS) begins broadcasting

Bad Seed

Dec 8 Maxwell Anderson's play "Bad Seed", based on the book by William March, premieres in NYC

Dec 8 WPTZ TV channel 5 in Plattsburgh, NY (NBC) begins broadcasting

Shostakovich In Sweden

Dec 9 Dmitri Shostakovich appointed honored guest of Royal Swedish Academy of Music

Pauling Nobel Chemistry Prize

Dec 10 Linus Pauling wins Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his research into the nature of the chemical bond and its applications

Chemist and Peace Activist Linus Pauling

Dec 10 Philadelphia Phillies purchase Connie Mack Stadium
Dec 10 USAF Lt Col John Stapp travels at 632 mph in a rocket sled at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico
Dec 11 Philadelphia Phillies owners reluctantly purchase Connie Mack Stadium (Shibe Park) from the A's
Dec 11 USS Forrestal aircraft carrier christened in Newport News, Virginia

House of Schiaparelli Closes

Dec 13 Elsa Schiaparelli's House of Schiaparelli at Place Vendôme in Paris closes

Dec 14 WOAY TV channel 4 in Oak Hill-Beckley, WV (ABC) begins broadcasting
Dec 15 Fordham University scraps football team for financial reasons
Dec 15 Netherlands Antilles becomes co-equal part of Kingdom of Netherlands
Dec 15 US Scientists involved in secret Project Superpressure at GE Research Labs realized they have synthesized diamonds for the first time [1]
Dec 17 1st fully automated railroad freight yard (Gary, Indiana)
Dec 17 WEAU TV channel 13 in Eau Claire, WI (NBC) begins broadcasting
Dec 23 The first human kidney transplant is performed by Dr. Joseph E. Murray at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts
Dec 24 Council for the Protection of Children forms in Netherlands
Dec 24 Laos gains its independence from France
Dec 25 WSFA TV channel 12 in Montgomery, AL (NBC) begins broadcasting
Dec 26 "The Shadow" airs for last time on radio
Dec 28 KEPR TV channel 19 in Pasco-Kennewick-Richl, WA (CBS) 1st broadcast
Dec 29 Kingdom of Netherlands, with Netherlands & Netherlands Antilles as autonomous parts, comes into being