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1954 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar .
Events
January-February
January 1 - Soviet Union no longer demands war reparations from East Germany
January 12 - Large-scale avalanches in Austria - over 20 dead
January 14 - The Hudson Motor Car Company merges with Nash-Kelvinator forming the American Motors Corporation
January 14 - Marilyn Monroe weds Joe DiMaggio .
January 15 - Mau Mau leader Waruhiu Itote is captured in Kenya
January 17 - In Yugoslavia , Milovan Djilas , Tito 's second-in-command, is relieved of his duties
January 20 - The National Negro Network is established with 40 charter member radio stations
January 21 - The first nuclear-powered submarine , the USS Nautilus , is launched in Groton, Connecticut , by Mrs. Dwight D. Eisenhower .
January 25 - The foreign ministers of the United States , Britain , France and the Soviet Union meet at the Berlin Conference .
January 26 - Milpitas , California was incorporated as a city.
February 3 - Queen Elizabeth II is the first reigning monarch to visit Australia
January 27 - Very freezing weather in Europe
February 10 - President Dwight Eisenhower warns against United States intervention in Vietnam
February 23 - The first mass vaccination of children against polio begins in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
February 25 - Lt. Col. Gamal Abdel Nasser is made premier of Egypt .
March-April
May
June-July
August-October
August - First flight of a B-52 Stratofortress .
August 6 - Emilie Dionne, one of the Dionne Quintuplets , dies of asphyxiation following a 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 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
September 8 - The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) is established in Bangkok , Thailand
September 9 - An earthquake centered on the city of Oleansville in Algeria - 1500 dead and thousands homeless
September 11 - First Miss America Pageant broadcast on television
September 14 - USSR tests nuclear weapon
September 30 - USS Nautilus , 1st atomic-powered vessel (submarine ), commissioned by the US Navy
October 11 - Vietnam War : The Viet Minh takes control of North Vietnam .
October 18 - Texas Instruments announces the worldwide first Transistor radio .
October 20 - Dock workers' strike expands in England
October 23 - West Germany joins NATO
October 26 – Member of Muslim Brotherhood Abdul Munim Abdul Rauf tries to kill Gamal Abdal Nasser
October 31 - Algerian War of Independence : The Algerian National Liberation Front begins a revolt against French rule.
November-December
unknown dates
Births
January-February
January 2 - Henry Bonilla , American politician
January 4 - Dave "The Devilfish" Ulliott , English professional poker player
January 6 - Anthony Minghella , British film director
January 12 - Howard Stern , American radio host
January 22 - Peter Pilz , Austrian politician
January 23 - Franco De Vita , Venezuelan singer and songwriter
January 29 - Oprah Winfrey , American actress, talk show host, producer, and publisher
January 29 - Yukinobu Hoshino , Japanese cartoonist
February 1 - Bill Mumy , American actor and musician
February 2 - Christie Brinkley , American model
February 6 - Argusto Emfazie , American occultist and author
February 12 - Philip Zimmermann , American cryptographer
February 13 - Donnie Moore , baseball player (d. 1989 )
February 15 - Matt Groening , American cartoonist
February 18 - John Travolta , American actor
February 19 - 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 , American musician
February 26 - Michael Bolton , American singer
March-June
March 1 - Ron Howard , American actor, director, producer
March 4 - Catherine O'Hara , Canadian actress
March 8 - David Wilkie , Scottish swimmer
March 13 - The Baroness Amos , British politician
March 16 - Nancy Wilson , American singer, musician, and actress
March 17 - Lesley-Anne Down , English actress
March 24 - Robert Carradine , American actor
March 29 - Karen Ann Quinlan , American right-to-die cause célèbre (d. 1985 )
April 7 - Jackie Chan , Hong Kong-born actor
April 7 - Tony Dorsett , American football player
April 9 - Dennis Quaid , American actor
April 10 - Peter MacNicol , American actor
April 15 - Seka , American actress
April 17 - Riccardo Patrese , Italian race car driver
April 18 - Rick Moranis , Canadian actor and comedian
April 29 - Jerry Seinfeld , American comedian
May 1 - Archie Norman , British politician and businessman
May 7 - Amy Heckerling , American film director
May 8 - David Keith , American actor
June 9 - John Hagelin , American physicist and U.S. Presidential candidate
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 30 - Pierre Charles , Prime Minister of Dominica (d. 2004
July-October
July 10 - Neil Tennant , British musician
July 17 - Angela Merkel , Chancellor of Germany
July 25 - Walter Payton , American football player (d. 1999 )
August 1 - Michael J. Badnarik , software engineer and U.S. Presidential candidate
August 11 - Joe Jackson , British singer
August 14 - Mark Fidrych , baseball player
August 16 - James Cameron , Canadian-born film director
August 20 - Al Roker , American television broadcaster
August 21 - Ivan Stang , American author and publisher
August 25 - Elvis Costello , British singer
August 26 - Pauline Hanson , Australian politician
September 13 - Steve Kilbey , Australian musician
September 23 - Charlie Barnett , American actor (d. 1996 )
September 26 - Kevin Kennedy , baseball manager and television host
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 9 - Scott Bakula , American television actor
October 13 - Mordechai Vanunu , Israeli nuclear technician
October 15 - Peter Bakowski , Australian poet
October 24 - Mike Rounds , Governor of South Dakota
November-December
November 2 - Pat Croce , American entrepreneur
November 3 - Brigitte Lin , Actress
November 7 - Kamal Haasan , Indian actor
November 8 - Michael D. Brown , U.S. Undersecretary of Emergency Preparedness and Response
November 14 - Condoleezza Rice , U.S. Secretary of State
November 14 - Willie Hernández , Puerto Rican Major League Baseball player
November 15 - Aleksander Kwaśniewski , President of Poland
November 16 - Bruce Edwards , golf caddy (d. 2004 )
November 27 - Patricia McPherson , American actress
December 2 - Dan Butler , American actor
December 7 - Mark Hofmann , American forger and murderer
December 14 - Ib Andersen , Danish dancer
December 14 - Alan Kulwicki , American race car driver (d. 1993 )
December 20 - Michael Badalucco , American actor
December 26 - Susan Butcher , American dog-sled racer
December 28 - Denzel Washington , American actor
Unknown dates
Deaths
January 18 - Sydney Greenstreet , English actor (b. 1879 )
February 12 - Dziga Vertov , Russian filmmaker (b. 1896 )
March 7 - Otto Diels , German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1876 )
March 31 - Edwin Howard Armstrong , American electrical engineer and inventor (b. 1890 )
May 6 - B.C. Forbes , Scottish-born publisher (b. 1880 )
May 19 - Charles Ives , American composer (b. 1874 )
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 11 - Henry Valentine Knaggs , English physician and author (b. 1859 )
July 13 - Frida Kahlo , Mexican painter (b. 1907 )
July 14 - Jacinto Benavente , Spanish writer, 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 28 - Enrico Fermi , Italian physicist, 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 30 - Eugen, Archduke of Austria , Austrian field marshal (b. 1863 )
Nobel Prizes
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