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News - Memories -
Culture - from 1954
- (in no particular
order) -
-
Nasser becomes premier of
Egypt
(April 17).
-
Geneva Conference is
convened to bring peace to
Vietnam
(April to July). The country is divided at the 17th parallel,
pending democratic elections.
-
Dien Bien Phu,
French
military outpost in
Vietnam,
falls to
Viet Minh army (May 7). Background:
Vietnam War
- Eight-nation
Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty (establishing
SEATO)
signed at Manila (Sept. 8).
- Paris agreements grant West
Germany
sovereignty and admittance to
NATO and
Western
European Union (Oct. 23; effective May, 1955).
-
Algerian War of
Independence against
France
begins (Oct. 31).
-
Britain Sponsors an Expedition to Search for the Abominable Snowman
- First Atomic Submarine Launched
- The Nautilus
- Report Says Cigarettes Cause Cancer
- Roger Bannister Breaks the Four-Minute Mile
- Vietnam independent from France. Vietnam split at 17th Parallel
into Communist North, and non-Communist South
Sports
World Series
NY Giants d. Cleveland (4-0)
NBA Championship
Minneapolis Lakers d. Syracuse (4-3)
Stanley Cup
Detroit d. Montreal (4-3)
Wimbledon Women: Maureen Connolly d. L. Brough (6-2 7-5) Men: Jaroslav Drobny d. K. Rosewall (13-11 4-6 6-2 9-7)
Kentucky Derby Champion
Determine
NCAA Basketball Championship
La Salle d. Bradley (92-76)
NCAA Football Champions
Ohio St. (AP, INS) (10-0-0) & UCLA (UP, FW) (9-0-0)
World Cup
W. Germany d. Brazil (3-2)
ENTERTAINMENT
Events
- The World
Series is broadcast in color for the first time
- The revenue for television broadcasters finally surpasses that
of radio broadcasters. Gross revenue for television is $593
million
- Bill Haley and the Comets begin writing hit songs. As a white
band using black-derived forms, they venture into
rock 'n'
roll
-
Robert Joffrey Ballet
debuts
Movies
On the Waterfront, Rear Window, The Caine Mutiny, Sabrina, The
High and the Mighty
Music
Pierre Boulez, Le Marteau Sans Maître (The Hammer Without a
Master) Books
-
Louise Bogan,
Collected Poems, 1923—1953 -
William F. Buckley, L.
Brent Bozell, McCarthy and His Enemies -
William Golding, Lord
of the Flies -
Anaïs Nin, A Spy in
the House of Love -
J. R. R. Tolkien,
The Fellowship of the Ring
SCIENCE
- First children receive Dr.
Jonas Salk's
polio
vaccine. Background:
Major U.S.
Epidemics
- The USS Nautilus, the first atomic
submarine,
is commissioned at Groton, Connecticut.
- Boeing tests the 707,
the first jet-powered transport plane. Background:
Famous Firsts in Aviation
NOTABLE
DEATHS in 1954
- Lionel Barrymore -
Henri
Matisse
