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1954 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1954th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 954th year of the 2nd millennium, the 54th year of the 20th century, and the 5th year of the 1950s decade.
Timeline of United States history (1950–1969) List of years in the United States; ... Democratic U.S. Senator from Nevada from 1933 to 1954 (b. 1876) October–December
1954 in the United States by state or territory (51 C) 1954 events in the United States by month (12 C) 1954 disestablishments in the United States (42 C, 15 P)
1954 – The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes at an all-time high of 382.74, the first time the Dow has surpassed its peak level reached just before the Wall Street Crash of 1929; 1954 – NBC airs The Tonight Show, the first late-night talk show, originally hosted by Steve Allen; 1954 – The Democrats retake both houses of Congress in the ...
The Soviet Union ceased to demand war reparations from Germany. [citation needed]According to a 1953 press statement by Bolesław Bierut, General Secretary of the Polish United Workers' Party, Poland renounced all claims to war reparations from Germany as of January 1, 1954.
U.S. officials announced that a hydrogen bomb nuclear test (Castle Bravo) had been conducted on Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean as part of Operation Castle.; U.S. Capitol shooting: Four Puerto Rican nationalists opened fire in the United States House of Representatives chamber and wounded five; they were apprehended by security guards.
The year 1954 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below. Astronomy ... A History of Technology, edited by Charles Singer, ...
The 1954 Giro d'Italia cycle race ends in victory for Swiss rider Carlo Cerci. [20] NASCAR holds its first ever road course event, in Linden, New Jersey; it is won by Al Keller in a Jaguar. [21] Steam locomotives operate for the last time on the Maine Central Railroad in the United States. [22]