Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
This article lists the feast days of the General Roman Calendar as they were at the end of 1954. It is essentially the same calendar established by Pope Pius X (1903–1914) following his liturgical reforms, but it also incorporates changes that were made by Pope Pius XI (1922–1939), such as the institution of the Feast of Christ the King (assigned to the last Sunday in October), and the ...
Based on a US Congress amendment passed on June 1, 1954, this is the first observance of "Veterans Day", replacing the name "Armistice Day" in the United States. President Dwight D. Eisenhower issued a proclamation in October 1954 acknowledging that the United States had been engaged in two wars since Armistice Day was first observed.
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.
Upgrade to a faster, more secure version of a supported browser. It's free and it only takes a few moments:
In 1955, Pope Pius XII made several changes to the General Roman Calendar of 1954; those changes remained in force until 1960, when Pope John XXIII decreed a new revision of the General Roman Calendar (see General Roman Calendar of 1960). The changes made by Pope Pius XII thus remained unaltered for only five years.
Calendar · Oct 28, 2023 Create, share, or subscribe to a calendar Learn how to stay in touch with the people in your life by creating, sharing, or subscribing to a calendar.
[1] June 14 – The words "under God" are added to the United States Pledge of Allegiance. June 17 – A CIA-engineered military coup occurs in Guatemala. June 27 – Guatemalan President Jacobo Arbenz Guzmán steps down in a CIA-sponsored military coup, triggering a bloody civil war that continues for more than thirty-five years.
An IRA unit carries out a daylight arms raid on the British Army's Gough Barracks in Armagh, Northern Ireland.In twenty minutes, the IRA men loaded a cattle truck with 340 rifles, 50 Sten guns, 12 Bren guns, and a volley of smaller arms and ammunition, and drove it away without anyone being injured.