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Tragedy by the Sea. Tragedy by the Sea, also known as Cruel Waves, is a photo showing a young couple, John and Lillian McDonald, standing together beside the Pacific Ocean in Hermosa Beach, California, United States. The image was captured in April 1954 by Los Angeles Times photographer John L. Gaunt. A few minutes before the image was taken ...
AC Aceca. Alfa Romeo 2000 Sportiva. Alfa Romeo Abarth 2000 Coupe. Alfa Romeo Giulietta (1954) Alfa Romeo Romeo. Astra (1954 automobile) Austin Cambridge. Austin Westminster.
April 11, 1954: Piero Scotti after victory at the 1954 Coppa della Toscana. Italian driver Piero Scotti won the 1954 Coppa della Toscana sports car race in a Ferrari 375 MM. [25] In a general election in Belgium, the Christian Social Party won 95 of the 212 seats in the Chamber of Representatives, and 49 of the 106 seats in the Senate. [26]
Died in a car crash while on his way home from a band rehearsal. He lost control of his vehicle and hit a light post causing it to fall on him, crushing and killing him. Bella Bellow: 1945 1973 28 years Togolese pop singer car Togo: Vasile Belous: 1988 2021 33 years Moldovan boxer car Călărășeuca, Moldova: Jesse Belvin: 1932 1960 27 years ...
Causeway Classic. Centennial High School (Compton, California) Centinela Freeman Regional Medical Center, Memorial Campus. Channel Cities Oilers. Christian Troubadours. City Hall South. City National Bank (California) The Crescendo (music venue) Cupertino Electric.
Two buses carrying children collided with cars and burst into flames in Beaune, killing 53 people, including 44 children in the worst highway crash in France. [ 84 ] August 12 – Mexico - Boxer Salvador Sánchez was killed when his Porsche 928 crashed into a truck along the federal highway from Querétaro to San Luis Potosí .
Automobile travel became important after 1910 when motor cars and trucks began to become common. Before that, nearly all long-distance travel was by railroad or stagecoach, with horse- or mule-drawn wagons hauling the freight. California started to maintain state roads in 1895. Construction of a large connected state highway system began in 1912.
Hollywood actor James Dean was killed at the age of 24 in an auto accident on September 30, 1955, near Cholame, California.He had previously competed in several auto racing events, and was traveling to a sports car racing competition when he was involved in a car crash at the junction of U.S. Route 466 (US 466, now State Route 46 [SR 46]) and SR 41.