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May 14 – The Boeing 707 is released after about two years of development. May 16 – National Educational Television is launched on cable TV. It will become PBS on October 5, 1970. May 17 – Brown v. Board of Education (347 US 483 1954): The Supreme Court of the United States rules that segregated schools are unconstitutional. [1]
1954 was a common year ... No significant newsworthy events, births, or deaths are known to have happened on this day. [7] In a general election in Belgium, ...
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 ...
Rosemary Sutcliff's historical children's novel The Eagle of the Ninth illustrated by C. Walter Hodges, first in the series of the same name. J. R. R. Tolkien 's epic high fantasy novels The Fellowship of the Ring (29 July) and The Two Towers (11 November), the first two volumes of The Lord of the Rings trilogy.
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)
October 1954 events in the United States (1 C, 1 P) November 1954 events in the United States (2 C, 42 P) December 1954 events in the United States (1 C, 2 P)
The year 1954 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below. Astronomy ...
Although the Canadian Football League was not technically founded until 1958, 1954 is often referred to as the start of the "modern era" of Canadian professional football. It is also considered to be the year the CFL was founded in substance if not in name. In the Grey Cup, the Edmonton Eskimos win 26–25 over the Montreal Alouettes.