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Pat McCarran, Democratic U.S. Senator from Nevada from 1933 to 1954 (b. 1876) October–December. October 3 – Herbert Prior, actor (b. 1867)
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.
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 – 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 ...
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)
Woman modelling streetwear, Australia, 1954. Fashion photo by Gervais Purcell (1919-1999). Ivor Hele wins the Archibald Prize with his portrait of Rt Hon R G Menzies, PC, CH, QC, MP; Charles Bannon wins the Blake Prize for Religious Art with his work Judas Iscariot; Overland literary magazine is founded, edited by Stephen Murray-Smith
November 30 – In Sylacauga, Alabama, an 8.5 pound sulfide meteorite crashes through a roof and hits Mrs. Elizabeth Hodges in her living room after bouncing off her radio, giving her a bad bruise; the first known modern case of a human being hit by a space rock.
The 1954 New Orleans Women's Open golf tournament, part of the LPGA Tour, concluded. Marlene Bauer won the tournament, with Betty Jameson coming in second. [28] April 11, 1954, is considered by search engine Evi as the least eventful day in the 20th century. Very few significant newsworthy events, births, or deaths are known to have happened on ...