1954
1954 (MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar .
Events January-February January 1 - Soviet Union no longer demands War reparations from East Germany January 12 - Large-scale avalanches in Austria - over 20 dead January 14 - The Hudson Motor Car Company merges with Nash-Kelvinator forming the American Motors Corporation January 14 - Marilyn Monroe weds Joe DiMaggio . January 15 - Mau Mau leader Waruhiu Itote is captured in Kenya January 17 - In Yugoslavia , Milovan Djilas , Tito 's second-in-command, is relieved of his duties January 20 - The National Negro Network is established with 40 charter member radio stations January 21 - The first nuclear-powered Submarine , the USS Nautilus , is launched in Groton, Connecticut , by Mrs. Dwight D. Eisenhower . January 25 - The foreign ministers of the United States , Britain , France and the Soviet Union meet at the Berlin Conference . January 26 - Milpitas , California was incorporated as a city. January 27 - Very freezing weather in Europe February 3 - Queen Elizabeth II is the first reigning monarch to visit Australia February 10 - President Dwight Eisenhower warns against United States intervention in Vietnam February 23 - The first mass vaccination of children against polio begins in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania February 25 - Lt. Col. Gamal Abdel Nasser is made premier of Egypt . March-April May June-July August-October August - First flight of a B-52 Stratofortress . August 6 - Emilie Dionne, one of the Dionne Quintuplets , dies of asphyxiation following a epileptic Seizure at Sainte Agathe, Quebec . August 16 - Volume 1, Issue 1 of Sports Illustrated August 24 - President of Brazil , Getulio Vargas , commits suicide; he's been accused of conspiracy to murder an air force officer. September 3 - The last new episode of The Lone Ranger Radio after 2,956 episodes over a period of 21 years September 6 - SEATO treaty signed in Manila , Philippines September 8 - The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) is established in Bangkok , Thailand September 9 - An earthquake centered on the city of Oleansville in Algeria - 1500 dead and thousands homeless September 11 - First Miss America Pageant broadcast on Television September 14 - USSR tests Nuclear weapon September 30 - USS Nautilus , 1st atomic-powered vessel (Submarine ), commissioned by the US Navy October 11 - Vietnam War : The Viet Minh takes control of North Vietnam . October 18 - Texas Instruments announces the worldwide first Transistor radio . October 20 - Dock workers' Strike expands in England October 23 - West Germany joins NATO October 26 – Member of Muslim Brotherhood Abdul Munim Abdul Rauf tries to kill Gamal Abdal Nasser October 31 - Algerian War of Independence : The Algerian National Liberation Front begins a revolt against French rule. November-December unknown dates Births January-February January 2 - Henry Bonilla , American politician January 4 - Dave 'The Devilfish' Ulliott , English professional poker player January 6 - Anthony Minghella , British film director January 12 - Howard Stern , American radio host January 22 - Peter Pilz , Austrian politician January 23 - Franco De Vita , Venezuelan singer and songwriter January 29 - Oprah Winfrey , American actress, talk show host, producer, and publisher January 29 - Yukinobu Hoshino , Japanese cartoonist February 1 - Bill Mumy , American actor and musician February 2 - Christie Brinkley , American model February 6 - Argusto Emfazie , American occultist and author February 12 - Philip Zimmermann , American cryptographer February 13 - Donnie Moore , baseball player (d. 1989 ) February 15 - Matt Groening , American cartoonist February 18 - John Travolta , American actor February 19 - Socrates , Brazilian footballer February 20 - Anthony Stewart Head , English actor February 20 - Patty Hearst , American heiress and kidnapping victim February 23 - Viktor Yushchenko , President of Ukraine February 25 - John Doe , American musician February 26 - Michael Bolton , American singer March-June March 1 - Ron Howard , American actor, director, producer March 4 - Catherine O'Hara , Canadian actress March 8 - David Wilkie , Scottish swimmer March 13 - The Baroness Amos , British politician March 15 - Craig Wasson , American actor March 16 - Nancy Wilson , American singer, musician, and actress March 17 - Lesley-Anne Down , English actress March 24 - Robert Carradine , American actor March 29 - Karen Ann Quinlan , American right-to-die cause célèbre (d. 1985 ) April 7 - Jackie Chan , Hong Kong-born actor April 7 - Tony Dorsett , American football player April 9 - Dennis Quaid , American actor April 10 - Peter MacNicol , American actor April 15 - Seka , American actress April 17 - Riccardo Patrese , Italian race car driver April 18 - Rick Moranis , Canadian actor and comedian April 29 - Jerry Seinfeld , American comedian May 1 - Archie Norman , British politician and businessman May 7 - Amy Heckerling , American film director May 8 - David Keith , American actor June 9 - John Hagelin , American physicist and U.S. Presidential candidate June 22 - Freddie Prinze , American actor and comedian (d. 1977 ) June 26 - Steve Barton , American actor (d. 2001 ) June 27 - Ron Kirk , Mayor of Dallas, Texas June 30 - Pierre Charles , Prime Minister of Dominica (d. 2004 ] July-October July 10 - Neil Tennant , British musician July 17 - Angela Merkel , Chancellor of Germany July 25 - Walter Payton , American football player (d. 1999 ) August 1 - Michael J. Badnarik , software engineer and U.S. Presidential candidate August 11 - Joe Jackson , British singer August 14 - Mark Fidrych , baseball player August 16 - James Cameron , Canadian-born film director August 20 - Al Roker , American television broadcaster August 21 - Ivan Stang , American author and publisher August 25 - Elvis Costello , British singer August 26 - Pauline Hanson , Australian politician September 13 - Steve Kilbey , Australian musician September 23 - Charlie Barnett , American actor (d. 1996 ) September 26 - Kevin Kennedy , baseball manager and television host September 30 - Barry Williams , American actor October 1 - Martin Strel , Slovenian swimmer October 3 - Dennis Eckersley , baseball player October 3 - Stevie Ray Vaughan , American musician (d. 1990 ) October 9 - Scott Bakula , American television actor October 13 - Mordechai Vanunu , Israeli nuclear technician October 15 - Peter Bakowski , Australian poet October 24 - Mike Rounds , Governor of South Dakota November-December November 2 - Pat Croce , American entrepreneur November 3 - Brigitte Lin , Actress November 7 - Kamal Haasan , Indian actor November 8 - Michael D. Brown , U.S. Undersecretary of Emergency Preparedness and Response November 14 - Condoleezza Rice , U.S. Secretary of State November 14 - Willie Hernández , Puerto Rican Major League Baseball player November 15 - Aleksander Kwaśniewski , President of Poland November 16 - Bruce Edwards , golf caddy (d. 2004 ) November 27 - Patricia McPherson , American actress December 2 - Dan Butler , American actor December 7 - Mark Hofmann , American forger and murderer December 14 - Ib Andersen , Danish dancer December 14 - Alan Kulwicki , American race car driver (d. 1993 ) December 20 - Michael Badalucco , American actor December 26 - Susan Butcher , American dog-sled racer December 28 - Denzel Washington , American actor Unknown dates Deaths January 18 - Sydney Greenstreet , English actor (b. 1879 ) February 12 - Dziga Vertov , Russian filmmaker (b. 1896 ) March 7 - Otto Diels , German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1876 ) March 31 - Edwin Howard Armstrong , American electrical engineer and inventor (b. 1890 ) May 6 - B.C. Forbes , Scottish-born publisher (b. 1880 ) May 19 - Charles Ives , American composer (b. 1874 ) April 10 - Auguste Lumière , French inventor (b. 1862 ) April 28 - Léon Jouhaux , French labor leader, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1879 ) June 7 - Alan Turing , British mathematician (b. 1912 ) July 11 - Henry Valentine Knaggs , English physician and author (b. 1859 ) July 13 - Frida Kahlo , Mexican painter (b. 1907 ) July 14 - Jacinto Benavente , Spanish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1866 ) July 29 - Coen de Koning , Dutch speed skater (b. 1879 ) August 24 - Getúlio Vargas , President of Brazil (b. 1882 ) September 21 - Kokichi Mikimoto , Japanese pearl farm pioneer (b. 1858 ) November 3 - Henri Matisse , French painter (b. 1869 ) November 28 - Enrico Fermi , Italian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1901 ) November 29 - Dink Johnson , American musician (b. 1892 ) November 30 - Wilhelm Furtwängler , German conductor (b. 1886 ) December 8 - Claude Cahun , French photographer and writer (b. 1894 ) December 30 - Eugen, Archduke of Austria , Austrian field marshal (b. 1863 ) Nobel Prizes Fields Medalists
