December 1954 calendar

Events

• 01 Dec 1954 Nationalist China and US sign dike agreement.
• 02 Dec 1954 Hit the Trail opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 4 performances
• 04 Dec 1954 Hit the Trail closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 4 performances
• 05 Dec 1954 KTEW (now KJRH) TV channel 2 in Tulsa, OK (NBC) begins broadcasting
• 06 Dec 1954 Simone de Beauvoir receives Prix Goncourt.
• 07 Dec 1954 KCTS TV channel 9 in Seattle, WA (PBS) begins broadcasting
• 08 Dec 1954 WPTZ TV channel 5 in Plattsburgh, New York (NBC) begins broadcasting
• 10 Dec 1954 Philadelphia Phillies purchase Connie Mack Stadium.
• 11 Dec 1954 Phillies purchase Connie Mack Stadium
• 14 Dec 1954 WOAY TV channel 4 in Oak Hill-Beckley, WV (ABC) begins broadcasting
• 15 Dec 1954 Netherlands Antilles becomes co-equal part of Kingdom of the Netherlands
• 17 Dec 1954 WEAU TV channel 13 in Eau Claire, WI (NBC) begins broadcasting
• 24 Dec 1954 Council for the Children Protection forms in Netherlands.
• 25 Dec 1954 WSFA TV channel 12 in Montgomery, AL (NBC) begins broadcasting
• 26 Dec 1954 The Shadow, airs for last time on radio
• 27 Dec 1954 Saint of Bleecker Street opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 92 performances
• 28 Dec 1954 KEPR TV channel 19 in Pasco-Kennewick-Richl, WA (CBS) 1st broadcast
• 29 Dec 1954 Kingdom of the Netherlands, with Netherlands and Netherlands Antilles as autonomous parts, comes into being.
• 30 Dec 1954 House of Flowers opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 165 performances
• 23 Dec 1954 First successful kidney transplant is performed by J. Hartwell Harrison and Joseph Murray.

Famous Birthday

• Kastin Evert

• Khaniya Pushpa Kamal

• Gayle King

• Anie Lennox

• Angee Lennox

• Loranzo Greene

• Deborah Estrin

• Clevie

• Denzel Washington

• Nicholl Brinkley

• Mark Warner

• Husayn Haqqani

• Yelina Mizulina

• Annie Lennox

• Ray Liotta

• Yalena Mizulina

• Chris Evert

• Jermaine Jackson

• Jean-Claude Juncker

• Alexander Salmond

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Famous Deaths

• James Hilton

• Johnny Ace

• Gladys George

• Irva Bauer

• Corydon Crane

• Edis Galeen

• Espiridion Rondón

• Frans G. Bengtsson

• Baker Hughes

• Liberty Hyde Bailey

• Roscoe Hill

• Fred Rose

• Archduke Eugen of Austria (b. 1863)
• René Iché

• George Shepherd

• John Raymond Hubbell

• William Merriam Burton

• James Hilton

• Joseph B. Keenan

• Claude Cahun

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Joan Weber - Let Me Go, Lover!
2. Billy Vaughn - Melody Of Love
3. Fontane Sisters - Hearts Of Stone
4. Teresa Brewer - Let Me Go, Lover!
5. Patti Page - Let Me Go Lover

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Winifred Atwell - Let's Have Another Party
2. Dickie Valentine With The Stargazers - The Finger Of Suspicion
3. Eddie Calvert - Oh Mein Papa
4. David Whitfield - Santo Natale
5. Frankie Laine - Blowing Wild