April 1954 calendar

Events

• 01 Apr 1954 US Air Force Academy forms
• 02 Apr 1954 Plans to build Disneyland 1st announced [see Jan 26]
• 03 Apr 1954 Me & Juliet closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 358 performances
• 04 Apr 1954 Louise Suggs wins LPGA Carrollton Georgia Golf Open.
• 06 Apr 1954 US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island.
• 07 Apr 1954 German government refuses to recognize DDR
• 08 Apr 1954 By the Beautiful Sea opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 270 performances
• 09 Apr 1954 WECT TV channel 6 in Wilmington, NC (NBC / CBS) begins broadcasting
• 10 Apr 1954 KRGV TV channel 5 in Weslaco, TX (ABC) begins broadcasting
• 11 Apr 1954 Marlene Bauer wins LPGA New Orleans Golf Open.
• 12 Apr 1954 Joe Turner releases Shake, Rattle & Roll
• 13 Apr 1954 Baltimore Orioles' first game, lose to Detroit Tigers in Detroit 3-0.
• 14 Apr 1954 Soviet diplomat Vladimir Petrov asks for political asylum in Canberra, Australia.
• 15 Apr 1954 KARK TV channel 4 in Little Rock, AR (NBC) begins broadcasting
• 16 Apr 1954 KVAL TV channel 13 in Eugene, OR (CBS) begins broadcasting
• 18 Apr 1954 Louise Suggs wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open.
• 19 Apr 1954 7-time winner of Boston Marathon, 65-year-old Clarence Demar, runs his last race at Boston finishing 78th
• 20 Apr 1954 Golden Apple opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 125 performances
• 21 Apr 1954 Gregori Malenkov becomes Premier of the USSR
• 22 Apr 1954 Achiel van Acker forms Belgian government.
• 24 Apr 1954 Australia and the USSR break diplomatic relations
• 25 Apr 1954 US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island atmospher
• 26 Apr 1954 Nationwide test of Salk anti-polio vaccine begins
• 28 Apr 1954 U.S. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles accuses Communist China of sending combat troops to Indo-China to train the Viet Minh guerrillas.
• 30 Apr 1954 Darius Milhauds 4th Concert for piano / orchestra premieres in Haifa

Famous Birthday

• Jackie Chan

  Chinese master of martial arts who began to build his reputation with the films "Drunken Master," 1978 and "The Fearless Hyena," 1979, made...

• Jerry Seinfeld

  American comedian with his own top-rated TV series, "Seinfeld," that played for 140 episodes.

• Michael Moore

  American filmmaker and provocateur, Moore came to public attention in 1989 with his first documentary, "Roger and Me," about the financial...

• Dennis Quaid

  Movie Actor.

• Christian Ranucci

  French criminal.

• Ellen Barkin

  American actress and producer.

• Fred Chichin
• Jane Campion

  New Zealand director producer and screenwriter.

• Peter MacNicol

  American actor director and screenwriter.

• Captain Sensible
• Roddy Piper

  Wrestler.

• Léonard Specht
• Riccardo Patrese

  Italian race car driver of Formula 1 cars.

• Lori Black

  American noted family, the second daughter of Shirley Temple Black.

• Jeff Porcaro

  American drummer songwriter and producer (Toto and Clover) (d. 1992).

• Jean-Pierre Gibrat
• Tony Dorsett

  American football player, a running back called "greatest carrier of all time," Heisman Trophy winner in 1976.

• Jon Krakauer

  American journalist and author of several non-fiction accounts such as "Into the Wild," "Into Thin Air," and "Under the Banner of Heaven.

• Abdelilah Benkirane
• Joseph Bottoms

  American actor, the second of four brothers, all actors.

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Famous Deaths

• Philip Greeley Clapp

  Composer, dies at 65.

• Ludwig Curtius

  German archaeologist (Die antike Kunst), dies at 79.

• Juan Vicente Lecuna

  Composer, dies at 54.

• Joe Laurie Jr

  Comedian (Can You Top This?), dies at 61.

• Joseph Hergesheimer

  Novelist (Java Head).

• Pim [Willem JH] Mulier

  Dutch journalist/sports-organizer, dies at age 89.

• Ernst Heldring

  Dutch merchant/ship owner/financier, dies at age 82.

• Angus Lewis Macdonald

  Canadian politician (Born 1890).

• Lucretiu Patrascanu

  Romanian communist activist (Born 1900).

• Leon Jouhaux

  French labor leader, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (Born 1879).

• Claude Delvincourt

  French composer and musician who studied under Widor.

• Oscar Mathisen

  Norwegian speed skater (Born 1888).

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Kitty Kallen - Little Things Mean A Lot
2. Kay Starr - The Man Upstairs
3. Teresa Brewer - Jilted
4. Kay Starr - If You Love Me (Really Love Me)
5. Frank Weir & His Orchestra - The Happy Wanderer

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. The Stargazers - I See The Moon
2. Doris Day - Secret Love
3. Johnnie Ray - Such A Night
4. Obernkirchen Children's Choir - The Happy Wanderer
5. Frankie Laine - The Kid's Last Fight