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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in June 1954.
The US president was Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican), the UK Prime Minister was Sir Winston Churchill (Conservative), Pope Pius XII was leading the Catholic Church.

But much more happened on June 1954: find out below

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Historical Events

Which were the important events of June 1954?


Events

  • 01 Jun 1954 Emile Zatopek runs record 6 mile: (27:59.2) / 10,000m
  • 02 Jun 1954 John Costello (Cons) becomes Premier of Ireland
  • 04 Jun 1954 France grants Vietnam independence inside French Union
  • 05 Jun 1954 Your Show Of Shows, last airs on NBC-TV
  • 06 Jun 1954 Patty Berg wins LPGA Triangle Round Robin Golf Tournament
  • 07 Jun 1954 First microbiology laboratory dedicated (New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA).
  • 09 Jun 1954 Joseph Welch asks Sen Joseph McCarthy Have you no sense of decency, sir? during Senate-Army hearings
  • 10 Jun 1954 KQED TV channel 9 in SF, CA (PBS) begins broadcasting
  • 12 Jun 1954 Girl in Pink Tights closes at Mark Hellinger NYC after 115 performances
  • 13 Jun 1954 Cornerstone of Albert Einstein College of Medicine, laid in Bronx
  • 14 Jun 1954 US President Dwight Eisenhower signs order adding words "under God" to the Pledge.
  • 16 Jun 1954 Dutch military conscription shortened from 20 to 18 months
  • 17 Jun 1954 CIA exile army lands in Guatemala
  • 18 Jun 1954 Guatemalan President Jacobo Arbenz Guzmán steps down in a CIA-sponsored military coup, triggering a bloody civil war that continues for more than 35 years.
  • 19 Jun 1954 54th US Golf Open: Ed Furgol shoots a 284 at Baltusrol Golf Club - New Jersey
  • 21 Jun 1954 John Landy runs world record mile
  • 22 Jun 1954 US Congress passes revised organic act for Virgin Islands.
  • 23 Jun 1954 122 degrees F (50 degrees C), Overton, Nevada (state record).
  • 26 Jun 1954 Jim Peters runs marathon in 2:17:39.4
  • 27 Jun 1954 1st atomic power station opens
  • 29 Jun 1954 Atomic Energy Commission voted against, reinstating Dr J Robert Oppenheimer.
  • 30 Jun 1954 Largest check: Internal US Treasury check at $4,176,969,623.57

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Music charts

Which were the top hits in June 1954?
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Top #5 songs in the USA

  1. - Steam Heat
  2. - I Understand
  3. - Green Years
  4. - Goodnight, Sweetheart, Goodnight
  5. - Sh-Boom

Top #5 songs in the UK

  1. - Secret Love
  2. - Cara Mia
  3. - Such A Night
  4. - Little Things Mean A Lot
  5. - Friends And Neighbours

Movies

Which were the most popular Movies released in that month?
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On the Waterfront

On the Waterfront

Release year: 1954

Directed by: Elia Kazan

Starring: Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb, Rod Steiger

Country: United States of America

The Caine Mutiny

The Caine Mutiny

Release year: 1954

Directed by: Edward Dmytryk

Starring: Humphrey Bogart, José Ferrer, Van Johnson, Fred MacMurray

Country: United States of America

The Blue Angel

The Blue Angel

Release year: 1954

Directed by: Josef von Sternberg

Them!

Them!

Release year: 1954

Directed by: Gordon Douglas

Starring: James Whitmore, Edmund Gwenn, Joan Weldon, James Arness

Country: United States of America

Magnificent Obsession

Magnificent Obsession

Release year: 1954

Directed by: Douglas Sirk

Starring: Jane Wyman, Rock Hudson, Agnes Moorehead, Otto Kruger

Country: United States of America

Books

Which were the most popular books released in June 1954?
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Of Whales And Men by R.B. Robertson

Of Whales And Men

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1954 Alfred A. Knopf Edition. Illustrated hardcover book on whaling

Mr. Hobbs' Vacation by Edward Streeter

Mr. Hobbs' Vacation

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Book by F. Andrew Leslie. From the novel by Edward Streeter. Leslie. Streeter Edward.

Madame De Pompadour by Nancy Mitford

Madame De Pompadour

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Madame de Pompadour was the mistress Louis XV's first wife. No one could have predicted that she would remain his love interest for so long. She was a member of the bourgeoisie, not an aristocrat.

The Man Who Never Was by Ewen Montagu

The Man Who Never Was

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A British subject is buried in the Spanish town of Huelva's graveyard. He died alone in the fog of England in late autumn 1942. He never imagined that he would be buried under the sun of Spain.

Seven Years In Tibet by Heinrich Harrer

Seven Years In Tibet

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This is the repackaging of an amazing adventure story about Tibet in the days before the Chinese Communist takeover.