March 1954 calendar

March 1954
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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in March 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 March 1954: find out below

Historical Events

Which were the important events of March 1954?

Events

01 Mar 1954 4 Puerto Ricans open fire in US house of reps injuring 5 reps
04 Mar 1954 JE Wilkins, appointed 1st Black US sub-cabinet member
05 Mar 1954 Girl in Pink Tights opens at Mark Hellinger NYC for 115 performances
07 Mar 1954 Russia wins title in their first international ice hockey competition.
09 Mar 1954 1st local color TV coml WNBT-TV (WNBC-TV) NYC
11 Mar 1954 US Army charges Senator Joseph McCarthy used undue pressure tactics.
12 Mar 1954 Finland and Germany officially end their state of war.
13 Mar 1954 Viet Minh General Giap opens assault on That Bien Phu.
14 Mar 1954 KDAL (now KDLH) TV channel 3 in Duluth-Superior, MN (CBS) begins
15 Mar 1954 CBS Morning Show premieres with Walter Cronkite and Jack Paar
19 Mar 1954 US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Tenley Albright.
20 Mar 1954 First newspaper vending machine used (Columbia, Pennsylvania).
21 Mar 1954 KFBB TV channel 5 in Great Falls, MT (ABC / CBS / NBC) begins broadcasting
22 Mar 1954 First shopping mall opened in Southfield, Michigan, USA.
23 Mar 1954 In Vietnam, the Viet Minh capture the main airstrip of Dien Bien Phu. The remaining French Army units there are partially isolated.
25 Mar 1954 26th Academy Awards: From Here to Eternity, William Holden and Audrey Hepburn win.
26 Mar 1954 US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island.
27 Mar 1954 The Castle Romeo nuclear test explosion is executed.
28 Mar 1954 8th Tony Awards: Teahouse of the August Moon and Kismet win.
29 Mar 1954 A C-47 transport with the French nurse Genevieve de Galard on board is wrecked on the runway at Dien Bien Phu.
30 Mar 1954 The Yonge Street subway line opens in Toronto. It is the first subway in Canada.
31 Mar 1954 US Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado, is established.

Famous Birthday

François Fillon
French politician, minister of higher education and research in 1993.
Ron Howard
American child actor and adult film director, writer and producer.
Catherine Bach
TV Actress.
Lesley-Anne Down
British actress, a model for commercials at age ten and voted Britain's "Most Beautiful Teen-ager" a few years later.
Catherine Alric
Adrian Zmed
Catherine O'Hara
TV Actress.
Carlos Ghosn
Didier Barbelivien
French singer, song-writer and lyricist, his work has been performed by Mireille Mathieu, Julio Iglesiaas, Patricia Kaas, and others.
Pierre Falcone
French businessman, the Chairman of Pierson Capital Group with activities in real estate development, transportation infrastructure and oil...
Herman José
Portuguese-born humorist known mainly in Portugal for his television appearances, he is the son of a Portuguese woman and a German man.
François-Eric Gendron
Karen Ann Quinlan
American right-to-die activist, dies in Morris Plains, New Jersey at age 31 (born 1954).
Nimeño II
Dominique Cantien
Daniel Jouvance
Bobby Sands
Irish Republican Army activist, dies in his 66th day of hunger strike (born 1954).
Nancy Wilson (rock musician)
Robert Carradine
American actor-producer; the son of actor John Carradine.
Cheryl Baker
English singer (Bucks Fizz and Co-Co).
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