May 1954 calendar

Events

• 01 May 1954 WAPA TV channel 4 in San Juan, PR (NBC / SFN) begins broadcasting
• 02 May 1954 Stan Musial hits five homeruns in a doubleheader.
• 03 May 1954 KTEN TV channel 10 in Ada-Ardmore, OK (ABC) begins broadcasting
• 04 May 1954 US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island.
• 05 May 1954 Military coup by General Alfredo Stroessner in Paraguay.
• 06 May 1954 Roger Bannister runs the first sub-four minute mile.
• 07 May 1954 US, Great Britain, and France reject Russian membership in NATO.
• 08 May 1954 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) was formed in Manila, Philippines.
• 10 May 1954 Bolshoi-ballet does not appear in Paris
• 11 May 1954 U.S. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles declares that Indochina is important but not essential to the security of Southeast Asia thus ending any prospect of American intervention on the side of France.
• 13 May 1954 Pajama Game opens at St. James Theater NYC for 1063 performances
• 14 May 1954 Belgium shortens military conscription from 20 to 18 months.
• 15 May 1954 KGLO (now KIMT) TV channel 3 in Mason City, IA (CBS) 1st broadcast
• 16 May 1954 WGAN (now WGME) TV channel 13 in Portland, ME (CBS) 1st broadcast
• 17 May 1954 Supreme Court unanimously rules on Brown vs. Topeka Board of Education reversed 1896 separate but equal Plessy Vs Ferguson decision
• 18 May 1954 European Convention on Human Rights goes into effect.
• 19 May 1954 Postmaster General Summerfield approves US Central Intelligence Agency mail-opening project.
• 21 May 1954 American amendment to give 18-year-olds right to vote is defeated.
• 22 May 1954 KREX TV channel 5 in Grand Junction, CO (CBS) begins broadcasting
• 24 May 1954 Dr Peter Murray Marshall becomes 1st black to head an AMA unit
• 26 May 1954 A fire aboard the United States aircraft carrier USS Bennington off Narragansett Bay kills 103 crewmen.
• 29 May 1954 Kirk and Anne Douglas married
• 30 May 1954 Dutch bishops forbid membership to non-catholic sporting clubs.

Famous Birthday

• Jean-Marie Bigard

  French comedian and actor with controversial and scatological humour.

• Pia Zadora

  American actress.

• Sudirman Arshad
• Marvin Hagler

  American boxer, the middleweight champion for six years.

• Phil Rudd

  Australian-New Zealand drummer (AC/DC and Buster Brown).

• Véronique Nichanian

  French fashion designer, artistic director of Hermès menswear since 1988.

• French presidential election 1995
• Philippe Geluck

  Belgian comedian, humorist and cartoonist.

• Pauline Hanson

  Australian politician and former leader of One Nation, a right-wing political party with a populist, conservative and anti-multiculturalism...

• Eric Gerets
• Marian Gold

  German singer-songwriter and guitarist (Alphaville).

• David Keith

  American actor and director.

• Amy Heckerling

  American director producer and screenwriter.

• Cindy McCain

  American philanthropist and spouse of noted politician, John S. McCain.

• Dale Kristien

  American actress of TV series and sensational soprano of the Phantom of the Opera.

• Darrelyn Gunzburg

  Australian pro astrologer and author.

• Robert Van de Walle

  Belgian martial artist.

• Jean-Marie Teno
• Dora Bakoyanni
• Jean-Marc Roberts

  French editor, novelist, and screenwriter, born to an American, Edwin Roberts, and to an Italian comedian.

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Famous Deaths

• Pauline de Cock-Manifarges

  Singer, dies at 82.

• Werner Bischof

  Swiss photographer, dies accidentally at 38.

• Aart A van Schelven

  Church Historian (Willem of Orange), dies at 73.

• Charles Edward Ives

  American composer (Unanswered Question), dies at age 79.

• Janos Hammerschlag

  Composer, dies at 68.

• Franz Pfemfert

  Writer, dies at 74.

• Herzmanovsky-Orlando

  Writer.

• Achille Longo

  Composer, dies at 54.

• Antonis Benakis

  Greek politician and art collector (Born 1873).

• Ahmad Amin

  Egyptian historian and writer.

• Heinz Guderian

  German Commander of the Sixteenth Army Corp and Commander in Chief of all Panzer troops.

• Charles Ives

  American modernist composer.

• William March

  American writer of psychological fiction and a highly decorated US Marine.

• Clemens Krauss

  Austrian conductor (Vienna State Opera), dies at age 61.

• Lionel Conacher

  Canadian football player and politician (d. 1954).

• Tom Tyler

  Actor (Lost Ranch, Coyote Trails), dies at 50.

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Frank Weir & His Orchestra - The Happy Wanderer
2. Henri Rene & His Orchestra - The Happy Wanderer
3. Crew-Cuts - Crazy 'Bout Ya Baby
4. Archie Bleyer - Hernando's Hideaway
5. Four Aces - Three Coins In The Fountain

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Doris Day - Secret Love
2. Johnnie Ray - Such A Night
3. Obernkirchen Children's Choir - The Happy Wanderer
4. Frankie Laine - The Kid's Last Fight
5. Kay Starr - Changing Partners