November 1954 calendar

Events

• 01 Nov 1954 Algeria begins rebellion against French rule
• 02 Nov 1954 Taiwan and US sign military pact
• 03 Nov 1954 Nobel for physics awarded to Max Born and Walter Bothe
• 04 Nov 1954 Fanny opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 888 performances
• 05 Nov 1954 Japan and Burma sign a separate peace treaty in Rangoon, to end their formal state of war.
• 07 Nov 1954 US spy plane shot down North of Japan
• 10 Nov 1954 Lieutenant Colonel John Strapp travels 632mph in a rocket sled.
• 12 Nov 1954 Ellis Island, immigration station in New York Harbor, closes, after processing more than 12 million immigrants since opening in 1892.
• 14 Nov 1954 Egyptian President Naguib fired / state of emergency declared
• 19 Nov 1954 Tele Monte Carlo, Europe's oldest private television channel, is launched by Prince Rainier III.
• 20 Nov 1954 KTRK TV channel 13 in Houston, TX (ABC) begins broadcasting
• 22 Nov 1954 Humane Society forms
• 23 Nov 1954 The Dow Jones Industrial Average rises 3.27 points, or 0.86%, closing at an all-time high of 382.74. More significantly, this is the first time the Dow has surpassed its 1929 peak level reached just before that year's crash.
• 24 Nov 1954 Air Force One, 1st US Presidential airplane, christened
• 27 Nov 1954 By the Beautiful Sea closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 270 performances
• 28 Nov 1954 1st pro football game in the Netherlands
• 30 Nov 1954 1st meteorite known to strike a woman (Liz Hodges-Sylacauga Ala)

Famous Birthday

• Kamal Haasan

  Indian actor.

• Condoleezza Rice

  American government aide who became President George W. Bush's National Security Advisor on January 22, 2001.

• Chris Noth

  American actor, known for his role on the TV series "Law and Order.

• Emir Kusturica

  Serbian actor director and screenwriter.

• Joel Coen

  Minneapolis, Minnesota -- Actor / dir (Spies Like Us, Barton Fink).

• Bernard Hinault

  French cyclist, winner of the Tour de France in 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982 and 1985.

• Adam Ant

  British entertainer, lead singer of 1980s pop band Adam and the Ants.

• Jéromine Pasteur

  French explorer and specialist in South American cultures (Peru, etc.

• Simonetta Stefanelli

  Italian actress and fashion designer.

• Yanni

  Greek musician, a pianist and composer with a large following.

• Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
• Rickie Lee Jones
• Licia Maglietta

  Italian actress and stage director, known for her role in the film "Bread and Tulips" (2000).

• Bruce Hornsby

  American musician, a noted jazz pianist.

• Kathleen Quinlan

  American actress.

• Jean Teulère
• Martin Frankel

  American stock trader who may prove to have successfully operated one of the greatest financial scams in history, funneling as much as $915...

• Dominique Richard
• Aleksander Kwasniewski

  former President of Poland.

• Ysabelle Lacamp
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Famous Deaths

• Enrico Fermi

  Italian-American physicist who, with Leo Szilard, discovered uranium fission.

• Stig H Dagerman

  Swedish Author (Burned Child), dies at 31.

• Hussein Fatemi

  Iran Foreign minister, executed.

• John Rosamund Johnson

  Composer, dies at 81.

• Lionel Barrymore [Blythe]

  Actor (Dr Kildare, Key Largo), dies at 76.

• Karol Rathaus

  Composer, dies at 59.

• Prof Werner Elert

  German Lutheran theologist, dies at 69.

• George Edward Robey

  English comic / actor (Henry IV), dies at 85.

• Fay Baker

  Actress (Sorority Girl), dies at 60.

• Andrej J Vysjinski

  Russian UN ambassador, dies at 70.

• Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist

  German field marshal (Born 1881).

• Walter Bartley Wilson

  English artist (Born 1870).

• Clyde Vernon Cessna

  American aviation designer (Born 1879).

• Roderick McMahon

  American professional wrestling promotor (Born 1882).

• Bill Doak

  American baseball player (Born 1891).

• Wilhelm Furtwangler

  German musician and noted conductor.

• Henri Matisse

  French painter, sculptor and lithographer, noted for being one of the foremost decorative French painters of his time and one of the most...

• Dink Johnson

  American pianist drummer and clarinet player (d. 1954).

• Yitzhak Lamdan

  Russian-born Israeli poet and columnist (Born 1899).

• Henri E B Matisse

  French Painter / Sculptor (Dance II), dies at 84.

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Rosemary Clooney - Mambo Italiano
2. Four Aces - Mister Sandman
3. Ames Brothers - The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane
4. Jaye P. Morgan - That's All I Want From You
5. Sarah Vaughan - Make Yourself Comfortable

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Vera Lynn - My Son My Son
2. Rosemary Clooney - This Ole House
3. Don Cornell - Hold My Hand
4. Joan Regan - If I Give My Heart To You
5. Billie Anthony - This Ole House