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

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Historical Events

Which were the important events of October 1954?


Events

  • 01 Oct 1954 British colony of Nigeria becomes a federation.
  • 02 Oct 1954 8th NHL All-Star Game: All-Stars beat Detroit 2-2 at Detroit
  • 03 Oct 1954 Father Knows Best premieres
  • 05 Oct 1954 Hurricane Hazel hits Eastern US.
  • 07 Oct 1954 Hassan el Hodeiby, leader of Moslem brothership, arrested in Egypt
  • 09 Oct 1954 KTIV TV channel 4 in Sioux City, IA (NBC) begins broadcasting
  • 10 Oct 1954 Ho Chi Minh enters Hanoi after French troops pulled out
  • 11 Oct 1954 On Your Toes opens at 46th St. Theater NYC for 64 performances
  • 14 Oct 1954 Israeli act of revenge in Qibiya Jordan, kills 53
  • 15 Oct 1954 Hurricane Hazel strikes US and Canada, 348 die
  • 17 Oct 1954 Philadelphia Eagles' Adrian Burk passes for seven touchdowns vs Washington Redskins (49-21).
  • 18 Oct 1954 WBTW TV channel 13 in Florence, SC (CBS / ABC) begins broadcasting
  • 19 Oct 1954 Egypt and Great Britain sign treaty; British troops departs
  • 20 Oct 1954 Peter Pan opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 149 performances
  • 21 Oct 1954 Indonesian troops land in New-Guinea
  • 22 Oct 1954 West Germany joins North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
  • 23 Oct 1954 German FR joins NATO
  • 24 Oct 1954 Dwight D. Eisenhower pledges United States support to South Vietnam
  • 25 Oct 1954 Landslides caused by heavy rains hit Salerno, Italy, killing about 300.
  • 26 Oct 1954 Chevrolet unveils V-8 engine
  • 27 Oct 1954 B O Davis Jr becomes 1st black general in USAF
  • 28 Oct 1954 Nobel prize for literature awarded to Ernest Hemingway
  • 29 Oct 1954 Colonel Nasser disbands Moslem Brothership
  • 30 Oct 1954 Linus Pauling won the Nobel prize in chemistry
  • 31 Oct 1954 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Texas Golf Open

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Music charts

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

  1. - Papa Loves Mambo
  2. - Teach Me Tonight
  3. - Muskrat Ramble
  4. - Whither Thou Goest
  5. - Mr. Sandman

Top #5 songs in the UK

  1. - Hold My Hand
  2. - My Son My Son
  3. - Smile
  4. - Three Coins In The Fountain
  5. - Little Things Mean A Lot

Movies

Which were the most popular Movies released in that month?
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White Christmas

White Christmas

Release year: 1954

Directed by: Michael Curtiz

Starring: Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney, Vera-Ellen

Country: United States of America

Father Knows Best

Father Knows Best

Release year: 1954

Country: United States of America

A Lesson in Love

A Lesson in Love

Release year: 1954

Directed by: Ingmar Bergman

Starring: Eva Dahlbeck, Gunnar Björnstrand, Yvonne Lombard, Harriet Andersson

Lease of Life

Lease of Life

Release year: 1954

Directed by: Charles Frend

Starring: Robert Donat, Kay Walsh, Adrienne Corri, Denholm Elliott

Carmen Jones

Carmen Jones

Release year: 1954

Directed by: Otto Preminger

Starring: Harry Belafonte, Dorothy Dandridge, Pearl Bailey, Olga James

Country: United States of America

Books

Which were the most popular books released in October 1954?
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The Wilder Shores Of Love by Lesley Blanch

The Wilder Shores Of Love

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The Wilder Shores of Love was first published in 1954. It is the classic biography of four European women in the nineteenth century who left the west in search of love and found romance in Arabia.

The Fall Of A Titan by Igor Gouzenko

The Fall Of A Titan

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Fall Of A Titan, The by Gouzenko Igor

I'Ll Cry Tomorrow by Lillian Roth

I'Ll Cry Tomorrow

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Lillian Roth, Mike Connolly, and Gerold Frank collaborated on I'll Cry Tomorrow. 1954 hardcover published in Hardcover by Frederick Fell, Inc.

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 Reason Why by Cecil Woodham-Smith

The Reason Why

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The Charge of the Light Brigade was a tragic farce in British campaign history. Cecil Woodham Smith demonstrates that the responsibility for the deaths of soldiers is shared by both men and women.