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1954 Calendar Trivia
The next time you can reuse this calendar will be on year 2027. Both calendars will be exactly the same! This is assuming you are not interested in the dates for Easter and other irregular holidays that are based on a solar cycle.
April 4 (4/4), June 6 (6/6), August 8 (8/8), October 10 (10/10), December 12 (12/12), and the last day of February always fall on the same day of the week in any given year. This is called the ‘Doomsday rule’. Check these dates using the full 12-month calendar below to verify.
1954 Calendar
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Historical Events Of 1954
- February 3, 1954 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Horse in Chinese astrology.
- February 15, 1954 – Canada and the United States agree to construct the Distant Early Warning Line, a system of radar stations in the far northern Arctic regions of Canada and Alaska.
- February 25, 1954 – Gamal Abdel Nasser is made premier of Egypt.
- February 28, 1954 – The first color television sets using the NTSC standard are offered for sale to the general public.
- March 22, 1954 – Closed since 1939, the London bullion market reopens.
- April 8, 1954 – South African Airways Flight 201 A de Havilland DH.106 Comet 1 crashes into the sea during night killing 21 people.
- June 24, 1954 – First Indochina War: Battle of Mang Yang Pass: Viet Minh troops belonging to the 803rd Regiment ambush G.M. 100 of France in An Khê.
- September 3, 1954 – The German U-boat U-505 begins its move from a specially constructed dock to its site at Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry.
- October 15, 1954 – Hurricane Hazel devastates the eastern seaboard of North America, killing 95 and causing massive floods as far north as Toronto. As a Category 4 upon landfall, it is the strongest storm on record to strike as far south as North Carolina.
- November 30, 1954 – In Sylacauga, Alabama, United States, the Hodges meteorite crashes through a roof and hits a woman taking an afternoon nap. This is the only documented case in the Western Hemisphere of a human being hit by a rock from space.
Who Were Born On 1954?
- January 5, 1954 – Alex English, American basketball player and coach
- March 8, 1954 – David Wilkie, Sri Lankan-Scottish swimmer
- March 13, 1954 – Robin Duke, Canadian actress and screenwriter
- March 14, 1954 – Jann Browne, American singer (Asleep at the Wheel)
- July 12, 1954 – Robert Carl, American pianist and composer
- August 4, 1954 – François Valéry, Algerian-French singer-songwriter
- October 12, 1954 – Cheryl Rixon, Australian actress and model
- October 21, 1954 – Brian Tobin, Canadian journalist and politician, 6th Premier of Newfoundland
- November 8, 1954 – Ricky Lawson, American drummer and composer (Yellowjackets) (d. 2013)
- December 26, 1954 – Ozzie Smith, American baseball player and sportscaster