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Flat
layout of Yearly
Events of 1954
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Senator Joe McCarthy attempted to investigate the US Army ~
Segregation ruled illegal by The US Supreme Court ~ Nasser becomes
premier of Egypt ~ Geneva Conference is convened to bring peace to
Vietnam. The country is divided at the 17th parallel, pending
democratic elections ~ Dien Bien Phu, French military outpost in
Vietnam, falls to Viet Minh army ~ Eight-nation Southeast Asia
Collective Defense Treaty (establishing SEATO) signed at Manila ~
Paris agreements grant West Germany sovereignty and admittance to
NATO and Western European Union ~ Algerian War of Independence
against France begins ~ Nation's first atomic-powered submarine,
the "Nautilus” launched ~ ~ Lockheed unveiled its new "F–104
Starfighter, capable of reaching Mach 2 ~ Boeing unveils the 707,
the first jet aircraft to be commercially successful ~ Lockheed
introduces the YC-130 " Hercules", its first "Hercules" turbo prop
aircraft ~ Harvard Medical School successfully completed the first
kidney transplant operation. Sports: Soccer World Cup: West
Germany vs. Hungary Score: 3-2 ~ World Series: New York Giants vs.
Cleveland Indians Series: 4-0 ~ Academy Awards: Best Picture: "On
the Waterfront" ~ Best Director: Elia Kazan "On the Waterfront" ~
Best Actor: Marlon Brando "On the Waterfront" ~ Best Actress:
Grace Kelly "The Country Girl” Nobel Prizes - Chemistry: Linus
Pauling ~ Literature: Enest Hemingway ~ Physiology or Medicine:
John Enders Thomas Weller and Frederick Robbins ~ Physics: Max
Born and Walther Bothe. Popular Movies: White Christmas - The
Caine Mutiny - The Glenn Miller Story -The Egyptian. Most Popular
Books: Fiction: "Not As a Stranger" - "Mary Anne" - "Love Is
Eternal" - "The Royal Box" - "The Egyptian" ~ Nonfiction: "The
Holy Bible: Revised Standard Version" - "The Power of Positive
Thinking" - "Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book. |
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