Posted By: Babyboomers.com Staff On: 9/21/2020, 4:00:00 AM
What Happened in 1954?
MAJOR EVENTS:
Supreme Court rules that race-based segregation in schools is unconstitutional
Sen. Joseph McCarthy conducts nationally televised inquiries into communist infiltration of the Army; his activities inspire a backlash and a condemnation by the Senate
Soviet Union rejects proposals to reunify Germany
CIA intervenes in Guatemala, helping to overthrow government
U.S. Southeast Asian and Pacific nations form the Southeast Asian Treaty Organization (SEATO)
Radical Puerto Rican nationalists attack House of Representatives, shooting five congressmen
U.S. and Canada begin construction of an early-warning radar system in northern Canada
BUSINESS & ECONOMY:
New York Stock Exchange prices reach their highest level since 1929
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY:
Increasing global concern about nuclear fallout and radioactive waste disposal
Dr. Jonas Salk begins inoculating schoolchildren with his polio vaccine
Physicist and nuclear pioneer J. Robert Oppenheimer dismissed from government projects due to his political beliefs
First successful kidney transplant
SPORTS:
World Series: New York Giants over Cleveland, 4-0
Philadelphia Athletics move to Kansas City
Sports Illustrated debuts
Roger Bannister of the UK becomes the 1st person to run a 4 minute mile
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT:
Movies:On the Waterfront, Rear Window, The Seven Samauri
Songs:Hernando’s Hideaway, Three Coins in a Fountain, Mister Sandman, Young at Heart
TV Shows:Jack Benny Show, Adventures of Rin Tin Tin, George Gobel Show, Mr. Wizard, Disneyland
Books:A Stillness at Appomattox, Bruce Catton; The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien; Lord of the Flies, William Golding
First annual Newport Jazz Festival held
Bill Haley and the Comets record "Rock Around Clock"
EVERYDAY LIFE:
29 million U.S. households have television sets, double the number in service three years before
Billy Graham leads an increasing interest in Christian revival meetings
Davy Crockett becomes a national fad; sales of "coonskin" caps soar
A movie ticket is 70 cents
FUN FACTS:
Sales of comic books reach 20 million copies a month
The phrase "under God" added to the Pledge of Allegiance
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