What Happened In April 1954 In History

Historical Events for April, 1954

• 1st » President of the United States e.g President Dwight D. Eisenhower authorizes the creation of the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado.
• 7th » President of the United States called President Dwight D. Eisenhower gives his "domino theory" speech during a news conference.
• 8th » A Royal Canadian Air Force Canadair T-6 Texan called Harvard collides with a Trans-Canada Airlines Canadair North Star over Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, killing 37 people.
• 8th » South African Airways Flight 201 A De Havilland Comet known as de Havilland DH.106 Comet 1 crashes into the sea during night killing 21 people.
• 18th » Gamal Abdal Nasser seizes power in Egypt.
• 19th » The Constituent Assembly of Pakistan recognises Urdu and Bengali language or Bengali as the national languages of Pakistan.
• 22nd » Second Red Scare called Red Scare: Witnesses begin testifying and live television coverage of the Army–McCarthy hearings begins.
• 25th » The first practical Solar cell History of solar cells e.g solar cell is publicly demonstrated by Bell Labs named Bell Telephone Laboratories.
• 26th » The Geneva Conference (1954) called Geneva Conference, an effort to restore peace in Indochina and Korea, begins.

Famous Birthdays on April in 1954

• 1st » Üllar Kerde, Estonian basketball player and coach
• 1st » Jeff Porcaro, American drummer, songwriter, and producer (Toto (band) or Toto and Clover (band) e.g Clover) (d. 1992)
• 1st » Arnold Sidebottom, English footballer and cricketer
• 2nd » Gregory Abbott, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 2nd » Susumu Hirasawa, Japanese singer-songwriter (P-Model)
• 2nd » Donald Petrie, American actor and director
• 3rd » Elisabetta Brusa, Italian composer
• 3rd » K. Krishnasamy, Indian physician and politician
• 4th » Julie Carmen, American actress, dancer, and psychotherapist
• 5th » Guy Bertrand (broadcaster) named Guy Bertrand, Canadian linguist and radio host
• 5th » Stan Ridgway, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Wall of Voodoo and Drywall (musical project) called Drywall)
• 5th » Peter Case, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Nerves and The Plimsouls)
• 7th » Jackie Chan, Hong Kong actor, martial artist, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 7th » Tony Dorsett, American football player
• 8th » Lalla Amina of Morocco (d. 2012)
• 8th » Gary Carter, American baseball player and coach (d. 2012)
• 8th » G. V. Loganathan, Indian-American engineer and educator (d. 2007)
• 9th » Ken Kalfus, AMerican journalist and author
• 9th » Dennis Quaid, American actor, singer, and producer
• 9th » Iain Duncan Smith, Scottish lieutenant and politician, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
• 10th » Paul Bearer, American wrestler and manager (d. 2013)
• 10th » Anne Lamott, American author
• 10th » Peter MacNicol, American actor
• 10th » Juan Williams, Panamanian-American journalist
• 11th » Abdullah Atalar, Turkish engineer and academic
• 11th » Aleksandr Averin (cyclist) e.g Aleksandr Averin Azerbaijani cyclist
• 11th » Francis Lickerish, English guitarist and composer (The Enid and Secret Green)
• 11th » David Perrett, Scottish psychologist and academic
• 11th » Ian Redmond, English biologist and conservationist
• 11th » Willie Royster, American baseball player
• 11th » Attila Sudár, Hungarian water polo player
• 12th » John Faulkner, Australian politician, 52nd Minister of Defence (Australia) named Minister of Defence for Australia
• 12th » Jon Krakauer, American author
• 12th » Pat Travers, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 13th » Jimmy Destri, American keyboard player and songwriter (Blondie (band) known as Blondie)
• 13th » Olsen Brothers e.g Niels Olsen, Danish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Olsen Brothers)
• 13th » Barbara Roche, English politician
• 14th » Sue Hill, English pathologist and civil servant
• 14th » Katsuhiro Otomo, Japanese director, screenwriter, and illustrator
• 14th » Bruce Sterling, American author
• 15th » Seka, American porn actress
• 16th » Ellen Barkin, American actress
• 16th » John Bowe (racing driver) e.g John Bowe, Australian race car driver
• 16th » Mike Zuke, Canadian ice hockey player
• 17th » Riccardo Patrese, Italian race car driver
• 17th » Roddy Piper, Canadian wrestler and actor
• 17th » Michael Sembello, American singer-songwriter
• 17th » Lester Square, Canadian guitarist (The Monochrome Set and Adam and the Ants)
• 18th » Robert Greenberg, American composer and pianist
• 19th » Trevor Francis, English footballer and manager
• 19th » Bob Rock, Canadian guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Payolas)
• 20th » Gilles Lupien, Canadian ice hockey player
• 21st » Ebiet G. Ade, Indonesian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 21st » James Morrison (actor) known as James Morrison, American actor
• 22nd » Jōji Nakata, Japanese voice actor
• 23rd » Tony Atlas, American bodybuilder and wrestler
• 23rd » Stephen Dalton, English air marshal
• 23rd » Michael Moore, American director, producer, and activist
• 24th » Mumia Abu-Jamal, American journalist and murderer
• 24th » Jack Blades, American bass player and songwriter (Night Ranger, Rubicon (US band) called Rubicon, Damn Yankees (band) called Damn Yankees, and Tak Matsumoto Group)
• 24th » Captain Sensible, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Damned (band) or The Damned and Dead Men Walking)
• 25th » Melvin Burgess, English author
• 25th » Randy Cross, American football player and sportscaster
• 25th » Róisín Shortall, Irish politician
• 26th » Tatyana Fomina, Estonian chess player
• 26th » Alan Hinkes, English mountaineer and explorer
• 27th » Frank Bainimarama, Fijian politician, 8th Prime Minister of Fiji
• 27th » Herman Edwards, American football player, coach, and sportscaster
• 28th » Timothy Curley, American educator
• 28th » Vic Sotto, Filipino actor and producer
• 28th » Ron Zook, American football player and coach
• 29th » Jake Burton Carpenter, American snowboarder and businessman, founded Burton Snowboards
• 29th » Jerry Seinfeld, American comedian, actor, and producer
• 30th » Thom Bray, American actor
• 30th » Jane Campion, New Zealand director, producer, and screenwriter
• 30th » Kim Darroch, English diplomat
• 30th » Frank-Michael Marczewski, German footballer

Famous Deaths for April 1954

• 10th » Auguste and Louis Lumière or Auguste Lumière, French director and producer (b. 1862)
• 10th » Oscar Mathisen, Norwegian speed skater (b. 1888)
• 11th » Paul Specht, American violinist and bandleader (b. 1895)
• 13th » Samuel Jones (athlete) named Samuel Jones, American high jumper (b. 1880)
• 13th » Angus Lewis Macdonald, Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th Premier of Nova Scotia (b. 1890)
• 16th » G. V. Loganathan, Indian-American academic (b. 1954)
• 17th » Lucrețiu Pătrășcanu, Romanian lawyer and politician (b. 1900)
• 28th » Léon Jouhaux, French union leader, Nobel Peace Prize e.g Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1879)

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