What Happened In January 1954 In History

Historical Events for January, 1954

• 1st » NBC makes the first coast-to-coast NTSC Color television known as color broadcast when it telecast the Tournament of Roses Parade, with public demonstrations given across the United States on prototype color receivers.
• 7th » Georgetown-IBM experiment: the first public demonstration of a machine translation system, is held in New York at the head office of IBM.
• 10th » BOAC Flight 781, a de Havilland DH.106 Comet 1, explodes and falls into the Tyrrhenian Sea killing 35 people.
• 14th » The Hudson Motor Car Company merges with Nash-Kelvinator Corporation forming the American Motors Corporation.
• 20th » The National Negro Network is established with 40 charter member radio stations.
• 21st » The first nuclear marine propulsion nuclear-powered submarine, the USS Nautilus SSN-571 6, is Ship naming and launching launched in Groton, Connecticut by Mamie Eisenhower, the First Lady of the United States.

Famous Birthdays on January in 1954

• 1st » Richard Edson, American drummer and actor (Sonic Youth and Konk (band) e.g Konk)
• 1st » Bob Menendez, American politician
• 1st » Yannis Papathanasiou, Greek politician
• 2nd » Henry Bonilla, American politician
• 2nd » Dawn Silva, American singer
• 3rd » Dean Hart, Canadian wrestler (d. 1990)
• 3rd » Ned Lamont, American businessman and politician
• 4th » Eugene Chadbourne, American guitarist and songwriter (Shockabilly)
• 4th » Tina Knowles, American fashion designer, founded House of Deréon
• 5th » Alex English, American basketball player
• 5th » László Krasznahorkai, Hungarian author and screenwriter
• 6th » Yuji Horii, Japanese video game designer, created 'Dragon Quest'
• 6th » Anthony Minghella, English director and screenwriter (d. 2008)
• 6th » Karen Moras, Australian swimmer
• 6th » Trudie Styler, English actress
• 7th » Alan Butcher, English cricketer and coach
• 7th » Jodi Long, American actress
• 7th » José María Vitier, Cuban pianist and composer
• 8th » Konstantinos Kypriotis, Greek martial artist (d. 1995)
• 9th » Philippa Gregory, English author
• 10th » John Gidman, English footballer
• 10th » Greg Towns, Australian footballer
• 11th » Jaak Aaviksoo, Estonian physicist and politician, 26th Minister of Defence (Estonia) known as Estonian Minister of Defence
• 12th » Howard Stern, American radio host, actor, and author
• 13th » Richard Blackford, English composer
• 13th » Nikos Sarganis, Greek footballer
• 14th » Jim Duggan, American wrestler
• 14th » Masanobu Fuchi, Japanese wrestler
• 14th » Vernee Watson-Johnson, American actress
• 15th » Jose Dalisay, Jr., Filipino poet, author, and screenwriter
• 15th » Nikos Sarganis, Greek footballer
• 16th » Vasili Zhupikov, Russian footballer and coach
• 17th » Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., American lawyer, radio host, and environmentalist
• 17th » Susan Kiefel, Australian lawyer and judge
• 19th » Katey Sagal, American actress
• 19th » Cindy Sherman, American photographer
• 19th » Katharina Thalbach, German actress and director
• 20th » Rudy La Scala, Venezuelan singer-songwriter and producer
• 20th » Ken Page, American actor and singer
• 20th » Alison Seabeck, English politician
• 21st » Idrissa Ouedraogo, Burkinabé director, producer, and screenwriter
• 21st » Phil Thompson, English footballer and coach
• 22nd » Tully Blanchard, American wrestler
• 22nd » Chris Lemmon, American actor
• 22nd » Peter Pilz, Austrian politician
• 23rd » Franco De Vita, Venezuelan singer-songwriter
• 23rd » Richard Finch (musician) or Richard Finch, American bass player, songwriter, and producer (KC and the Sunshine Band)
• 23rd » Edward Ka-Spel, English singer-songwriter (Legendary Pink Dots, The Tear Garden, and Mimir (band) known as Mimir)
• 24th » Jo Gartner, Austrian race car driver (d. 1986)
• 25th » Ricardo Bochini, Argentinian footballer
• 25th » Kay Cottee, Australian sailor
• 25th » Renate Dorrestein, Dutch journalist and author
• 25th » Kim Gandy, American lawyer and activist
• 26th » Kim Hughes, Australian cricketer
• 27th » Peter Laird, American author and illustrator
• 27th » Jōkō Ninomiya, Japanese martial artist
• 27th » Stelios Papafloratos, Greek footballer
• 27th » Ed Schultz, American talk show host
• 28th » Bruno Metsu, French footballer and manager (d. 2013)
• 28th » Rick Warren, American pastor and author
• 28th » Kaneto Shiozawa, Japanese voice actor (d.2000)
• 29th » Christian Bjelland IV, Norwegian businessman and art collector
• 29th » Greg Brooks (chef) called Greg Brooks, Canadian chef and author
• 29th » Alejandro Casañas, Cuban hurdler
• 29th » Eleanor Clitheroe-Bell, Canadian businesswoman
• 29th » Bill Evers, American baseball player, coach, and manager
• 29th » Yukinobu Hoshino, Japanese illustrator
• 29th » Terry Kinney, American actor
• 29th » Ron Mark, New Zealand soldier and politician
• 29th » Bob Murdoch (ice hockey, born 1954) called Bob Murdoch, Canadian ice hockey player
• 29th » Barry Powell (footballer) e.g Barry Powell, English footballer and manager
• 29th » Rodolfo Reis, Portuguese footballer
• 29th » Doug Risebrough, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 29th » Patrick Seguin, French art dealer
• 29th » Oprah Winfrey, American talk show host, actress, and producer, founded the Oprah Winfrey Network (U.S. TV channel) or OWN Network and Harpo Productions
• 31st » Mark Slavin, Israeli wrestler (d. 1972)
• 31st » Adrian Vandenberg, Dutch guitarist (Whitesnake, Vandenberg (band) called Vandenberg, and Manic Eden)

Famous Deaths for January 1954

• 1st » Leonard Bacon (poet) e.g Leonard Bacon, American poet (b. 1887)
• 1st » Duff Cooper, British politician and diplomat, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (b. 1890)
• 5th » Rabbit Maranville, American baseball player (b. 1891)
• 10th » Oscar Brockmeyer, American soccer player (b. 1883)
• 10th » Chester Wilmot, American journalist (b. 1911)
• 18th » Sydney Greenstreet, English actor (b. 1879)
• 19th » Theodor Kaluza, German mathematician and physicist (b. 1885)
• 20th » Fred Root, English cricketer (b. 1890)
• 22nd » Princess Margaret of Prussia (b. 1872)
• 25th » M. N. Roy, Indian activist and theorist (b. 1887)
• 31st » Edwin Howard Armstrong, American engineer, invented Frequency modulation known as FM radio (b. 1890)
• 31st » Vivian Woodward, English footballer (b. 1879)

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