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What Happened In September 1954 In History

Historical Events for September, 1954

  • 8th » The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) is established.
  • 11th » Hurricane Edna hits New England as a Category 3 hurricane, causing significant damage and 29 deaths.
  • 14th » In a Totskoye nuclear exercise called top secret nuclear test, a Soviet Tupolev Tu-4 known as Tu-4 bomber drops a 40 kiloton atomic weapon just north of Totskoye village.
  • 26th » Japanese train ferry named rail ferry 'Tōya Maru' sinks during a typhoon in the Tsugaru Strait, Japan killing 1,172.
  • 27th » The nationwide debut of 'Tonight Starring Steve Allen' '(The Tonight Show)' hosted by Steve Allen on NBC.
  • 29th » The convention establishing CERN (the European Organization for Nuclear Research) is signed.

Famous Birthdays on September in 1954

  • 1st » Richard Burden, English politician
  • 1st » Dave Lumley, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 3rd » Jaak Uudmäe, Estonian triple jumper and coach
  • 5th » Richard Austin (cricketer) known as Richard Austin, Jamaican cricketer
  • 5th » Frederick Kempe, American journalist and author
  • 6th » Carly Fiorina, American businesswoman and politician
  • 6th » Demetris Kizas, Cypriot footballer
  • 6th » Ève Luquet, French engraver and designer
  • 6th » John Sauven, English economist and environmentalist
  • 7th » Corbin Bernsen, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 7th » Doug Bradley, English actor
  • 7th » Michael Emerson, American actor
  • 8th » Mark Lindsay Chapman, English actor, singer, and producer
  • 8th » Anne Diamond, English journalist
  • 8th » Mark Foley, American politician
  • 8th » Jon Scieszka, American author and educator
  • 8th » Michael Shermer, American historian, author, and academic, founded The Skeptics Society
  • 9th » Jeffrey Combs, American actor
  • 10th » Jackie Ashley, English journalist
  • 10th » Lorely Burt, English politician
  • 10th » Clark Johnson, American actor, director, and producer
  • 11th » Sinan Savaskan, English composer
  • 12th » Adrian Adonis, American wrestler (d. 1988)
  • 12th » Scott Hamilton (musician) called Scott Hamilton, American saxophonist
  • 12th » Peeter Volkonski, Estonian singer-songwriter and actor (Propeller (band) named Propeller)
  • 13th » Steve Kilbey, English-Australian singer-songwriter and bass player (The Church (band) known as The Church and Jack Frost (band) called Jack Frost)
  • 14th » Barry Cowsill, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer (The Cowsills) (d. 2005)
  • 15th » Hrant Dink, Turkish journalist (d. 2007)
  • 16th » Sanjoy Bandopadhyay, Indian sitar player and composer
  • 16th » Earl Klugh, American guitarist and composer
  • 16th » William McKeen, American author and academic
  • 16th » Colin Newman, English singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer (Wire (band) known as Wire, Githead, and Immersion (artists) named Immersion)
  • 16th » Frank Reed (singer) known as Frank Reed, American singer-songwriter (The Chi-Lites) (d. 2014)
  • 17th » Joël-François Durand, French pianist and composer
  • 18th » Murtaza Bhutto, Pakistani politician (d. 1996)
  • 18th » Takao Doi, Japanese engineer and astronaut
  • 18th » Dennis Johnson, American basketball player and coach (d. 2007)
  • 18th » Steven Pinker, Canadian-American psychologist, linguist, and author
  • 18th » Tommy Tuberville, American football player and coach
  • 19th » Adam Phillips (psychologist) known as Adam Phillips, Welsh psychotherapist and author
  • 19th » Eleni Vitali, Greek singer-songwriter
  • 20th » Anne McIntosh, Scottish politician
  • 20th » Henry Samueli, American businessman, co-founded Broadcom
  • 20th » Brinke Stevens, American actress, producer, and screenwriter
  • 21st » Shinzō Abe, Japanese politician, 90th Prime Minister of Japan
  • 21st » Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor, English drummer (Motörhead and Waysted)
  • 22nd » Shari Belafonte, American actress and singer
  • 22nd » Randy Lanier, American race car driver and drug trafficker
  • 23rd » Charlie Barnett (comedian) named Charlie Barnett, American actor (d. 1996)
  • 23rd » Cherie Blair, English lawyer and academic, Spouse of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
  • 24th » Helen Lederer, Welsh actress and screenwriter
  • 24th » Lilian Mercedes Letona, Salvadoran activist (d. 1983)
  • 24th » Marco Tardelli, Italian footballer and coach
  • 25th » Sakis Boulas, Greek singer-songwriter and actor (d. 2014)
  • 25th » Sylvester Croom, American football player and coach
  • 25th » Joep Lange, Dutch physician and academic (d. 2014)
  • 25th » Juande Ramos, Spanish footballer and manager
  • 25th » Tim Smit, Dutch-English gardener and businessman
  • 26th » Craig Chaquico, American guitarist (Jefferson Starship)
  • 26th » Kevin Kennedy (baseball) known as Kevin Kennedy, American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster
  • 27th » Ray Hadley, Australian radio and television host
  • 27th » Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Russian violinist and conductor
  • 27th » Larry Wall, American computer programmer and author
  • 28th » Steve Largent, American football player and politician
  • 28th » George Lynch (musician) George Lynch, American guitarist and songwriter (Dokken, Lynch Mob (band) Lynch Mob, Souls of We, and Tooth and Nail (band) Tooth and Nail)
  • 29th » Uwe Jahn, German footballer and manager
  • 29th » Mark Mitchell (actor) known as Mark Mitchell, Australian actor
  • 30th » Basia, Polish singer-songwriter and producer (Perfect (band) known as Perfect)
  • 30th » Scott Fields, American guitarist and composer
  • 30th » Patrice Rushen, American singer-songwriter and producer (CAB (band) known as CAB)
  • 30th » Barry Williams, American actor and singer

Famous Deaths for September 1954

  • 2nd » Franz Leopold Neumann, German lawyer and political scientist (b. 1900)
  • 3rd » Marika Kotopouli, Greek actress (b. 1887)
  • 5th » Eugen Schiffer, German politician, Vice-Chancellor of Germany (b. 1860)
  • 7th » Bud Fisher, American cartoonist (b. 1885)
  • 8th » André Derain, French painter and sculptor (b. 1880)
  • 10th » Peter Anders (tenor) e.g Peter Anders, German tenor (b. 1908)
  • 18th » Johannes Drost, Dutch swimmer (b. 1880)
  • 21st » Mikimoto Kōkichi, Japanese businessman (b. 1858)
  • 24th » Edward Pilgrim, English suicide victim (b. 1904)
  • 26th » Ellen Roosevelt, American tennis player (b. 1868)

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