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September 29 – The Catch (baseball): A notable defensive play is made by New York Giants center fielder Willie Mays on a ball hit by Cleveland Indians batter Vic Wertz during Game 1 of the 1954 World Series at the Polo Grounds in Upper Manhattan.
1954 was a common year ... No significant newsworthy events, births, or deaths are known to have happened on this day. ... May 11 – U.S. Secretary of State John ...
1954 events in the United States by month (12 C) / 1954 disestablishments in the United States (42 C, 15 P) 1954 establishments in the United States (56 C, 23 P) A.
1954 – The Tournament of Roses Parade becomes the first event nationally televised in color; 1954 – Detonation of Castle Bravo, a 15 megaton Hydrogen bomb on Bikini Atoll. 1,000 times more powerful than the Hiroshima and Nagasaki weapons, it vaporized three islands, displaced the islanders and caused long lasting contamination
October 1954 events in the United States (1 C, 1 P) November 1954 events in the United States (2 C, 42 P) December 1954 events in the United States (1 C, 2 P)
Rosemary Sutcliff's historical children's novel The Eagle of the Ninth illustrated by C. Walter Hodges, first in the series of the same name. J. R. R. Tolkien 's epic high fantasy novels The Fellowship of the Ring (29 July) and The Two Towers (11 November), the first two volumes of The Lord of the Rings trilogy.
October 1954 events in the United States (1 C, 1 P) November 1954 events in the United States (2 C, 42 P) December 1954 events in the United States (1 C, 2 P)
Flamenco guitarist Carlos Montoya in 1954. This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1954. ... Apr 1954 (29 weeks), US Billboard 1 – Jan ...