Today in History for March 1954

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 46 of 46

1st - 4 Puerto Ricans open fire in US house of reps injuring 5 reps
1st - In spring training, Ted Williams breaks his collarbone
1st - Rebellion during visit of pres Naguib in Khartoum Sudan, 30 die
1st - US explodes 15 megaton hydrogen bomb at Bikini Atoll
1st - Ted Williams fractures collarbone in 1st game of spring training after flying 39 combat missions without injury in Korean War
4th - JE Wilkins, appointed 1st Black US sub-cabinet member
4th - Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, announces the first successful kidney transplant.
5th - "Girl in Pink Tights" opens at Mark Hellinger NYC for 115 perfs
7th - Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Sarasota Golf Open
7th - Russia wins title in their 1st international ice hockey competition
8th - Herb McKinley sets quarter mile record of 0:46.8 in Melbourne, Australia
9th - 1st local color TV coml WNBT-TV (WNBC-TV) NYC (Castro Decorators)
9th - Edward R Murrow criticizes Sen Joseph McCarthy (See it Now)
9th - WMUR TV channel 9 in Manchester, NH (ABC) begins broadcasting
11th - US Army charges Senator Joseph McCarthy used undue pressure tactics
12th - 1st performance of Arnold Schoenberg's "Moses und Aaron"
12th - Anish Kapoor, Mumbai India, Indian born British sculptor
13th - Braves' Bobby Thomson breaks his ankle, he is replaced by Hank Aaron
13th - Viet Minh General Giap opens assault on That Bien Phu
14th - Braves Henry Aaron homers in his 1st exhibition game
14th - KDAL (now KDLH) TV channel 3 in Duluth-Superior, MN (CBS) begins
14th - Louise Suggs wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship
14th - NBA Baltimore Bullets end a 32 game road losing streak
15th - "CBS Morning Show" premieres with Walter Cronkite & Jack Paar
15th - WSJV TV channel 28 in Elkhart-South Bend, IN (ABC) begins broadcasting
19th - 1st color telecast of a prize fight, Giardello vs Troy in Madison Square Garden, NYC
19th - 1st rocket-driven sled on rails was tested in Alamogordo, NM
19th - US Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Tenley Albright
19th - US Mens Figure Skating championship won by Hayes A Jenkins
19th - Weekes, Worrell & Walcott complete tons in innings v England
20th - "King & I" closes at St James Theater NYC after 1246 performances
20th - 16th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: La Salle beats Bradley 92-76
20th - 1st newspaper vending machine used (Columbia Pennsylvania)
21st - KFBB TV channel 5 in Great Falls, MT (ABC/CBS/NBC) begins broadcasting
22nd - 1st shopping mall opened in Southfield, Mich
22nd - Closed since 1939, the London bullion market reopens.
25th - 26th Academy Awards - "From Here to Eternity," Holden & A Hepburn win
25th - Pope Pius XII encyclical "Sacra virginitas" (On consecrated virginity)
25th - RCA manufactures 1st color TV set (12½" screen at $1,000)
26th - US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island
28th - 8th Tony Awards: Teahouse of the August Moon & Kismet win
28th - Louise Suggs wins LPGA Betsy Rawls Golf Open
28th - WKAQ TV channel 2 in San Juan, PR (TM) begins broadcasting
30th - Test Cricket debut of Garry Sobers v England at Kingston
31st - US Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs Colo, established
31st - USSR offers to join NATO

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 53 of 53

1st - Ron Howard, Oklahoma, American actor/director (American Graffiti, Happy Days)
1st - Catherine Bach, Warren Oh, actress (Daisey Duke-Dukes of Hazzard)
1st - Janis Gill, Torrance Cal, singer (Sweethearts of Rodeo-Midnight Girl)
2nd - Stone Phumelele Sizani, South African treasurer (UDF)
3rd - Keith Carlton Fergus, Temple TX, PGA golfer (1995 Honda Classic-8th)
3rd - Chris Hughes, London, English record producer and rock drummer (Adam & The Ants)
4th - Catherine O'Hara, Toronto Ont, comedienne (Beetlejuice, SCTV)
4th - Peter Erling Jacobsen, Portland OR, PGA golfer (1990 Bob Hope)
4th - Mark Chorvinsky, American author and editor (d. 2005)
4th - François Fillon, French politician, Prime Minister of France
4th - Willie Thorne, English snooker player
5th - Marsha Warfield, comedian/actress (Roz-Night Court)
7th - Matt Frenette, rock drummer (Loverboy)
8th - Cheryl Baker, rock vocalist (Bucks Fizz-My Camera Never Lies)
8th - David Wilkie, 200m backstroke swimmer (Olympic-gold-1976), is born in Colombo, Sri Lanka to Scottish parents
8th - Karl Schnabl, 90m ski jumper (Olympic-gold-1976)
9th - Charmain Elaine Sylvers, rocker
9th - Keven Wade, Chappaqua NY, screen writer (Working Girls)
9th - Bobby Sands, IRA member (d. 1981)
11th - Gale Norton, 48th United States Secretary of the Interior
13th - Robin Duke, Toronto Canada, comedienne (SNL, SCTV, Club Paradise)
14th - Adrian Zmed, Chicago Ill, actor (TJ Hooker, Dance Fever)
14th - David La Croix, race horse trainer
14th - Jann Browne, country singer (Mexican Wind)
15th - Craig Wasson, Oregon, actor (Body Double, 4 Friends, Men's Club)
16th - Dav Whatmore, cricketer (Colombo Aust bat 1979, Sri Lanka coach 1995-)
16th - Hollis Stacy, Savannah Ga, LPGA golfer (US Open 1977, 78)
16th - Jimmy Nail, singer/actor (Evita, Spender, Howling II)
16th - Nancy Wilson, SF, rock guitarist (Heart-Never, What about Love)
16th - Colin Ireland, Kent, England, serial killer ('Gay Slayer'/ Coleherne killer), (d. 2012)
17th - Lesley-Anne Down, London, actress (A Little Night Music, Moonraker)
17th - Rena Jones, rock vocalist
17th - Wally Stocker, London, rock vocalist/guitarist (Babys-Missing You)
18th - James F Reilly II, Mt Home AFB Idaho, PhD/astronaut (STS 89, sk:100)
19th - Charles Pinnell, horse trainer
19th - Indu Shahani, Indian educationist and Sheriff of Mumbai
20th - Charlie Simmer, Ontario, NHL left winger (LA Kings)
20th - Jim Seales, Hamilton Ala, singer (Shenandoah-Sunday in the South)
20th - Liana Kanelli, Greek journalist and politician
21st - Mary Jane Smith, Van Nuys Ca, WPVA volleyballer (National-9th-1993)
23rd - Moses Malone, NBA center (Atlanta Hawks, Milw Bucks, Phila '76ers)
23rd - Geno Auriemma, American basketball coach
24th - Donna Pescow, Brooklyn, actress (Angie, Out of this World, Rainbow)
24th - Irina Ratushinskaya, Odessa Ukraine, disident poet (Beyond the Limit)
24th - Robert Carradine, LA California, actor (Slim-The Cowboys, Wavelength)
25th - Elli Stai, Greek journalist and TV presenter
25th - Thom Loverro, American sportswriter
26th - Curtis Sliwa, founder (Guardian Angels)/radio personality (WABC)
26th - Piers Gardner, director (Brit Institute of Intl & Comparative Law)
26th - Kazuhiko Inoue, Japanese seiyu (voice actor)
28th - Morris Mason, American convicted rapist and murderer (d. 1985)
29th - Karen Anne Quinlan, NJ, famous comatose patient (right to die case)
31st - Tony Brock, England, rock drummer (Isn't It Time, Every Time I Think of You)

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 16 of 16

4th - Georg Gohler, composer, dies at 79
4th - Noel Gay, [Richard Moxon Armitage], composer, dies at 55
5th - Julian Lowell Coolidge, mathematician (Study-Segre school), dies at 80
6th - Jan Kalf, Dutch literature/art historian, dies at 80
6th - Louis Zimmermann, violinist, dies at 80
7th - Otto Diels, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1876)
8th - Percy Twentyman-Jones, cricketer (pair in only Test for S Afr), dies
9th - Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs, German astronomer (b. 1912)
9th - V. Walfrid Ekman, Swedish oceanographer (b. 1874)
14th - Ludomir Michal Rogowski, composer, dies at 72
15th - Arthur Fickenscher, composer, dies at 82
17th - Victor Rousseau, Belgian sculptor, dies at 88
18th - Walter Mead, cricketer (one Test for England 1899), dies
19th - Walter Braunfels, composer, dies at 71
21st - Harry Lawrence Freeman, composer, dies at 84
28th - Francis B Young, Brit physician/writer (In South Africa), dies at 69