What Happened In December 1954 In History

Historical Events for December, 1954

• 2nd » McCarthyism known as Cold War: The United States Senate Joseph McCarthy Censure and the Watkins Committee or votes 65 to 22 to censure Joseph McCarthy for "conduct that tends to bring the Senate into dishonor and disrepute".
• 2nd » The Sino-American Mutual Defense Treaty, between the United States and Taiwan, is signed in Washington, D.C..
• 4th » The first Burger King is opened in Miami, Florida.
• 15th » The Charter for the Kingdom of the Netherlands is signed.
• 23rd » First successful Kidney transplantation known as kidney transplant is performed by J. Hartwell Harrison and Joseph Murray.

Famous Birthdays on December in 1954

• 1st » Bob Goen, American television host
• 1st » Judith Hackitt, English chemist and engineer
• 1st » Annette Haven, American porn actress
• 2nd » Dan Butler, American actor, director, and screenwriter
• 2nd » Stone Phillips, American journalist
• 3rd » Grace Andreacchi, American-English author, poet, and playwright
• 4th » Tony Todd, American actor and producer
• 5th » Hanif Kureishi, English author and playwright
• 5th » Gary Roenicke, American baseball player
• 7th » Mary Fallin, American politician, 27th Governor of Oklahoma
• 7th » Mark Hofmann, American murderer
• 7th » Mike Nolan (singer) Mike Nolan, Irish singer (Bucks Fizz (band) Bucks Fizz and Brooks (group) Brooks)
• 8th » Harold Hongju Koh, American lawyer, scholar and politician
• 8th » Frits Pirard, Dutch cyclist
• 8th » Gadowar Singh Sahota, Indian-Canadian wrestler
• 9th » Phil Bryant, American politician, 63rd Governor of Mississippi
• 9th » Herman Finkers, Dutch comedian and actor
• 9th » Henk ten Cate, Dutch footballer and manager
• 10th » Eudine Barriteau, Barbadian economist
• 10th » Price Cobb, American race car driver
• 10th » Jack Hues, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Wang Chung (band) or Wang Chung)
• 10th » Enn Sellik, Estonian runner
• 11th » Brad Bryant, American golfer
• 11th » Santiago Creel, Mexican lawyer and politician, Secretariat of the Interior (Mexico) or Mexican Secretary of the Interior
• 11th » Jermaine Jackson, American singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (Jackson 5)
• 11th » Guðlaugur Kristinn Óttarsson, Icelandic guitarist, mathematician, and engineer
• 12th » Hemant Karkare, Indian police officer (d. 2008)
• 13th » John Anderson (musician) called John Anderson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 13th » Emma Bull, American author
• 13th » Steve Forbert, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 13th » Tamora Pierce, American author
• 14th » James Horan (actor) or James Horan, American actor
• 14th » Alan Kulwicki, American race car driver (d. 1993)
• 14th » Steve MacLean (astronaut) or Steve MacLean, Canadian physicist and astronaut
• 15th » Oliver Heald, English lawyer and politician, Solicitor General for England and Wales
• 15th » Mark Warner, American businessman and politician, 69th Governor of Virginia
• 17th » Sergėjus Jovaiša, Lithuanian basketball player
• 18th » John Booth (motor racing) or John Booth, English race car driver
• 18th » Ray Liotta, American actor, singer, and producer
• 19th » Jeff Allam, English race car driver
• 19th » Tim Parks, English author
• 20th » Michael Badalucco, American actor and producer
• 20th » Sandra Cisneros, American author and poet
• 21st » Chris Evert, American tennis player and coach
• 22nd » Hideshi Matsuda, Japanese race car driver
• 23rd » Raivo Järvi, Estonian radio host and politician (d. 2012)
• 24th » Yves Debay, Congolese-French commander and journalist (d. 2013)
• 24th » José María Figueres, Costa Rican politician, President of Costa Rica
• 24th » Helen Jones, English lawyer and politician
• 25th » Annie Lennox, Scottish singer-songwriter and pianist (The Tourists and Eurythmics)
• 25th » Steve Wariner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 26th » Peter Hillary, New Zealand mountaineer
• 26th » Tony Rosato, Italian-Canadian actor
• 26th » Ozzie Smith, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 26th » Steve Steen, English actor and screenwriter
• 27th » Mandie Fletcher, English director, producer, and production manager
• 28th » Gayle King, American journalist
• 28th » Lanny Poffo, Canadian-American wrestler
• 28th » Denzel Washington, American actor, director, and producer
• 28th » Slavitza Jovan, Serbian model
• 29th » Albrecht Böttcher, German mathematician and author
• 29th » Norihito, Prince Takamado of Japan (d. 2002)
• 29th » Roger Voudouris, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2003)
• 30th » Barry Greenstein, American poker player
• 31st » Alex Salmond, Scottish economist and politician, 4th First Minister of Scotland
• 31st » Hermann Tilke, German race car driver and engineer

Famous Deaths for December 1954

• 1st » Fred Rose (songwriter) e.g Fred Rose, American pianist, songwriter, and publisher (b. 1898)
• 8th » Gladys George, American actress and singer (b. 1904)
• 8th » Joseph B. Keenan, American lawyer and politician (b. 1888)
• 13th » John Raymond Hubbell, American director and composer (b. 1879)
• 14th » Emil Rausch, German swimmer (b. 1883)
• 20th » James Hilton (novelist) named James Hilton, English-American author (b. 1900)
• 23rd » René Iché, French sculptor (b. 1897)
• 25th » Johnny Ace, American singer (b. 1929)
• 30th » Archduke Eugen of Austria (b. 1863)

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