What Happened In May 1954 In History

Historical Events for May, 1954

• 6th » Roger Bannister becomes the first person to run the Middle distance track event Mile named mile in four-minute mile or under four minutes.
• 7th » Indochina War: The Battle of Dien Bien Phu ends in a French defeat and a Vietnamese victory (the battle began on March 13).
• 10th » Bill Haley & His Comets release "Rock Around the Clock", the first rock and roll record to reach number one on the Billboard (magazine) known as 'Billboard' charts.
• 13th » The 1954 National Service Riots called anti-National Service Riots, by Chinese people or Chinese Middle School students in Singapore, take place.
• 13th » The original Broadway theatre Broadway production of The Pajama Game opens and runs for another 1,063 performances. Later received three Tony award Tony Awards for Tony Award for Best Musical Best Musical, Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Act
• 17th » The United States Supreme Court hands down a unanimous decision in 'Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas'.
• 29th » First of the annual Bilderberg Group named Bilderberg conferences.

Famous Birthdays on May in 1954

• 1st » Fred Chichin, French singer-songwriter and guitarist (Les Rita Mitsouko) (d. 2007)
• 1st » Archie Norman, English businessman and politician
• 1st » Ray Parker, Jr., American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Raydio)
• 1st » Joel Rosenberg (science fiction author) e.g Joel Rosenberg, Canadian-American author (d. 2011)
• 2nd » Elliot Goldenthal, American composer
• 2nd » Dawn Primarolo, English politician
• 2nd » Stephen Venables, English mountaineer
• 3rd » Angela Bofill, American singer-songwriter
• 3rd » Patti Boulaye, Nigerian-English singer and actress
• 3rd » Peter Duncan (actor) e.g Peter Duncan, English actor and television host
• 3rd » Jean-Marc Roberts, French author and screenwriter (d. 2013)
• 4th » Marilyn Martin, American singer-songwriter
• 4th » Liz Robertson, English actress and singer
• 4th » Robert Michael Snyder, American author
• 4th » Pia Zadora, American actress and singer
• 4th » Hans van Zeeland, Dutch water polo player
• 6th » Tom Abernethy, American basketball player
• 6th » Dora Bakoyannis, Greek politician, 120th Minister for Foreign Affairs (Greece) known as Minister for Foreign Affairs of Greece
• 7th » Philippe Geluck, Belgian cartoonist
• 7th » Amy Heckerling, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 8th » Pam Arciero, American puppeteer and voice actress
• 8th » David Keith, American actor and director
• 8th » John Michael Talbot, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Mason Proffit)
• 8th » Gary Wilmot, English actor and singer
• 9th » Nicholas Crane, English geographer and journalist
• 9th » Andrew Dillon, English businessman
• 9th » Lawrence Dutton, American viola player and educator (Emerson String Quartet)
• 9th » Marc Sinden, English actor, director, and producer
• 10th » F. Charles Brunicardi, American physician
• 11th » John Clayton (sportswriter) named John Clayton, American journalist
• 11th » John Gregory (footballer) known as John Gregory, English footballer and manager
• 11th » Lubomir Stoykov, Bulgarian journalist
• 11th » Judith Weir, English composer and educator
• 12th » Rafael Yglesias, American author and screenwriter
• 13th » Johnny Logan (singer) known as Johnny Logan, Australian-Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 15th » Suzanne Basso, American murderer (d. 2014)
• 15th » Diana Liverman, English-American geographer and academic
• 15th » Caroline Thomson, English journalist
• 16th » Dafydd Williams, Canadian physician and astronaut
• 17th » Michael Roberts (jockey) known as Michael Roberts, South African jockey
• 18th » Reinhold Heil, German-American pianist and composer (Spliff (band) named Spliff)
• 18th » Wreckless Eric, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 19th » Rick Cerone, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 19th » Phil Rudd, Australian drummer (AC/DC and Buster Brown (Australian band) named Buster Brown)
• 19th » Hōchū Ōtsuka, Japanese voice actor
• 20th » Guy Hoffman, American singer, drummer, and composer (Violent Femmes, Oil Tasters, and BoDeans)
• 20th » Cindy McCain, American businesswoman and philanthropist
• 20th » David Paterson, American politician, 55th Governor of New York
• 20th » Colin Sutherland, Lord Carloway, Scottish judge
• 20th » Robert Van de Walle, Belgian martial artist
• 21st » D. B. S. Jeyaraj, Sri Lankan-Canadian journalist
• 21st » Janice Karman, American voice actress, singer, and producer
• 21st » Marc Ribot, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Bar Kokhba Sextet)
• 23rd » Marvelous Marvin Hagler, American boxer
• 23rd » Hans Kruize, Dutch field hockey player
• 23rd » Michel Roux, Jr., English-French chef and author
• 25th » Murali (Malayalam actor) named Murali, Indian actor (d. 2009)
• 26th » Marian Gold, German singer-songwriter and guitarist (Alphaville (band) called Alphaville)
• 26th » Alan Hollinghurst, English author and poet
• 26th » Denis Lebel, Canadian politician, 9th Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs (Canada) or Canadian Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs
• 26th » Danny Rolling, American serial killer (d. 2006)
• 27th » Pauline Hanson, Australian politician
• 27th » Jackie Slater, American football player and coach
• 28th » Townsend Coleman, American voice actor
• 28th » João Carlos de Oliveira, Brazilian triple jumper (d. 1999)
• 28th » Youri Egorov, Russian pianist (d. 1988)
• 28th » Andy Hamilton, English actor, director, and screenwriter
• 28th » Charles Saumarez Smith, English historian and academic
• 28th » Péter Szilágyi (politician, 1954) named Péter Szilágyi, Hungarian conductor and politician (d. 2013)
• 28th » John Tory, Canadian lawyer and politician
• 29th » Robert Beaser, American composer
• 29th » Jerry Moran, American lawyer and politician
• 31st » Thomas Mavros, Greek footballer
• 31st » Vicki Sue Robinson, American actress and singer (d. 2000)

Famous Deaths for May 1954

• 14th » Heinz Guderian, Polish-German general (b. 1888)
• 15th » William March, American author (b. 1893)
• 16th » Clemens Krauss, Austrian conductor (b. 1893)
• 19th » Charles Ives, American composer (b. 1874)
• 22nd » Chief Bender, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1884)
• 25th » Robert Capa, Hungarian photographer and journalist (b. 1913)
• 26th » Lionel Conacher, Canadian football player and politician (b. 1900)
• 31st » Antonis Benakis, Greek art collector (b. 1873)

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