What Happened In October 1954 In History

Historical Events for October, 1954

• 11th » First Indochina War: The Viet Minh take control of North Vietnam.
• 15th » Hurricane Hazel devastates the eastern seaboard, killing 95 and causing massive floods as far north as Toronto. As a Saffir-Simpson Scale e.g Category 4 upon landfall, it is the strongest storm on record to strike as far north as North Carolina.
• 18th » Texas Instruments announces the first Transistor radio.
• 19th » First ascent of Cho Oyu.
• 24th » Dwight D. Eisenhower pledges United States support to South Vietnam.
• 27th » Benjamin O. Davis Jr. becomes the first African-American general in the United States Air Force.

Famous Birthdays on October in 1954

• 1st » Martin Strel, Slovenian swimmer
• 2nd » Lorraine Bracco, American actress and producer
• 3rd » Dennis Eckersley, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 3rd » Eddie DeGarmo, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer (DeGarmo and Key)
• 3rd » Al Sharpton, American minister, talk show host, and activist
• 3rd » Stevie Ray Vaughan, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Double Trouble (band) e.g Double Trouble) (d. 1990)
• 6th » David Hidalgo, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Los Lobos, Latin Playboys, and Los Super Seven)
• 6th » Darrell M. West, American political scientist, author, and academic
• 7th » Kenneth Atchley, American composer
• 8th » Michael Dudikoff, American actor
• 8th » Huub Rothengatter, Dutch race car driver
• 9th » Scott Bakula, American actor, singer, and producer
• 9th » James Fearnley, English accordion player and songwriter (The Pogues and The Nips)
• 10th » Rekha, Indian actress and singer
• 10th » Mohamed Mounir, Egyptian singer and actor
• 10th » David Lee Roth, American singer-songwriter and producer (Van Halen and The David Lee Roth Band)
• 10th » Fernando Santos (Portuguese footballer) named Fernando Santos, Portuguese footballer and manager
• 10th » Patric Zimmerman, American voice actor
• 11th » David Michaels (epidemiologist) known as David Michaels, American epidemiologist and politician
• 11th » Vojislav Šešelj, Serbian lawyer and politician
• 12th » Linval Thompson, Jamaican singer and producer
• 12th » Massimo Ghini, Italian actor
• 13th » George Frazier (pitcher) or George Frazier, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 13th » Claude Ribbe, French historian and academic
• 14th » Carole Malone, English journalist
• 14th » Mordechai Vanunu, Moroccan-Israeli technician
• 15th » Peter Bakowski, Australian poet
• 15th » Jere Burns, American actor
• 15th » Princess Friederike of Hanover
• 16th » Lorenzo Carcaterra, American author
• 16th » Serafino Ghizzoni, Italian rugby player
• 16th » Corinna Harfouch, German actress
• 17th » Carlos Buhler, American mountaineer
• 18th » Liz Burch, Australian actress
• 18th » Arliss Howard, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 19th » Sam Allardyce, English footballer and manager
• 19th » Deborah Blum, American journalist and author
• 19th » Joe Bryant, American basketball player and coach
• 19th » Ken Stott, Scottish actor
• 20th » Steve Orich, American composer and conductor
• 21st » Brian Tobin, Canadian politician, 6th Premier of Newfoundland
• 22nd » Graham Joyce, English author and educator (d. 2014)
• 23rd » Ang Lee, Taiwanese-American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 24th » Doug Davidson, American actor
• 24th » Thomas Mulcair, Canadian lawyer and politician
• 24th » Jožo Ráž, Slovak singer-songwriter and bass player (Elán (band) called Elán)
• 24th » Mike Rounds, American politician, 31st Governor of South Dakota
• 24th » Brad Sherman, American accountant, lawyer, and politician
• 24th » Malcolm Turnbull, Australian journalist and politician
• 25th » Mike Eruzione, American ice hockey player and coach
• 25th » David Worrall (composer) or David Worrall, Australian composer
• 26th » Vasilis Hatzipanagis, Greek footballer
• 27th » Jan Duursema, American illustrator
• 29th » Lee Child, English author
• 30th » Mahmoud El Khatib, Egyptian footballer
• 30th » Mario Testino, Peruvian-English photographer
• 31st » Ken Wahl, American actor

Famous Deaths for October 1954

• 12th » George Welch (pilot) called George Welch, American pilot (b. 1918)
• 22nd » Jibanananda Das, Bangladeshi author and poet (b. 1899)
• 27th » Harry Tate (footballer) known as Harry Tate, American soccer player (b. 1886)

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