February 1954
Month of 1954
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February 1, 1954 (Monday)
- Died: Edwin Howard Armstrong, 63, American electrical engineer, suicide by jumping[1]
February 2, 1954 (Tuesday)
- U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower reported the detonation of the first H-bomb (done in 1952).
- Born: Christie Brinkley, American actress, model, and entrepreneur, in Monroe, Michigan[2]
February 3, 1954 (Wednesday)
- Elizabeth II became the first reigning monarch to visit Australia.
February 5, 1954 (Friday)
- Born: Guy Novès, former French rugby player and teacher (mainly Stade Toulousain), in Toulouse, Occitania Region, France[citation needed]
February 6, 1954 (Saturday)
- Died: Maxwell Bodenheim, American poet and novelist (murdered) (b. 1892)
February 7, 1954 (Sunday)
- Born: Maïk Darah, French voice actress, especially well-known for dubbing Whoopi Goldberg
February 8, 1954 (Monday)
- Died: Laurence Trimble, 68, American actor
- Born: Larry Lee McCallister
February 9, 1954 (Tuesday)
- Died: Mabel Paige, 73, American actress[3]
February 10, 1954 (Wednesday)
- After authorizing $385 million over the $400 million already budgeted for military aid to Vietnam, President of the United States Dwight D. Eisenhower warned against his country's intervention in Vietnam.
February 12, 1954 (Friday)
- Died: Dziga Vertov, 58, Russian filmmaker
February 13, 1954 (Saturday)
- Born: Donnie Moore, American baseball player (d. 1989)
February 15, 1954 (Monday)
- Born: Matt Groening, cartoonist and creator of The Simpsons and Futurama, in Portland, Oregon
February 16, 1954 (Tuesday)
- Born: Iain Banks, Scottish author, in Dunfermline, Fife (d. 2013)
February 17, 1954 (Wednesday)
- Born:
- Rene Russo, American actress
- Brian Houston, New Zealand-Australian pastor, in Auckland
February 18, 1954 (Thursday)
- Born: John Travolta, American actor, director and singer, in Englewood, New Jersey[4]
February 19, 1954 (Friday)
- 1954 transfer of Crimea: The Soviet Politburo of the Soviet Union ordered the transfer of the Crimean Oblast from the Russian SFSR to the Ukrainian SSR.
- Born: Sócrates, Brazilian footballer, in Belém, Pará (d. 2011)
February 21, 1954 (Sunday)
- Died: William K. Howard, 54, American film director
February 23, 1954 (Tuesday)
- The first mass vaccination of children against polio began in Pittsburgh, United States.
February 24, 1954 (Wednesday)
February 25, 1954 (Thursday)
- Lt. Col. Gamal Abdel Nasser became premier of Egypt.
February 26, 1954 (Friday)
- Born: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Turkish politician, President of Turkey, in Istanbul