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The following events occurred in February 1954:
February 1, 1954 (Monday)
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[1]
February 3, 1954 (Wednesday)
- Elizabeth II became the first reigning monarch to visit Australia.
February 4, 1954 (Thursday)
February 5, 1954 (Friday)
- Born: Guy Novès, former French rugby player and coach (mainly Stade Toulousain), in Toulouse, Occitania Region, France
February 6, 1954 (Saturday)
- Died: Maxwell Bodenheim, American poet and novelist (murdered) (b. 1892)
February 7, 1954 (Sunday)
- Born : Maïk Darah, French voice actress, she dubbed espiecially Whoopi Goldberg.
February 8, 1954 (Monday)
- Died: Laurence Trimble, 68, American actor
February 9, 1954 (Tuesday)
- Died: Mabel Paige, 73, American actress[2]
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 11, 1954 (Thursday)
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: Brian Houston, New Zealand-Australian pastor, in Auckland
February 18, 1954 (Thursday)
- Born: John Travolta, American actor, director and singer, in Englewood, New Jersey[3]
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 20, 1954 (Saturday)
February 21, 1954 (Sunday)
- Died: William K. Howard, 54, American film director
February 22, 1954 (Monday)
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
February 27, 1954 (Saturday)
February 28, 1954 (Sunday)
References
- ↑ "Christie Brinkley - Broadway Cast & Staff". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
- ↑ "Mabel Paige - Broadway Cast & Staff". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
- ↑ "John Travolta - Broadway Cast & Staff". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
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