April 1954

April 1, 1954 (Thursday)

April 2, 1954 (Friday)

April 3, 1954 (Saturday)

April 4, 1954 (Sunday)

  • Suffering from failing memory, legendary symphony conductor Arturo Toscanini is obliged to abandon plans for the German Requiem and introduce an alternative programme at his last concert.[8]

April 6, 1954 (Tuesday)

  • US Senator Joseph McCarthy appears on See It Now to confront journalist Ed Murrow: he describes Murrow as "a symbol, a leader, and the cleverest of the jackal pack which is always found at the throat of anyone who dares to expose individual Communists and traitors".[9]

April 7, 1954 (Wednesday)

April 8, 1954 (Thursday)

April 9, 1954 (Friday)

April 10, 1954 (Saturday)

April 11, 1954 (Sunday)

April 12, 1954 (Monday)

April 13, 1954 (Tuesday)

  • While taking off from Xiengkhouang, Laos, a Lockheed C-60A-5-LO Lodestar operated by Société Indochinoise de Ravitaillement crashes, killing 16 of the 23 people on board.[21]
  • A Douglas C-47-DL Skytrain belonging to the Chilean Air Force, carrying a cargo of meat from Santiago to Los Cóndores Air Base, crashes near Batuco, killing all 14 people on board.[22]
  • Died: Angus L. Macdonald, 63, Canadian politician, Premier of Nova Scotia (heart attack)[23]

April 14, 1954 (Wednesday)

April 15, 1954 (Thursday)

April 16, 1954 (Friday)

April 17, 1954 (Saturday)

April 18, 1954 (Sunday)

  • A British minesweeper, operated by the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, catches fire and sinks in the English Channel off Ostend, Belgium. All 31 crew members are rescued by the Dutch steamship Phoenix and the French ship Tunisie.[32]

April 19, 1954 (Monday)

April 20, 1954 (Tuesday)

April 21, 1954 (Wednesday)

April 22, 1954 (Thursday)

April 23, 1954 (Friday)

April 24, 1954 (Saturday)

April 25, 1954 (Sunday)


April 26, 1954 (Monday)

April 27, 1954 (Tuesday)

April 28, 1954 (Wednesday)

  • U.S. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles accuses Communist China of sending combat troops to Indo-China to train Viet Minh guerrillas.
  • Died: Léon Jouhaux, 74, French labor leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate[48]

April 29, 1954 (Thursday)

April 30, 1954 (Friday)

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