December 1954

December 1, 1954 (Wednesday)

December 2, 1954 (Thursday)

December 3, 1954 (Friday)

December 4, 1954 (Saturday)

December 5, 1954 (Sunday)

December 7, 1954 (Tuesday)

  • Operation Passage to Freedom: Bui Van Luong is replaced as the head of COMIGAL, Vietnam's government resettlement agency, by Pham Van Huyen on December 7, 1954.[3]

December 8, 1954 (Wednesday)

December 10, 1954 (Friday)

December 11, 1954 (Saturday)

  • Born: Sylvester Clarke, West Indian cricketer, in Christ Church, Barbados (died 1999)

December 12, 1954 (Sunday)

December 13, 1954 (Monday)

December 14, 1954 (Tuesday)

  • Born: Alan Kulwicki, US race car driver, in Greenfield, Wisconsin (died 1993)

December 15, 1954 (Wednesday)

December 17, 1954 (Friday)

December 18, 1954 (Saturday)

  • Making its fourth attempt to land at Idlewild Airport in Queens, New York, a Linee Aeree Italiane Douglas DC-6B (registration I-LINE) strikes the pier supporting Runway 04's slope line approach lights, crashes in flames, and sinks in Jamaica Bay, killing 26 of the 32 people on board.[9]
  • The Swedish ship Hispania strikes a rock in the Sound of Mull and sinks with the loss of her captain.

December 20, 1954 (Monday)

December 21, 1954 (Tuesday)

December 22, 1954 (Wednesday)

December 23, 1954 (Thursday)

December 24, 1954 (Friday)

Laos gains full independence from France.

December 25, 1954 (Saturday)

December 26, 1954 (Sunday)

December 27, 1954 (Monday)

December 28, 1954 (Tuesday)

December 29, 1954 (Wednesday)

December 30, 1954 (Thursday)

December 31, 1954 (Friday)

References

  1. s:Mutual Defense Treaty between the United States of America and the Republic of China
  2. Harro Ranter (4 December 1954). "ASN Aircraft accident Douglas C-47A-70-DL (DC-3) F-BEIA Luang Prabang". Retrieved 13 December 2015.
  3. Frankum, Ronald (2007). Operation Passage to Freedom: The United States Navy in Vietnam, 195455. Lubbock, Texas: Texas Tech University Press. ISBN 978-0-89672-608-6. p 193
  4. Harro Ranter (8 December 1954). "ASN Aircraft accident Douglas C-47 (DC-3) registration unknown Elefsis AB". Retrieved 13 December 2015.
  5. Jorden, William J. "Hatoyama Named Premier of Japan; Brief Rule Seen; Democrats' Leader Is Chosen After Pledge to Socialists of Elections in Spring", The New York Times. 10 December 1954; "Hatoyama Reaches Lifelong Goal That Twice Before Eluded Him; Premiership Denied Him First by Japan's Pre-War Militarists and Then by Allied Occupation Authorities", The New York Times. 10 December 1954.
  6. Suart, Paul (13 December 2014). "60 years ago today that Molinuex hosted Honved in 'floodlit friendly'". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
  7. Miller, Nick (13 December 2014). "The night Wolves became 'champions of the world' against Honvéd". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
  8. Angelucci, Enzo, The American Fighter: The Definitive Guide to American Fighter Aircraft From 1917 to the Present, New York: Orion Books, 1987, ISBN 0-517-56588-9, p. 353.
  9. Harro Ranter (18 December 1954). "ASN Aircraft accident Douglas DC-6B I-LINE New York-Idlewild International Airport, NY (IDL)". Retrieved 13 December 2015.
  10. Harro Ranter (22 December 1954). "ASN Aircraft accident Douglas C-47A-90-DL (DC-3C) N24320 Pittsburgh-Allegheny County Airport, PA (AGC)". Retrieved 13 December 2015.
  11. "Philippine Nine Wins Asian Baseball Crown" (fee required). Hartford Courant. Hartford, CT, United States. 27 December 1954. p. 11. Retrieved 20 August 2009.
  12. Durga Das Basu. Introduction to the Constitution of India. 1960. 20th Edition, 2011 Reprint. pp. 241, 245. LexisNexis Butterworths Wadhwa Nagpur. ISBN 978-81-8038-559-9.
  13. Harro Ranter (31 December 1954). "ASN Aircraft accident Ilyushin 14 ? registration unknown Irkutsk Airport (IKT)". Retrieved 13 December 2015.
  14. "Suez Canal Blocked By Wreckage". The Times (53128). London. 1 January 1955. col A-C, p. 8.
  15. "Benstonite". Mindat. Retrieved 2012-12-31.
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