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The following events occurred in February 1954:
February 2, 1954 (Tuesday)
1954 President Eisenhower reports detonation of 1st H-bomb (done in 1952)
February 3, 1954 (Wednesday)
- Elizabeth II becomes the first reigning monarch to visit Australia.
February 6, 1954 (Saturday)
- Died:Maxwell Bodenheim, American poet and novelist (murdered) (b. 1892)
February 8, 1954 (Monday)
- Died:Laurence Trimble, American actor (b. 1885)
February 9, 1954 (Tuesday)
- Died:Mabel Paige, American actress (b. 1880)
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 warns against his country's intervention in Vietnam.
February 12, 1954 (Friday)
- Died:Dziga Vertov, Russian filmmaker (b. 1896)
February 13, 1954 (Saturday)
- Born:Donnie Moore, American baseball player (d. 1989)
February 16, 1954 (Tuesday)
- Born:Iain Banks, Scottish author (d. 2013)
February 19, 1954 (Friday)
- 1954 transfer of Crimea: The Soviet Politburo of the Soviet Union orders the transfer of the Crimean Oblast from the Russian SFSR to the Ukrainian SSR.
- Born: Sócrates, Brazilian footballer (d. 2011)
February 21, 1954 (Sunday)
- Died: William K. Howard, American film director (b. 1899)
February 23, 1954 (Tuesday)
- The first mass vaccination of children against polio begins in Pittsburgh, United States.
February 25, 1954 (Thursday)
- Lt. Col. Gamal Abdel Nasser becomes premier of Egypt.
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