September 1954

September 1, 1954 (Wednesday)

• Died: Bert Acosta, American aviator

  September 2, 1954 (Thursday)

September 3, 1954 (Friday)

• The last 'new' episode of The Lone Ranger radio program is broadcast, after 2,956 episodes over a period of 21 years. Reruns of old episodes continue to be transmitted.
• Died: Eugene Pallette, American actor

  September 4, 1954 (Saturday)

• Soviet war planes shot down a US bomber near or over the coast of Siberia. 9 of the 10 crewmembers would be rescued.
• Dmitri Shostakovich was awarded the International Peace Prize, in Moscow.
• U.S. President Dwight David Eisenhower signed a bill allowing revocation of the citizenship of anyone advocating violent overthrow of the government.

  September 5, 1954 (Sunday)

• A passenger plane Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation, KLM Flight 633, crashed into River Shannon after takeoff from Shannon, Ireland, killing 28 out of 56 passengers.
• Died: Eugen Schiffer, German politician

  September 6, 1954 (Monday)

• The SEATO treaty is signed in Manila, Philippines.
• Died: Edward C. Kalbfus, American admiral

  September 7, 1954 (Tuesday)

• Died:
• *Bud Fisher, American cartoonist
• *Glenn Scobey Warner, American college football coach

  September 8, 1954 (Wednesday)

• The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization is established in Bangkok, Thailand.

September 9, 1954 (Thursday)

• An earthquake centered on the city of Orléansville, Algeria kills 1,500 and leaves thousands homeless.

  September 10, 1954 (Friday)

September 11, 1954 (Saturday)

• The Miss America Pageant is broadcast on television for the first time.

  September 12, 1954 (Sunday)

September 13, 1954 (Monday)

September 14, 1954 (Tuesday)

• The Soviet Union test fires a thermonuclear bomb for the first time.
• English composer Benjamin Britten's chamber opera version of The Turn of the Screw receives its world premiere at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice, Italy.

  September 15, 1954 (Wednesday)

• Black Wednesday in air travel: severe delays to flights due to bad weather along the East Coast of the United States.

  September 16, 1954 (Thursday)

September 17, 1954 (Friday)

• William Golding's novel Lord of the Flies is published in London.

  September 18, 1954 (Saturday)

• Born: Dennis Johnson, American basketball player

  September 19, 1954 (Sunday)

September 20, 1954 (Monday)

September 21, 1954 (Tuesday)

• Died: Mikimoto Kōkichi, Japanese pearl farm pioneer

  September 22, 1954 (Wednesday)

• A riot occurs at Missouri state penitentiary in Jefferson City. During the incident four inmates are killed and multiple guards are injured. several parts of the prison are burned by inmates. Burnt areas of the prison from the riot would remain for ten years.

  September 23, 1954 (Thursday)

September 24, 1954 (Friday)

• Born: Lilian Mercedes Letona, Salvadoran guerrilla
• Died: Edward Pilgrim, British homeowner

  September 25, 1954 (Saturday)

• Footscray Football Club win their first Australian Football League Grand Final.

  September 26, 1954 (Sunday)

• The Japanese ferry Tōya Maru sinks during a typhoon in the Tsugaru Strait. More than 1,100 people are killed. Seven other ships are wrecked and at least nine others seriously damaged.

  September 27, 1954 (Monday)

September 28, 1954 (Tuesday)

• Died: Bert Lytell, American actor
• The Belles of St. Trinian's, starring Alastair Sim, is released to British film audiences.

  September 29, 1954 (Wednesday)

• The CERN Convention finally came into force on 29 September, when France and Germany deposited their instruments of ratification at UNESCO House in Paris.

September 30, 1954 (Thursday)

• The USS Nautilus, the first nuclear-powered submarine in the world, is commissioned into the U.S. Navy.