1954

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Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century
Decades: 1920s  1930s  1940s  - 1950s -  1960s  1970s  1980s
Years: 1951 1952 1953 - 1954 - 1955 1956 1957
1954 by topic:
Subject:      Archaeology - Architecture - Art
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Meteorology - Music (Country)
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Sports - Television
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Malaysia - New Zealand - Norway - Pakistan - Singapore South Africa - Soviet Union - UK - Zimbabwe
Leaders:    Sovereign states - State leaders
Religious leaders - Law
Categories: Births - Deaths - Works - Introductions
Establishments - Disestablishments - Awards
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Year 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar).

Contents:
  1. Events of 1954
  2. Births
  3. Deaths  -  Ship events
  4. Nobel Prizes  -  Fields Medalists
  5. See also -  Notes -  External links

[edit] Events of 1954

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December 1 The first Hyatt Hotel, The Hyatt House Los Angeles, opens. It is the first hotel in the world built outside of an airport.

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The following are references to year 1954 in fiction: Robert A. Heinlein's short story, The Year of the Jackpot takes place in 1954.

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1954 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar 1954
MCMLIV
Ab urbe condita 2707
Armenian calendar 1403
ԹՎ ՌՆԳ
Bahá'í calendar 110 – 111
Berber calendar 2904
Buddhist calendar 2498
Burmese calendar 1316
Chinese calendar 4590/4650-11-27
(癸巳年十一月廿七日)
— to —
4591/4651-12-7
(甲午年十二月初七日)
Coptic calendar 1670 – 1671
Ethiopian calendar 1946 – 1947
Hebrew calendar 57145715
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat 2009 – 2010
 - Shaka Samvat 1876 – 1877
 - Kali Yuga 5055 – 5056
Holocene calendar 11954
Iranian calendar 1332 – 1333
Islamic calendar 1373 – 1374
Japanese calendar Shōwa 29
(昭和29年)
Korean calendar 4287
Thai solar calendar 2497
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