* 1954 – Elvis Presley made his radio debut when WHBQ Memphis played his first recording for Sun Records, " That's All Right.

In July 1954, Elvis Presley recorded the regional hit " That's All Right ( Mama )" at Sam Phillips ' Sun Studio in Memphis.

The Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity is a new religious movement founded in South Korea in 1954 by the late Sun Myung Moon.

Carl Lee Perkins ( April 9, 1932 – January 19, 1998 ) was an American rockabilly musician who recorded most notably at Sun Records Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, beginning during 1954.

Perkins successfully auditioned for Sam Phillips at Sun Records during early October 1954.

Phillips suggested changes to the lyrics (" Go, cat, go ") and the band changed the end of the song to a " boogie vamp ". On Ozark Jubilee Presley left Sun for a larger opportunity with RCA in November, and on December 19, 1955, Phillips, who had begun recording Perkins in late 1954, told Perkins, " Carl Perkins, you're my rockabilly cat now.

* The Sun Valley, a version of the Mercury Montclair line of automobiles in 1954 and 1955

After Phillips discovered Elvis Presley in 1954, the Sun label turned to the rapidly expanding white audience and started recording mostly rock ' n ' roll.

The Sun Also Rises and A Farewell to Arms are generally considered his best novels ; in 1954, he won the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Sira ’ fi-l-Wadi ( The Blazing Sun, 1954 ) introduced Omar Sharif to the cinematic screen.

He is also credited with discovering Omar Sharif, whose first starring role was in Chahine's film The Blazing Sun ( 1954 ).

* In 1954, in a recording studio equipped with an Ampex reel-to-reel audio tape recording machine, an unknown truck driver named Elvis Presley recorded his historic first single, " That's All Right " at Sun Studios in Memphis.

* Elizabeth Taylor in A Place in the Sun, 1951 ; Elephant Walk, 1954

In 1954, Hickey heard Elvis Presley's " I Don't Care if the Sun Don't Shine " and became a devoted fan of rock and roll.

The Sun Sessions is a compilation of Elvis Presley recordings at Sun Studios in 1954 and 1955.

Cortese appeared in Jules Dassin's Thieves ' Highway ( 1949 ), Joseph L. Mankiewicz's The Barefoot Contessa ( 1954 ), Michelangelo Antonioni's Le Amiche ( 1955 ), Gérard Brach's The Boat on the Grass, Terry Gilliam's The Adventures of Baron Munchausen ( 1988 ), and in the Franco Zeffirelli projects such as the 1972 film Brother Sun, Sister Moon, his 1977 miniseries, Jesus of Nazareth and the 1993 film Sparrow.

It has been argued that " That's All Right ( Mama )" ( 1954 ), Elvis Presley's first major single for Sun Records was the first rock and roll record, but, at the same time, Big Joe Turner's " Shake, Rattle & Roll ", later covered by Bill Haley, was already at the top of the Billboard R & B charts.

His stories for Planet demonstrate his reservations about the advance of technology, in particular " The Golden Apples of the Sun " ( November 1953 ), and " A Sound of Thunder " ( January 1954, reprinted from the June 28, 1952 issue of Collier's Weekly ).

He went on to act in The Relapse 1950 ( Sir Tunbelly Clumsey ); The Taming of the Shrew 1951 ( Grumio ); The Way of the World 1954 ( Petulant ); The Carefree Tree 1955 ( The Sixth Son ); King Lear 1956 ( Duke of Cornwall ); Mister Johnson 1956 ( Gollup ); Saint Joan 1956 ( The Inquisitor ); Protective Custody 1956 ( Dr. Steidl ); Oscar Wilde 1957 ( Oscar Wilde ); The Golden Six 1958 ( Tiberius ); A Man for All Seasons 1961 ( Cardinal Wolsey ); Andorra 1963 ( pub keeper ); The Seagull 1964 ( Sorin ); The Crucible 1964 ( Danforth ); Baker Street 1965 ( Moriarty ); The Royal Hunt of the Sun 1965 ( Miguel Estete ); Ring Round the Moon 1966 ( Messerchann ); Those That Play the Clowns 1966 ( Henning ); Breakfast at Tiffany's 1966 ( Rusty Trawler ); The Sorrows of Frederick 1967 ; The Bench 1968 ( Phillipi ); Uncle Vanya 1971 ( Serebryakov ); The Jockey Club Stakes 1973 ( Sir Dymock Blackburn ); The Dogs of Pavlov 1974.

The area is home to the United States Coast Guard Academy in New London, a United States Navy base in Groton ( also home to Electric Boat where the first U. S. nuclear submarine, the USS Nautilus ( SSN-571 ), was launched, on January 21, 1954 ), a Pfizer research facility, and the Mohegan Sun and Foxwoods casinos.

in coöperation with the International Secretariat of the Institute of Pacific Relations with E-tu Zen Sun, eds., China's Response to the West: A Documentary Survey, 1839-1923 ( Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1954 ).

His other film credits include The Jackie Robinson Story ( 1950 ), Carmen Jones ( 1954 ), Porgy and Bess ( 1959 ), A Raisin in the Sun ( 1961 ), with Sidney Poitier, Ruby Dee and Claudia McNeil, and a memorable turn as Mr. Prentice ( again playing opposite Poitier ) in the 1967 feature film Guess Who's Coming to Dinner.

During an uneventful recording session at Sun Studios on the evening of July 5, 1954, Presley, Moore, and Black were taking a break between recordings when Presley started fooling around with an up-tempo version of Arthur Crudup's song " That's All Right, Mama ".

Longtime infielder / manager Phil Cavarretta, who had been a key player during the ' 45 season, was fired during spring training in 1954 after admitting the team was unlikely to finish above fifth place.

O ' Malley Andreas Vesalius ' Pilgrimage, Isis 45: 2, 1954 ) and is dismissed by modern biographers.

On 14 May 1955, the USSR established the Warsaw Pact in response to the integration of the Federal Republic of Germany into NATO in October 1954 – only nine years after the defeat of Nazi Germany ( 1933 – 45 ) that ended with the Soviet and Allied invasion of Germany in 1944 / 45 during World War II in Europe.

Part A largely is funded by revenue from a 2. 9 percent tax levied on employers and workers ( each pay 1. 45 percent ) established by the Federal Insurance Contributions Act ( FICA ) and the Self-Employment Contributions Act of 1954.

During the mid-20th century, partly as a result of cases such as Powell v. Alabama, 287 U. S. 45 ( 1932 ); Smith v. Allwright, 321 U. S. 649 ( 1944 ); Shelley v. Kraemer, 334 U. S. 1 ( 1948 ); Sweatt v. Painter, 339 U. S. 629 ( 1950 ); McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents, 339 U. S. 637 ( 1950 ); NAACP v. Alabama, 357 U. S. 449 ( 1958 ); Boynton v. Virginia, 364 U. S. 454 ( 1960 ) and probably the most famous, Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, 347 U. S. 483 ( 1954 ), the tide against segregation began to turn.

In the Motion Picture Herald Top Ten Money-Making Western Stars poll Autry was listed every year from 1936 to 1942 and 1946 to 1954 ( he was serving in the US Army Air Corps 1943 – 45 ), holding first place 1937 to 1942, and second place ( after Roy Rogers ) 1947 to 1954.

* September 18 – 1954 NSWRFL season culminates in South Sydney's 23 – 15 win over Newtown in the grand final at the Sydney Cricket Ground before a crowd of 45, 759

They include Executive Committee Member of Mambili Party, Accra ( 1935 – 37 ); General Secretary of National Council of Nigerian and the Cameroons ( 1944 – 45 ); President of the NCNC ( 1946 – 60 ); Vice-President of the Nigerian National Democratic Party ( 1947 – 60 ); Member for Lagos in the Legislative Council of Nigeria ( 1947 – 51 ); Member for Lagos and Leader of the Opposition in the Western House of Assembly ( 1952 – 53 ) Member for Onitsha in the Eastern House of Assembly ( 1954 – 60 ); Minister of Internal Affairs ( Jan .– September 1954 ); Minister of Internal Affairs, Eastern Region ( 1954 ); Member of His Excellency Privy Council, Eastern Nigeria ( 1954 – 59 ); Primer of Eastern Nigeria ( 1954 – 59 ); President of the Senate of the Federation ( Jan .- November 1960 ); Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief of Nigeria ( 1960 – 63 ); President of the Republic of Nigeria ( 1963 – 1966 ); and Chairman and Presidential candidate of the Nigeria People ’ s Party ( 1978 – 83 ).

* 1955: Royce Howes, Detroit Free Press, " for an editorial on ' The Cause of a Strike ,' impartially and clearly analyzing the responsibility of both labor and management for a local union's unauthorized strike in July, 1954, which rendered 45, 000 Chrysler Corporation workers idle and unpaid.

O ' Malley Andreas Vesalius ' Pilgrimage, Isis 45: 2, 1954 ) and is dismissed by modern biographers.

Key models in the company's history include Jointless ( 1899 ), Jack Knife Safety ( 1909 ), Duofold ( 1921 ), Vacumatic ( 1932 ), " 51 " ( 1941 ), Jotter ( 1954 ), 61 ( 1956 ), 45, 75 ( 1964 ), Classic ( 1967 ), 25 ( 1975 ), Arrow ( 1982 ), Vector ( 1986 ), Duofold International ( 1987 ), 95 ( 1988 ), Sonnet ( 1993 ), and the Parker 100 ( 2004 ).

The detonation took place at 06: 45 on March 1, 1954 local time ( 18: 45 on February 28 GMT ).

: Winners ( 10 ): 1938 – 39, 1939 – 40, 1944 – 45, 1945 – 46, 1946 – 47, 1947 – 48, 1949 – 50, 1954 – 55, 1956 – 57, 1964 – 65

' HO 45 / 25486 seems to be the main source of Special Branch records of RCP and Club activities ( up to c. 1954 ).

The record attendance occurred on 13 March 1954, when 45, 061 spectators turned up for a Scottish Cup match between Aberdeen and Heart of Midlothian.

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In 1953 No 45 Squadron was equipped with DH Hornets and re-equipped with DH venoms in 1954 in Butterworth when No 45 Squadron was amalgamated with No 33 Squadron

In 1954, an important concept was discovered: chordic production is easier to master when the production is done at the release of the keys instead of when they are pressed.

* 1954 – Bill Haley & His Comets release " Rock Around the Clock ", the first rock and roll record to reach number one on the Billboard charts.

In October 1953, with the release of Mogambo, she became a movie star, a status confirmed in 1954 with a Golden Globe Award and Academy Award nomination as well as leading roles in five films, including The Country Girl, in which she gave a deglamorized, Academy Award-winning performance.

In March and July 2005, the members of the 1954 – 55 group, now billed as simply The Comets after decades of controversy over the use of the name, made several high-profile concert appearances in New York City and Los Angeles organized by Martin Lewis as part of celebrations marking the 50th anniversary of rock and roll, the release of Blackboard Jungle, the 50th anniversary of " Rock Around the Clock " hitting Number 1, and the 80th birthday of Bill Haley.

The film premiered in New York City on 24 June 1954, and went into general release on July 28.

After his release in 1945, he helped lead the Viet Minh, the Vietnamese independence movement, against the French, until the Geneva Accords were signed in 1954.

Previously the scat backing vocal " doo-wop " can be heard in The Clovers ' 1953 release " Good Lovin '" ( Atlantic Records 1000 ) and in the chorus of Carlyle Dundee & The Dundees ' 1954 song " Never " ( Space Records 201 ).

During July 1954, Perkins and his wife heard a new release of " Blue Moon of Kentucky " by Elvis Presley, Scotty Moore and Bill Black on the radio., and Valda told Carl that someone in Memphis understood what he was doing and he should go see him.

After his release and return to active Air Force service, he died in the crash of a T-33 Shooting Star trainer on 21 August 1954 near Great Falls Air Force Base.

The first British recordings of skiffle were carried out by Colyer's new band in 1954, but it was the release by Decca of two skiffle tracks by Barber's Jazz Band under the name of " The Lonnie Donegan Skiffle Group " in late 1955 that transformed the fortunes of skiffle.

Toscanini's final two broadcast programs, in the spring of 1954, were experimentally recorded in stereo, but he did not approve the release of these items ; many years passed before they were finally issued on labels other than RCA Victor.

Portions of the audio were rerecorded in June 1954 for the commercial release on LP records.

Some of the titles included Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs ( 1937 ), Pinocchio ( 1940 ), and what was then a recent release, the movie version of 20, 000 Leagues Under the Sea that was presented in 1954.

After a moderately successful release of the Lester led version of Doris Day's " Secret Love " on Chance, the Moonglows signed to Chess Records in mid 1954.

It earned $ 11, 300, 000 in rentals during its initial release and much more overseas and in the 1954 re-release.

In 1954, a year after Stalin's death, the new Soviet government of Nikita Khrushchev began to release political prisoners and close down the camps.

The issue is dated June 1954, the same month the 1953 Tati film had a U. S. release.

That changed in 1954, with the change to swing arm frames, and the release of the alloy head 650 cc Tiger 110, eclipsing the 500 cc Tiger 100 as the performance model.

Since her debut recording for Norgran Records in 1954, Akiyoshi has recorded continuously – almost exclusively as a leader of small jazz combos and of her big bands – averaging one studio album release per year for well over 50 years.

the following year about giant ants, the Godzilla series from Japan that has spawned movies from 1954 into the present day, Behemoth, the Sea Monster ( UK 1959, US release entitled The Giant Behemoth ) and Gorgo ( UK 1961 ).

It was disbanded after its release from federal service on 10 October 1954.

Monte's first big hit came in 1954, with the release of his version of " Darktown Strutters ' Ball ".

After his release, he was elected to the East Pakistan Provincial Assembly in 1954 but was arrested following the dismissal of the A. K. Fazlul Huq-led government.

Between November 1954 and January 1965 Embassy released around 1, 200 songs recorded by about 150 different artists and these releases were sold for half the price of a major label release of the era.

In December 1947, however, he gained provisional release, and in 1954 he was granted amnesty.