By August 1954 Malenkov's role as de facto head of government was over ; Nikolai Bulganin began signing Council of Ministers decrees ( a right beholden to the Chairman ) and the Presidium gave in to Khrushchev's wishes to replace Malenkov.

In August 1954, Fuller was cast in Wood's The Vampire's Tomb, intended to star Bela Lugosi.

* 1954 – Ernst August, Prince of Hanover

From 1952, Philby struggled to find work as a journalist, eventually – in August 1954 – accepting a position with a diplomatic newsletter called the Fleet Street Letter.

Summarization of Reports Preceding Beria Purge, 17 August 1954.

When Stroessner took office on August 15, 1954, few people imagined that this circumspect, unassuming forty-one-year-old commander in chief would be a master politician capable of outmaneuvering and outlasting them all.

The piña colada was created on August 16, 1954 at the Caribe Hilton ’ s Beachcomber Bar in San Juan, Puerto Rico by its alleged creator, Ramón " Monchito " Marrero.

After spending months perfecting the recipe, Mr. Marrero created and sold the first piña colada on August 15, 1954, while working as the head bartender at the Caribe Hilton International Hotel, the most popular hotel in Puerto Rico among the 1950s.

* Method and apparatus for forming semiconductor structures, filed August 1954, issued February 1959, assigned to Philco Corporation

When long-serving party leader Vernon Treatt announced his resignation in August 1954, Askin put his name forward to replace him.

On Friday 6 August 1954, Treatt announced that he would resign as leader.

General Ahmed Mohammed became Sudan's first army chief in August 1954.

Urho Kaleva Kekkonen (; 3 September 1900-31 August 1986 ), was a Finnish politician who served as Prime Minister of Finland ( 1950 – 1953, 1954 – 1956 ) and later as the eighth and longest-serving President of Finland ( 1956 – 1982 ).

* August 12 – Jacinto Benavente, Spanish writer, Nobel Prize laureate ( d. 1954 )

* August 8 – Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist, German field marshal ( b. 1954 )

* August 21 – Winnifred Eaton, Canadian author ( d. 1954 )

* August 30 – Fritzi Scheff, actress and singer, ( d. 1954 )

Indonesia declared independence in 17 August 1945 and subsequently fought a bitter war against the returning Dutch ; the Philippines was granted independence by the United States in 1946 ; Burma secured their independence from Britain in 1948, and the French were driven from Indochina in 1954 after a bitterly fought war ( the Indochina War ) against the Vietnamese nationalists.

* Evanston, Illinois, United States, 15 – 31 August 1954

* 1954: The Teahouse of the August Moon * – John Patrick

He married Adelia " Dede " Elmer on August 26, 1954.

" Popular Mechanics, August 1954, pp. 97 – 103 / 212.

The official absolute extreme temperatures are in Penhas da Saúde on 4 February 1954 and in Amareleja in the Alentejo region, on 1 August 2003.

Haakon saw two of his great-grandchildren being born, Haakon Lorentzen ( b. 23 August 1954 ) and Ingeborg Lorentzen ( b. 3 February 1957 ).

The rugby ground has remained the home of the semi-professional Cardiff RFC despite the professional Cardiff Blues regional rugby union team moving to the Cardiff City Stadium in August 2009.

An annual Navasota Blues Festival is held in his honor, and on August 12, 2011, a bronze sculpture of him was unveiled in Mance Lipscomb Park in Navasota.

The term " rhythm and blues " was used by Billboard in its chart listings from June 1949 until August 1969, when its " Hot Rhythm & Blues Singles " chart was renamed as " Best Selling Soul Singles ".

*" Weary Blues " ( US # 32, August 1956 )

The band released their first DVD, Riot City Blues Tour, in August 2007.

It came to a head in August 1890, when the Blues set up their polls and judges while the Reds held elections.

More recently, the area has become known for the annual Hot August Blues and Barbecue Festival and for the Kentucky Lake Bluegrass Festival, held at Kenlake State Resort Park.

In August 1985 Norman and his wife Sarah had their only child, Michael David Fariah Finch Norman, who was born ten weeks prematurely in Los Angeles, After Michael's birth Sarah was diagnosed with post-partum depression, which inspired Norman's song " Baby's Got the Blues ", which was released on Stranded in Babylon in 1991.

In addition to Womad and the Gloucester show, the Sensational Space Shifters are scheduled for the Sunflower River Blues and Gospel Festival in Clarksdale, Mississippi on August 10 – 12.

There is also the free Handy Blues & Barbecue Festival in mid-June and the free Bluegrass in the Park Folklife Festival in August.

* In August, the Westford Rotary Club hosts the Blues & Brews Festival at the Nashoba Valley Ski Area, featuring top blues bands and many local beers to sample, and in 2011, they reintroduced the Pig n ' Pepper Festival along with the Blues and Brews.

The city sponsors the annual Chief Joseph Days Rodeo in July, Bronze, Blues and Brews in August since 2001, and the Alpenfest in September, a Swiss-Bavarian festival staged in the traditional Oktoberfest style at nearby Wallowa Lake.

Lennon played an Epiphone Casino ; McCartney played a Mellotron, a new home instrument purchased by Lennon on August 12, 1965, ( with another model hired in after encouragement from Mike Pinder of The Moody Blues ); Starr played drums, and Harrison played electric guitar.

In August 1968 the new quartet recorded Blues from Laurel Canyon.

Dinah Washington, born Ruth Lee Jones ( August 29, 1924 – December 14, 1963 ), was an American Pianist, Blues, R & B, Gospel, Pop and Jazz singer.

* August 4, 2007 at Sandy Point State Park in Annapolis, Maryland, as part of the Chesapeake Bay Blues Festival with Aretha Franklin, Three Dog Night, Robert Randolph and the Family Band & Buddy Guy

* Lowrider interview by Pete Lewis, ' Blues & Soul ' August 1995 ( reprinted April 2008 )

They were written by Jim O ' Neal, the editor of Living Blues magazine, in Chicago, August, 1975.

On August 10, 1920, in New York City, Smith recorded a set of songs all written by the African American songwriter, Perry Bradford, including " Crazy Blues " and " It's Right Here For You ( If You Don't Get It, ' Tain't No Fault of Mine )", on Okeh Records.

Since 1993, the Chenango Blues Festival, held at the Chenango County Fairgrounds each August, has attracted thousands and featured nationally renowned artists such as Koko Taylor, the late Luther Allison, and The Fabulous Thunderbirds.

A Bluesway encore, The Bottom of the Blues followed in 1967 and featured Spann's wife, Lucille Jenkins Spann ( June 23, 1938 – August 2, 1994 ), helping out on vocals.

Otis is featured in every one of his father Johnny's books, as well as Alligator Records Presents West Coast Blues, issued in August 1998.

Brandon Tartikoff ( January 13, 1949 – August 27, 1997 ) was a television executive who was credited with turning around NBC's low prime time reputation with such hit series as Hill Street Blues, L. A. Law, Law & Order, ALF, Family Ties, The Cosby Show, Cheers, Wings, Seinfeld, Miami Vice, The Golden Girls, Knight Rider, The A-Team, St.