In August 1954, " Blues " leader LCDR Ray Hawkins became the first naval aviator to survive an ejection at supersonic speeds when his F9F-6 became uncontrollable on a cross-country flight.

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.

* 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 ).

In a letter to R. B. Fuller Esq., dated 1 August 1913, McCormick described the circumstances that inspired him to write Advance Australia Fair:

* August 16 – Thomas Fuller, English churchman and historian ( b. 1608 )

Thomas Fuller ( 1608 – 16 August 1661 ) was an English churchman and historian.

* August 12-Samuel Fuller, director ( died 1997 )

Edwin Fuller Uhl ( August 14, 1841 – May 17, 1901 ) was a prominent Michigan lawyer and politician.

In a letter to R. B. Fuller Esq., dated 1 August 1913, McCormick described the circumstances that inspired him to pen the lyrics of his famous song:

Fuller finally informed her mother about Ossoli and Angelino in August 1849.

Before the American Revolution, " The Sons of Liberty met in August 1769 at the Lemuel Robinson Tavern, which stood on the east side of the upper road ( Washington St .) near the present Fuller Street.

On August 31, 2009, Thome was traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers with cash for minor league infielder Justin Fuller.

His daughter, Charlotte Elise Gough ( died 17 August 1942 ), married the World War I commander Lt-General Sir Henry Fuller Maitland Wilson, by whom she had three children:

The band was formed in Glenroy, Victoria, in August 1991 by Jason Fuller ( aka Jason PC ) ( bass ), Anthony Barry ( vocals and guitar ), and Andrew Brown ( drums ).

Samuel Michael Fuller ( August 12, 1912 – October 30, 1997 ) was an American screenwriter, novelist, and film director known for low-budget genre movies with controversial themes.

* Brazen Careerist-Penelope Trunk, ( August 27, 2006 ) " Battle Cry Against Power Tripping " interview with Robert Fuller, at Brazen Careerist

Fuller moved to Fratton Park in August 2004 for £ 1 million, after scoring 31 goals in only 63 appearances for Preston.

Fuller joined Championship side Charlton Athletic on 22 August 2012 signing a one year contract, with the option of a further year.

The growth of ethnic pride movements led to more success by dramatists from racial minorities, such as black playwrights Douglas Turner Ward, Adrienne Kennedy, Ed Bullins, Charles Fuller, Suzan-Lori Parks, Ntozake Shange, George C. Wolfe and August Wilson, who created a dramatic history of United States with his cycle of plays, The Pittsburgh Cycle, one for each decade of the 20th century.

Emerson wrote to Fuller on August 4, 1840, of his ambitions for the magazine:

In August 1998, Fuller Broadcasting Company, Inc., reached an agreement to sell this station to Root Communications License Company, L. P., as part of a five-station deal.

The local news product was eliminated in August 1993, as news staffers Jim McIntyre, Bob Fuller, Tom Moore and Cindy Lin were let go.

As quoted in Sally Dumaux's King Baggot: A Biography and Filmography of the First King of the Movies, an August 18, 1917 article in Variety stated though Fuller was " one of the best drawing cards of the Universal for a long time ... her last few pictures were both financial and productional disappointments ... and at the expiration of her contract she was allowed to depart.

On August 27, Lea F. Fuller was initiated.

On 13 August 2012, Fuller signed for Barnet.