The following events occurred in November 1954:
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- In Algeria, the FLN attacks representatives and public buildings of the French colonial power.
- The first Godzilla film is premiered in Tokyo. Approximately 9,610,000 tickets are sold, making it the eighth best-attended film in Japan that year.
- Died: Henri Matisse, 84, French painter
- Two by-elections are held in the UK:
- Japan and Burma sign a peace treaty in Rangoon, to end their long-extinct state of war.
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- Based on a US Congress amendment passed on June 1, 1954, this is the first observance of "Veterans Day", replacing the name "Armistice Day" in the United States. President Dwight D. Eisenhower issued a proclamation in October 1954 acknowledging that the United States had been engaged in two wars since Armistice Day was first observed.
- The main immigration port-of-entry in New York Harbor at Ellis Island closes permanently.
- The newly launched tanker Scottish Hawk runs aground in the Clyde at Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland.[6]
- A U.S. Air Force B-47 Stratojet is forced by bad weather to remain aloft for 47 hours 35 minutes, needing nine aerial refuellings.
- Died: Yitzhak Lamdan, 55, Russian-born Israeli poet and columnist
- The first public showing of Yves Klein's work takes place in Madrid.
- The Korean Cold War between the communist North and the capitalist South begins over a year after the conclusion of the Korean War.
- Born: Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, President of Egypt, in Cairo
- Died: Clyde Vernon Cessna, 74, US aircraft designer, aviator, and founder of the Cessna Aircraft Corporation.
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- The U.S. Supreme Court decides the landmark case Berman v. Parker (348 U.S. 26), upholding the federal slum clearance and urban renewal programs.
- Died:
- Jess McMahon, 72, US professional boxing and wrestling promoter; founder of Capitol Wrestling Corporation
- Andrey Vyshinsky, 70, Russian jurist and diplomat (b. 1883)
- The Dow Jones Industrial Average rises 3.27 points, or 0.86 percent, closing at an all-time high of 382.74. More significantly, this is the first time the Dow has surpassed its peak level reached just before the Wall Street Crash of 1929.
- Born: Emir Kusturica, Serbian filmmaker, actor and musician, in Sarajevo
- Dutch coaster Tarpo sinks off The Lizard, Cornwall, United Kingdom, with the loss of all twelve crew.
- Died: Enrico Fermi, 53, Italian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (stomach cancer)[11]
- In Sylacauga, Alabama, USA, a four-kilogram piece of the Hodges Meteorite crashes through the roof of a house and badly bruises a napping woman, in the first documented case of an object from outer space hitting a person.
- British cargo ship Tresillian founders in St George's Channel, 44 nautical miles (81 km) off Cork, Ireland with the loss of 24 of her 40 crew. Sixteen survivors are rescued by SS Liparus and transferred to the Irish navy ship Maev and land at Cobh.[14]
- Died: Wilhelm Furtwängler, 68, German conductor and composer
"Floods On East Coast After High Tides". The Times. No. 53088. London. 13 November 1954. col A, p. 6.
Norton, Clifford (1988). New Zealand Parliamentary Election Results 1946–1987: Occasional Publications No 1, Department of Political Science. Wellington: Victoria University of Wellington. ISBN 0-475-11200-8.
"Chinese Nationalist Warship Sunk". The Times. No. 53089. London. 15 November 1954. col D, p. 8.
Bob Ogley; Ian Currie; Mark Davison (1991). The Kent Weather Book. Brasted Chart: Froglets Publications Ltd. p. 88. ISBN 1-872337-35-X.
"Search For Finnish Vessel". The Times. No. 53102. London. 30 November 1954. col C, p. 8.
"16 Saved From Sunken Ship". The Times. No. 53103. London. 1 December 1954. col E, p. 8.