The following events occurred in October 1954:
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- The Dutch cutter Jonge Jochem sailed from Den Helder and was never heard from again.
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- The Danish cargo ship Rikke Skou sank off Terschelling, Netherlands, with the loss of twelve of her twenty crew.
- The British cargo ship La Pampa and the coaster Seahorse both ran aground in the Scheldt, Belgium.[1]
- The US ore carrier Mormackite capsized and sank off the coast of Virginia with the loss of 37 of her 48 crew.[2]
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- Pre-Vietnam War: The civil administration of North Vietnam was transferred to the Việt Minh, and Hồ Chí Minh was appointed Prime Minister of North Vietnam.
- Hurricane Hazel crossed Haiti, destroying villages and causing considerable damage to major cities. An estimated 1,000 people were killed. Hazel also destroyed about 40% of the coffee trees and 50% of the cacao crop, affecting the country's economy for several years.[6]
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- The first American four-stage rocket was launched by the Pilotless Aircraft Research Division of NACA's Langley Laboratory at Wallops Island.[9]
- Hurricane Hazel made U.S. landfall; it is the only recorded Category 4 hurricane to strike as far north as North Carolina.
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- A U.S. Air Force Douglas C-47A-90-DL Skytrain (registration 43–16044) strayed off course during a flight from Rome Ciampino Airport in Rome, Italy, to Lyon-Bron Airport in Lyon, France, and crashed into a mountainside in the Maritime Alps west of Limone Piemonte, Italy, at an altitude of 8,500 feet (2,600 meters), killing all 21 people on board.[11]
- The Spanish Grand Prix was held at Pedralbes and won by British driver Mike Hawthorn. It would be the last held in Spain until 1967.
- Hungarian footballer Sándor Kocsis scored his sixth international hat trick in a match against Czechoslovakia.
- Born: Malcolm Turnbull, Australian politician, 29th Prime Minister of Australia
- Landslides caused by heavy rains hit Salerno, Italy, killing about 300.
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"British Ships In Difficulties". The Times. No. 53057. London. 8 October 1954. col D, p. 8.
"American Ship Capsized". The Times. No. 53059. London. 11 October 1954. col D, p. 6.
"Norwegian Ship Sunk In Atlantic". The Times. No. 53059. London. 11 October 1954. col D, p. 6.
"Damaged Ship Reaches Faroes". The Times. No. 53059. London. 11 October 1954. col D, p. 6.
Villagrán Kramer, Francisco (2004). Biografía política de Guatemala: años de guerra y años de paz [Political biography of Guatemala: years of war and years of peace] (in Spanish). FLACSO-Guatemala.
Angelucci, Enzo (1987). The American Fighter: The Definitive Guide to American Fighter Aircraft From 1917 to the Present. New York: Orion Books. p. 352. ISBN 0-517-56588-9.
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