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August 1954

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The following events occurred in August 1954:

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August 1, 1954 (Sunday)

  • The First Indochina War ends with the Vietnam People's Army in North Vietnam, the Vietnamese National Army in South Vietnam, the Kingdom of Cambodia in Cambodia, and the Kingdom of Laos in Laos, emerging victorious against the French Army.

August 2, 1954 (Monday)

August 3, 1954 (Tuesday)

August 4, 1954 (Wednesday)

August 5, 1954 (Thursday)

August 6, 1954 (Friday)

August 7, 1954 (Saturday)

August 8, 1954 (Sunday)

August 9, 1954 (Monday)

August 10, 1954 (Tuesday)

  • First use of the 24-second shot-clock in competitive basketball.

August 11, 1954 (Wednesday)

August 12, 1954 (Thursday)

August 13, 1954 (Friday)

August 14, 1954 (Saturday)

  • Born: Mark Fidrych, American baseball player (d. 2009)
  • Died: Hugo Eckener, President of the Zeppelin Dirigible Company (b. 1868)

August 15, 1954 (Sunday)

August 16, 1954 (Monday)

  • An Air Vietnam Bristol Type 170 Freighter on a domestic flight in Vietnam from Hanoi to Saigon carrying refugees from the Red River delta suffers engine trouble and attempts to divert to an emergency landing at Pakse, Laos. While on approach to Pakse, it crashes into a tributary of the Mekong River, killing 47 of the 55 people on board. It is the deadliest aviation accident in the history of newly independent Laos at the time and will be the deadliest in history involving a Bristol Freighter.[6]
  • The first issue of Sports Illustrated magazine is published in the United States.
  • Born: James Cameron, Canadian film director, in Kapuskasing, Ontario.

August 17, 1954 (Tuesday)

August 18, 1954 (Wednesday)

August 19, 1954 (Thursday)

  • British tug Applegarth sinks at Canning Dock, Liverpool, UK.[7]

August 20, 1954 (Friday)

August 21, 1954 (Saturday)

August 22, 1954 (Sunday)

August 23, 1954 (Monday)

August 24, 1954 (Tuesday)

August 25, 1954 (Wednesday)

August 26, 1954 (Thursday)

August 27, 1954 (Friday)

August 28, 1954 (Saturday)

  • Belgian cargo ship Prince de Liege runs aground in the Niger Delta, Nigeria. It is refloated on 13 October with assistance from the Dutch tug Poolzee.[14]

August 29, 1954 (Sunday)

  • The Filipino cargo ship Donalourdes, the British cargo ship Thorncombe, and the Panama-registered cargo ship Northern Princess are driven ashore at Kowloon, Hong Kong, in a typhoon.[15]
  • The British ore carrier Orelia runs aground at Port Talbot, Glamorgan. It was later refloated.[16]
  • Born: István Cserháti, Hungarian keyboardist (d. 2005)

August 30, 1954 (Monday)

August 31, 1954 (Tuesday)

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