Historical Events in April 1954

Apr 5 Elvis Presley records his debut single "That's All Right"

Apr 6 Montreal Canadiens score 3 goals in 56 sec in playoff game against Det
Apr 6 TV Dinner was 1st put on sale by Swanson & Sons
Apr 6 US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Bikini Island
Apr 7 German government refuses to recognize DDR

Apr 7 US President Dwight D. Eisenhower in news conference is first to voice fear of a "domino-effect" of communism in Indo-China

Apr 7 WALB TV channel 10 in Albany, GA (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting
Apr 8 "By the Beautiful Sea" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 270 performances

Apr 9 WECT TV channel 6 in Wilmington, NC (NBC/CBS) begins broadcasting
Apr 9 7th Cannes Film Festival: "Gate of Hell" directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa wins the Grand Prix du Festival International du Film
Apr 10 KRGV TV channel 5 in Weslaco, TX (ABC) begins broadcasting
Apr 10 108th Grand National: Bryan Marshall aboard Royal Tan wins

Apr 12 US Masters Golf, Augusta: Sam Snead wins his third and final Masters by 1 in an 18-hole playoff with Ben Hogan

Apr 12 8th NBA Championship: Min Lakers beat Syracuse Nationals, 4 games to 3
Apr 12 Belgian Van Houtte government resigns

Apr 12 Bill Haley and the Comets record "Rock Around Clock"

Apr 13 Milwaukee Braves' Hank Aaron's 1st game

Apr 13 Robert Oppenheimer accused of being a communist

Apr 14 Soviet diplomat Vladimir Petrov asks for politics asylum in Canberra
Apr 15 KARK TV channel 4 in Little Rock, AR (NBC) begins broadcasting
Apr 15 Orioles 1st game in Baltimore beat White Sox 3-1
Apr 15 WHO TV channel 13 in Des Moines, IA (NBC) begins broadcasting
Apr 15 Yankees dedicate a plaque to Edward Barrow
Apr 16 KVAL TV channel 13 in Eugene, OR (CBS) begins broadcasting
Apr 16 Stanley Cup: Detroit Red Wings beat Montreal Canadiens, 4 games to 3
Apr 18 Colonel Gamal Abdal Nasser seizes power & becomes Prime Minister of Egypt
Apr 19 58th Boston Marathon won by Veikko Karvonen of Finland in 2:20:39
Apr 19 7-time winner of Boston Marathon, 65-year-old Clarence Demar, runs his last race at Boston finishing 78th
Apr 20 "Golden Apple" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 125 performances
Apr 21 Gregori Malenkov becomes premier of USSR
Apr 21 USAF flies French battalion to Vietnam
Apr 22 Achiel van Acker forms Belgian government
Apr 22 NBA adopts 24-second shot clock & 6 team-foul rule
Apr 22 US Senate Army-McCarthy televised hearings begin
Apr 22 USSR joins UNESCO
Apr 23 Hammerin' Hank Aaron hits 1st of his 755 homers
Apr 24 1st American, civilian pilot, P.R. Holden, wounded in Indochina
Apr 24 Australia & USSR break diplomatic relations
Apr 24 WSEE TV channel 35 in Erie, PA (CBS) begins broadcasting