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The following events occurred in February 1954:

February 1, 1954 (Monday)

• • Edwin Howard Armstrong, 63, American electrical engineer, suicide by jumping ^[1]

February 2, 1954 (Tuesday)

• U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower reported the detonation of the first H-bomb (done in 1952).
• Born: Christie Brinkley, American actress, model, and entrepreneur, in Monroe, Michigan ^[2]

February 3, 1954 (Wednesday)

• Elizabeth II became the first reigning monarch to visit Australia.

February 5, 1954 (Friday)

• Born: Guy Novès, former French rugby player and teacher (mainly Stade Toulousain), in Toulouse, Occitania Region, France ^{[ citation needed ]}

February 6, 1954 (Saturday)

• Died: Maxwell Bodenheim, American poet and novelist (murdered) (b. 1892)

February 7, 1954 (Sunday)

• Born : Maïk Darah  [ fr ], French voice actress, she dubbed especially Whoopi Goldberg.

February 8, 1954 (Monday)

• Died: Laurence Trimble, 68, American actor
• Born: Larry Lee McCallister

February 9, 1954 (Tuesday)

• Died: Mabel Paige, 73, American actress ^[3]

February 10, 1954 (Wednesday)

• After authorizing $385 million over the $400 million already budgeted for military aid to Vietnam, President of the United States Dwight D. Eisenhower warned against his country's intervention in Vietnam.

February 12, 1954 (Friday)

• Died: Dziga Vertov, 58, Russian filmmaker

February 13, 1954 (Saturday)

• Born: Donnie Moore, American baseball player (d. 1989)

February 15, 1954 (Monday)

• Born: Matt Groening, cartoonist and creator of The Simpsons and Futurama , in Portland, Oregon

February 16, 1954 (Tuesday)

• Born: Iain Banks, Scottish author, in Dunfermline, Fife (d. 2013)

February 17, 1954 (Wednesday)

• Born:
  • Rene Russo, American actress
  • Brian Houston, New Zealand-Australian pastor, in Auckland

February 18, 1954 (Thursday)

• Born: John Travolta, American actor, director and singer, in Englewood, New Jersey ^[4]

February 19, 1954 (Friday)

• 1954 transfer of Crimea: The Soviet Politburo of the Soviet Union ordered the transfer of the Crimean Oblast from the Russian SFSR to the Ukrainian SSR.
• Born: Sócrates, Brazilian footballer, in Belém, Pará (d. 2011)

February 21, 1954 (Sunday)

• Died: William K. Howard, 54, American film director

February 23, 1954 (Tuesday)

• The first mass vaccination of children against polio began in Pittsburgh, United States.

February 24, 1954 (Wednesday)

• Born: Sid Meier, Canadian video game designer, in Sarnia, Ontario

February 25, 1954 (Thursday)

• Lt. Col. Gamal Abdel Nasser became premier of Egypt.

February 26, 1954 (Friday)

• Born: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Turkish politician, President of Turkey, in Istanbul

References

1. "Armstrong, FM Inventor, Dies In Leap From East Side Suite". The New York Times . February 2, 1954. p. 1. ISSN   0362-4331. Maj. Edwin H. Armstrong, whose inventions provided much of the basis for modern broadcasting, was found dead yesterday morning on a third-floor balcony of River House, 435 East Fifty-second Street. The 63-year-old electrical engineer had plunged from a window of his luxurious thirteenth-floor apartment, apparently late Sunday evening or during the night.
2. "Christie Brinkley - Broadway Cast & Staff". Internet Broadway Database . The Broadway League . Retrieved 22 October 2023.
3. "Mabel Paige - Broadway Cast & Staff". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
4. "John Travolta - Broadway Cast & Staff". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. Retrieved 22 October 2023.