February 1954

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The following events occurred in February 1954:

February 3, 1954 (Wednesday)

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

February 6, 1954 (Saturday)

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

February 8, 1954 (Monday)

• Died:Laurence Trimble, American actor (b. 1885)

February 9, 1954 (Tuesday)

• Died:Mabel Paige, American actress (b. 1880)

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 warns against his country's intervention in Vietnam.

February 12, 1954 (Friday)

• Died:Dziga Vertov, Russian filmmaker (b. 1896)

February 13, 1954 (Saturday)

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

February 16, 1954 (Tuesday)

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

February 19, 1954 (Friday)

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

February 21, 1954 (Sunday)

• Died:William K. Howard, American film director (b. 1899)

February 23, 1954 (Tuesday)

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

February 25, 1954 (Thursday)

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

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