timeline
years:	1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 (stardates from 1954.0, or reference stardate -1/54)
decades:	1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s
centuries:	19th century - 20th century - 21st century

1954 was, on Earth's calendar, the 55th year of the 20th century, and the fifth year of the 1950s decade. Although this was a time period before Human formulation of stardates, this era begins with stardate 1954.0^[1] or reference stardate -1/54^[2].

Events[]

• The Jaguar XK120 ceases production.^[3]
• Todor Zhivkov assumes presidency of Bulgaria.^[3]
• Angela Franklin graduates Yale University.^[4]
• Eli Underwood listened to a baseball game in which Willie Mays had tied Adcock for home runs at Ebbets Field.^[5]
• Following Calvin Sutherland's discharge from the United States Army, then-editor of Tinseltown Tattler Chuck Elliot hires him as a staff writer. When Elliot retires, Harold Garner became the new editor.^[6]
• The horror/science fiction movie Creature from the Black Lagoon is released by Universal International.^[7]

2 April

James Wykoff ends writing a diary of his experiences with Benny Russell.^[8]

People[]

Births and deaths[]

• Patty Hearst born.^[3]

Appendices[]

References and notes[]

Stories[]

Title	Series	Date	Media	Notes	Image
Strange New Worlds IV Isolation Ward 4	Deep Space Nine	14 December, 1953 - 2 April, 1954	short story

External link[]

• 1954 article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
• 1954 article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.