1954

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]

Title	Series	Date	Media	Notes	Image
Strange New Worlds IV Isolation Ward 4	Deep Space Nine	14 December 1953 to 2 April 1954	short story
Crucible Provenance of Shadows Timeline 2 Chapters 48, 50 & 52, section 1	The Original Series	1954	novel	Alternate-timetrack history: Nazi Germany drops atomic bombs on U.S. cities, following survival of Edith Keeler.