Timeline January 1954

Events in January 1954 10

• 1879 – 1954 Sydney Greenstreet (1879-1954) English actor who made his film debut at 61 in The Maltese Falcon and went on to Casablanca.
• 1954 Australian Open 1954 Men: Mervyn Rose · Women: Thelma Long
• 1954 Billie Holiday tours Europe First European tour Her first concerts in Europe.
• 1954 Muddy Waters records Hoochie Coochie Man Written by Willie Dixon The first of a run of hits with I Just Want to Make Love to You and I'm Ready.
• 1954 1954: Juan Manuel Fangio Maserati / Mercedes Fangio won his second title, starting the season with Maserati before switching to the dominant Mercedes-Benz W196 mid-season.
• 1954 First coast-to-coast color television broadcast NBC airs the Tournament of Roses Parade in color NBC transmitted the Tournament of Roses Parade live in color across the United States, one of the first major coast-to-coast color broadcasts. Few viewers owned color sets at the time, making the event mostly a technical demonstration. It marked an early step in the commercial rollout of color television.
• 1954 Harvard PhD Completed his PhD at Harvard University, where he would later join the faculty and become a prominent professor of government.
• 1954 – 1956 Manchester United Youth Team Joined Manchester United as a 15-year-old schoolboy, developing under the tutelage of Matt Busby and Jimmy Murphy as one of the celebrated Busby Babes.
• 1954 – 2008 Anthony Minghella (1954-2008) Died 18 March 2008, aged 54 British film director and screenwriter who won the Academy Award for Best Director for The English Patient. He also directed The Talented Mr. Ripley and Cold Mountain.
• 1954 Sydney Greenstreet dies in Los Angeles Sydney Greenstreet dies aged 74.