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Jump on our Virtual Newsstand as we journey back to 1954. See and read the comic books on sale month by month, and find out the major news of the day.

January: Marilyn Monroe elopes with baseball legend Joe DiMaggio at San Francisco City Hall. She will file for divorce 274 days later.

February: Matt Groening is born. The cartoonist & animator is best known for 'The Simpsons' who he named after his own family members.

March: Castle Bravo, a hydrogen bomb test, is conducted on Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean. It is much more powerful than predicted.

April: Arturo Toscanini. aged 87, has a lapse of memory whilst conducting a concert. It will be his last public performance.

May: United States Supreme Court rules state laws establishing separate schools for black & white students unconstitutional.

June: Joseph Welch, United States Army special counsel, asks Senator Joseph McCarthy: 'Have you, at long last, no decency?'.

July: 14 years after it began & nearly a decade after the end of World War II, food rationing finally ends in Great Britain.

August: James Cameron Canadian film director is born. His films include The Terminator, Avatar, The Abyss, Aliens & Titanic.

September: The last new episode of The Lone Ranger radio program is broadcast. The show begun in 1933 and ran for 2,956 episodes.

October: Texas Instruments announces the first commercial transistor radio, the Regency TR-1. The performance did not match its looks.

November: The first Godzilla film, directed by Ishiro Honda, premieres in Tokyo. It is the first Japanese Kaiju film, many more will follow.

December: United States Senate vote 67-22 to condemn McCarthy for 'conduct that tends to bring the Senate into dishonor & disrepute'.

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January

Joe DiMaggio And Marilyn Monroe
Marilyn Monroe elopes with baseball legend Joe DiMaggio at San Francisco City Hall. She will file for divorce 274 days later more ...

February

Matt Groening
Matt Groening is born. The cartoonist & animator is best known for 'The Simpsons' who he named after his own family members more ...

March

The Castle Bravo Blast
Castle Bravo, a hydrogen bomb test, is conducted on Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean. It is much more powerful than predicted more ...
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April

Arturo Toscanini
Arturo Toscanini. aged 87, has a lapse of memory whilst conducting a concert. It will be his last public performance more ...

May

Seal of the United States Supreme Court
United States Supreme Court rules state laws establishing separate schools for black & white students unconstitutional more ...

June

Joseph Welch
Joseph Welch, United States Army special counsel, asks Senator Joseph McCarthy: 'Have you, at long last, no decency?' more ...

July

Food Rationing Stamps
14 years after it began & nearly a decade after the end of World War II, food rationing finally ends in Great Britain more ...

August

James Cameron
James Cameron Canadian film director is born. His films include The Terminator, Avatar, The Abyss, Aliens & Titanic more ...
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September

The Lone Ranger
The last new episode of The Lone Ranger radio program is broadcast. The show begun in 1933 and ran for 2,956 episodes more ...

October

Regency TR-1 transistor radio
Texas Instruments announces the first commercial transistor radio, the Regency TR-1. The performance did not match its looks more ...

November

Cropped image of Godzilla
The first Godzilla film, directed by Ishiro Honda, premieres in Tokyo. It is the first Japanese Kaiju film, many more will follow more ...

December

Senator Joe McCarthy
United States Senate vote 67-22 to condemn McCarthy for 'conduct that tends to bring the Senate into dishonor & disrepute' more ...

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1954
First Godzilla film - Marilyn Monroe marries Joe DiMaggio - Commercial transistor radio announced - Senator McCarthy censured more ...
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