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May 7, 1954
May
7 in History
On
This Day.....
| Top
News Headlines This Week: |
| May 7 - French
surrender to Vietminh after 55-day siege at Dien Bien
Phu May 7 - US, Great-Britain
& France reject Russian membership in NATO
May 8 - 1st shot-put over 60' (18.29
meter)-Parry O'Brien, Los Angeles CA May 10 - Bolshoi-ballet
does not appear in Paris France May 13 - US
performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak
May 13 - "Pajama Game" opens at
St James Theater NYC for 1063 performances |
| Top
Songs for 1954 |
| Make
Love to Me by Jo Stafford |
Little
Things Mean a Lot by Kitty Kallen
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| Mr.
Sandman by Chordettes |
Secret
Love by Doris Day |
| Sh-Boom
by Crew-Cuts |
This
Ole House by Rosemary Clooney
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| Oh!
My Papa by Eddie Fisher |
Wanted
by Perry Como |
| Hey
There by Rosemary Clooney |
I
Need You Now by Eddie Fisher
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| 1954
Prices |
US
President |
| Bread: |
$0.17/loaf |
Dwight
D. Eisenhower |
| Milk: |
$0.92/gal |
US
Vice President |
| Eggs: |
$0.77/doz |
Richard
M. Nixon |
| Car: |
$1,950 |
Academy
Award Winners |
| Gas: |
$0.29/gal |
| Best
Picture: |
On
The Waterfront |
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Directed
By Elia Kazan |
| Best
Actor: |
Marlon
Brando |
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in On
The Waterfront |
| Best
Actress: |
Grace
Kelly |
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in The
Country Girl |
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| House: |
$17,500 |
| Stamp: |
$0.03/ea |
| Avg
Income: |
$4,684/yr |
| Min
Wage: |
$0.75/hr |
| DOW
Avg: |
404 |
| People
born on May 7 |
| 1901 - Gary
Cooper Helena MT, actor (2 Academy
Awards-Sergeant York, High Noon) |
| 1923 - Anne
Baxter Michigan City IN, actress (Myra-Marcus
Welby, Victoria-Hotel) |
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| On
TV in 1954 |
| Dragnet |
Omnibus |
Jackie
Gleason Show |
| This
Is Your Life |
U.S.
Steel Hour |
Make
Room for Daddy |
| The
Burns and Allen Show |
Lassie |
The
Ed Sullivan Show |
| I
Love Lucy |
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| Top
Books in 1954 |
| Ideas
and Opinions by Albert Einstein
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Under
the Net by Iris Murdoch |
| Science
and Civilization in China by Joseph Needham
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...And
Now Miguel by Joseph Krumgold
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| Lord
of the Flies by William Golding
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