At A Glance

25 January 1954 at a glance

Day of the week
25 January 1954 was a Monday.
UK Number One
The UK Number One single was “Oh Mein Papa” by Eddie Calvert.
Top Film of 1954
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1954 was Rear Window.
Star sign
The star sign for 25 January is Aquarius.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 25 January 1954 fell in the Year of the Snake.
Birthstone
The birthstone for January is Garnet.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 25 January 1954 was Waning Gibbous.

On this day: 25 January

  • 1947 Thomas Goldsmith Jr. files a patent for a "Cathode Ray Tube Amusement Device", the first ever electronic game.
  • 1949 The first Emmy Awards are presented in the United States; the venue is the Hollywood Athletic Club.
  • 1960 The National Association of Broadcasters in the United States reacts to the "payola" scandal by threatening fines for any disc jockeys who accept money for playing particular records.
  • 1961 In Washington, D.C., US President John F. Kennedy delivers the first live presidential television news conference.
  • 1961 Walt Disney Productions released the animated feature One Hundred and One Dalmatians, based on Dodie Smith's 1956 children's novel The Hundred and One Dalmatians.

Famous people born on 25 January

  • Xavi, Spanish footballer (born 1980)
  • Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukrainian actor, comedian, and politician, 6th President of Ukraine (born 1978)
  • Virginia Woolf, English novelist, essayist, short story writer, and critic (1882–1941)
  • Alicia Keys, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress (born 1981)

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Events of 1954 in the United Kingdom

A selection from Wikipedia's '1954 in the United Kingdom'. Not a complete list.

  • 25 January – First broadcast of Dylan Thomas's radio play Under Milk Wood, two months after its author's death, with Richard Burton as 'First Voice', on the BBC Third Programme.
  • 23 March – The film Doctor in the House is released.
  • 2 April – BBC Television broadcasts the first episode of The Grove Family, the first British TV soap opera.
More events of 1954 →Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Life in 1954

Prime Minister

Winston Churchill

Monarch

Elizabeth II

Pint of Beer

8p

Loaf of Bread

5p

Average House

£1,975

Weekly Wage

£9.50

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