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2 November 1954 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 2 November 1954 was a Tuesday.
- Top Film of 1954
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1954 was Rear Window.
- Bestselling Novel of 1954
- “Not as a Stranger” by Morton Thompson was No. 1 on Publishers Weekly's US fiction list for 1954.
- Top-Rated TV Show
- “I Love Lucy” (CBS) was No. 1 in the Nielsen ratings for the 1954–55 season.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 2 November is Scorpio.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 2 November 1954 fell in the Year of the Horse.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for November is Topaz.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 2 November 1954 was Waxing Crescent.
On this day: 2 November
- 1951 Canada in the Korean War: A platoon of The Royal Canadian Regiment defends a vital area against a full battalion of Chinese troops in the Battle of the Song-gok Spur. The engagement lasts into the early hours the next day.
- 1956 Hungarian Revolution: Nikita Khrushchev meets with leaders of other Communist countries to seek their advice on the situation in Hungary, selecting János Kádár as the country's next leader on the advice of Josip Broz Tito.
- 1956 Suez Crisis: Israel occupies the Gaza Strip.
- 1959 Quiz show scandals: Twenty-One game show contestant Charles Van Doren admits to a Congressional committee that he had been given questions and answers in advance.
- 1959 The first section of the M1 motorway, the first inter-urban motorway in the United Kingdom, is opened between the present junctions 5 and 18, along with the M10 motorway and M45 motorway.
Famous people born on November 2
- Marie Antoinette, Austrian-French queen consort of Louis XVI of France (1755–1793)
- Shah Rukh Khan, Indian film actor, producer and television host (born 1965)
- David Schwimmer, American actor (born 1966)
- Warren G. Harding, American journalist and politician, 29th President of the United States (1865–1923)
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Events of 1954 in the United States
A selection from Wikipedia's '1954 in the United States'. Not a complete list.
- April 1 – President Dwight D. Eisenhower authorizes the creation of the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado.
- May 17 – Brown v. Board of Education (347 US 483 1954): The Supreme Court of the United States rules that segregated schools are unconstitutional.
- June 27 – Guatemalan President Jacobo Arbenz Guzmán steps down in a CIA-sponsored military coup, triggering a bloody civil war that continues for more than thirty-five years.
Life in the US in 1954
President
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Gas (per gallon)
$0.29
Loaf of Bread
$0.17
Average House
$8,900
Weekly Wage
$67
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