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March 26, 1954

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Headlines from March 26, 1954

4 U. S. AIDES SPIES, RUSSIANS CHARGE; Ouster Demanded of Military Attache Personnel Accused of Espionage in Siberia Americans Accused of Spying by Soviet 4 U. S. AIDES SPIES, RUSSIANS CHARGE

By Harrison E. Salisburyspecial To the New York Times

Trud (pub) charges 4 US mil attaches with espionage and demands expulsion; charges they made notes and photographed installations on rr trip from Moscow to Khabarovsk, Aug-Sept '53; pub photostat of 'espionage note'; US reprs, Moscow, silent; 4 attaches illus

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Notable Births

Clive Palmer

1954Clive Palmer, Australian businessman and politician[†]

Clive Frederick Palmer is an Australian billionaire businessman and politician. He has iron ore, nickel, and coal holdings. Palmer owns many businesses such as Mineralogy, Waratah Coal, Queensland Nickel at Townsville, the Palmer Coolum Resort on the Sunshine Coast, Palmer Sea Reef Golf Course at Port Douglas, Palmer Colonial Golf Course at Robina, and the Palmer Gold Coast Golf Course, also at Robina. He owned Gold Coast United FC from 2008 to 2012. Palmer created the Palmer United Party in April 2013, winning the Sunshine Coast seat of Fairfax in the 2013 Australian federal election and sitting as an MP for one term.

Curtis Sliwa

1954Curtis Sliwa, American talk show host and activist, founded Guardian Angels[†]

Curtis Anthony Sliwa is an American politician, activist, radio talk show host, and founder and chief executive officer of the Guardian Angels, a nonprofit crime prevention organization.

Dorothy Porter

1954Dorothy Porter, Australian poet and playwright (died 2008)[†]

Dorothy Featherstone Porter was an Australian poet. She was a recipient of the Christopher Brennan Award for lifetime achievement in poetry.

Notable Deaths

Charles Perrin

1954Charles Perrin, French rower (born 1875)[†]

Charles Jean Baptiste Perrin was a French rower who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics.

Historical Events

Nuclear weapons testing

1954Nuclear weapons testing: The Romeo shot of Operation Castle is detonated at Bikini Atoll. Yield: 11 megatons.[†]

Nuclear weapons tests are experiments carried out to determine the performance of nuclear weapons and the effects of their explosion. Over 2,000 nuclear weapons tests have been carried out since 1945. Nuclear testing is a sensitive political issue. Governments have often performed tests to signal strength. Because of their destruction and fallout, testing has seen opposition by civilians as well as governments, with international bans having been agreed on. Thousands of tests have been performed, with most in the second half of the 20th century.

Historical Context for March 26, 1954

In 1954, the world population was approximately 2,685,894,860 people[†]