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July 4, 1954

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Notable Births

Jim Beattie (baseball)

1954Jim Beattie, American baseball player, coach, and manager[†]

James Louis Beattie is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played for the New York Yankees and Seattle Mariners from 1978 to 1986. He also served as the Montreal Expos' general manager from 1995 to 2001, and was the Baltimore Orioles' general manager with Mike Flanagan from 2003 to 2005. As of 2010, Beattie served as a professional scout in the Toronto Blue Jays organization through the 2018 season. Beattie retired from his decades-long career in MLB at the end of the 2018 season. Beattie starred in baseball and basketball at South Portland High School in South Portland, Maine.

1954Morganna, American model, actress, and dancer[†]

Morganna Roberts is an American entertainer who became known as Morganna or Morganna, the Kissing Bandit in baseball and other sports from 1969 through 1999. She was also billed as "Morganna the Wild One" when appearing as a dancer in the 1980s.

Devendra Kumar Joshi

1954Devendra Kumar Joshi, 21st Chief of Naval Staff of the Indian Navy[†]

Admiral Devendra Kumar Joshi, PVSM, AVSM, YSM, NM, VSM is the Lieutenant Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands and the Vice Chairman of Islands Development Agency (IDA). He was an Admiral in the Indian Navy and served as the 21st Chief of Naval Staff of the Indian Navy, having assumed office on 31 August 2012. He is a specialist in anti-submarine warfare. He resigned on 26 February 2014, taking responsibility for a series of accidents, thus becoming the first Indian Navy Chief to resign.

Historical Events

Rationing in the United Kingdom

1954Food rationing in Great Britain ends, with the lifting of restrictions on sale and purchase of meat, 14 years after it began early in World War II, and nearly a decade after the war's end.[†]

Rationing was introduced temporarily by the British government several times during the 20th century, during and immediately after a war.

Historical Context for July 4, 1954

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