CHICAGO, Aug. 9 -- Roger (The Terrible) Touhy, who rivaled the late "Scarface" Al Capone as one of Chicago's most notorious gansters, was freed after twenty years in prison today. A judge decided he had been wrongly convicted of kidnapping and threw out sentences totaling 298 years.

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Notable Births

1954Peter Endrulat, German footballer^[†]

Peter Endrulat is a German former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

1954Rick Overton, American screenwriter, actor and comedian^[†]

Richard Overton is an American actor and screenwriter. His writing credits include Dennis Miller Live (1994–2002), for which he received a Primetime Emmy Award, while his acting credits include Gung Ho and Odd Jobs, Million Dollar Mystery (1987), Willow (1988), The Rocketeer (1991), Eight Legged Freaks (2002) and Northfork (2003).

Notable Deaths

1954Robert Adair, American-born British actor (born 1900)^[†]

Robert Adair was an American-born British actor. He was born in San Francisco. He was also known as Robert A'Dair, the name by which he was billed in Journey's End (1930).

Historical Events

1954At Massena, New York, the groundbreaking ceremony for the Saint Lawrence Seaway is held.^[†]

Massena is a town in St. Lawrence County, New York, United States. Massena is along the county's northern border, just south of the St. Lawrence River and the Three Nations Crossing of the Canada–United States border. The population was 12,433 at the 2020 census. The town of Massena contains a village also named Massena.

Historical Context for August 10, 1954

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