November 1954
month of 1954
The following events occurred in November 1954:
November 1, 1954 (Monday)
In Algeria, the FLN attacks representatives and public buildings of the French colonial power.
November 2, 1954 (Tuesday)
The vertical -takeoff-or-landing (VTOL) Convair XFY transitions from vertical to horizontal flight and back.
1954 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election: Democrat State Senator George Leader defeats the Republican incumbent Lieutenant Governor Lloyd H. Wood to become Governor of the US state of Pennsylvania.
A dock workers' strike in the UK comes to an end.
The radio programme Hancock's Half Hour, a pioneer in situation comedy, is first broadcast on BBC Radio. A television version would follow in 1956.
November 3, 1954 (Wednesday)
The first Godzilla film is premiered in Tokyo. Approximately 9,610,000 tickets are sold, making it the eighth best-attended film in Japan that year.
Died: Henri Matisse, 84, French painter
November 4, 1954 (Thursday)
Two by-elections are held in the UK:
In the Sutton and Cheam by-election, brought about by the resignation of the Conservative MP Sydney Marshall, the seat is retained by the Conservative candidate Richard Sharples.
In the Morpeth by-election, brought about by the death of the incumbent Labour MP, Robert Taylor, Will Owen retains the seat for Labour.
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