1954

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This article is a date listing important or significant events that happened (or will happen) on events for the year 1954

National events

  • May 2 – Martin Luther King, Jr. gave a sermon at Dexter Avenue Baptist Church..."One of the most common tendencies of human nature is that of placing responsibility on some external agency for sins we have committed or mistakes we have made. We are forever attempting to find some scapegoat on which we cast responsibility for our actions…Not environment; not heredity; but personal response is the final determining factor in our lives. And herein lies our area of responsibility." [1]

Events

  • April 15 – Charlottesville voters approved establishment of a Redevelopment and Housing Authority “by a narrow margin of 36 votes in a climax to five years of effort to get a slum clearance and low-rent housing program organized.” The total vote of 2,174 was heavier than usual for a special election in which only one issue was involved. [2]
  • May 20 – City Council has requested John S. Battle, jr., city attorney, to obtain a copy of a Richmond (Va.) ordinance requiring all dogs to be vaccinated against rabies. The Richmond ordinance will be studied by Council at its next meeting on June 7 with the possibility that Charlottesville will adopt similar legislation.[3]
  • September 6 – The mercury hit 107 degrees in the official thermometer at the University of Virginia’s Leander McCormick Observatory, equaling the highest reading taken there in more than 50 years the observatory has been keeping temperature records. The last time the temperature hit 107 at the observatory was on July 20, 1930, and that record stood unequalled until today.[4]
  • September 12 – (Sunday) Radio station WINA began night broadcasting. WINA started broadcasting here September 25, 1949, but since that time has been on the daylight broadcasting schedule only. The new schedule provides for broadcasting to continue until midnight.[5]
  • September 17 – A six-member advisory committee in Albemarle County makes a recommendation on segregation in public schools but meets in closed session and indicated they would not make it public until a September 22 Board of Supervisors meeting. [6]
  • September 18 – Charlottesville City Manager James E. Bowen warns there are only four months of water supply left, and that conditions of water are not good and require heavy treatment to be potable. [7]

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References

  1. Web. Accepting Responsibility for Your Actions, King, Martin Luther, Jr., Montgomery, AL, July 26, 1953, retrieved January 20, 2020.
  2. Web. Housing Body for City Voted by Slim Margin, staff, Daily Progress, Lee Enterprises, April 16, 1954, retrieved January 13, 2020. Print. April 16, 1954 page one.
  3. Web. Evening star. [volume, May 20, 1954, Page C-16, Image 81 About Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972]
  4. Web. 107 Degree Heat Ties Record Here, Daily Progress, Lee Enterprises, Daily Progress, Tuesday September 7, 1954, retrieved January 25, 2024.
  5. Web. WINA Begins Night Broadcasting Sunday, Daily Progress, Lee Enterprises, Daily Progress, Wednesday September 8, 1954, page 3, retrieved January 25, 2024.
  6. Web. Report is Ready on Segregation - Supervisors To Hear it Wednesday Night, Daily Progress Digitized Microfilm, Lindsay family
  7. Web. City Has Four Months of Water Supply On Hand, Daily Progress Digitized Microfilm, Lindsay family, September 18, 1954, retrieved September 17, 2022. Print. September 18, 1954 page 1.