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Seven Samurai

"Seven Samurai", Japanese film directed by Akira Kurosawa, starring Toshiro Mifune, is released

Actor and Writer Toshiro Mifune
Film Director and Screenwriter Akira Kurosawa
  • Far Eastern Affairs conference opens in Geneva

Anti-Polio Vaccine Trial Begins

Mass trials of Jonas Salk's anti-polio vaccine begin; the first shot is delivered in Fairfax County, Virginia; more than 443,000 children receive shots over three months

Children with polio in a US hospital, inside an iron lung. In about 0.5% of cases, patients suffered from paralysis, sometimes resulting in the inability to breathe. More often, limbs would be paralyzed.
  • USSR Supreme Soviet transfer the Crimean oblast from Russian SFSR to Ukrainian SSR
Events in 1954 1954 Highlights

About April 26, 1954

Day of the Week: Monday
How Long Ago? 70 years and 2 days
Leap Year: No

Generation: Baby Boomer
Chinese Zodiac: Horse
Star Sign: Taurus

Music Charts

  • UK #1 Song: Such A Night - Johnnie Ray


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