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July 5, 1954
On July 5, 1954, the BBC broadcasts its first daily television news bulletin. Robert Greenberg, Trevor Francis, Ebiet G. Ade would arrive in the same year.
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Featured · July 5, 1954
The BBC broadcasts its first daily television news bulletin.
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster that serves as the primary national public broadcasting company of the United Kingdom, headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England. Originally established in 1922 as the British Broadcasting Company, it evolved into its current state with its current name on 1 January 1927. It is the oldest and largest local and global broadcaster by stature and by number of employees, with a total staff of 21,000.
Around 1954
The year in brief
1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1954th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 954th year of the 2nd millennium, the 54th year of the 20th century, and the 5th year of the 1950s decade.
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On July 5, 1954
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1954 The BBC broadcasts its first daily television news bulletin. British public service broadcaster
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster that serves as the primary national public broadcasting company of the United Kingdom, headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England. Originally established in 1922 as the British Broadcasting Company, it evolved into its current state with its current name on 1 January 1927. It is the oldest and largest local and global broadcaster by stature and by number of employees, with a total staff of 21,000.
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1954 Elvis Presley records his first single, "That's All Right", at Sun Records in Memphis, Tennessee. American singer and actor (1935–1977)
Elvis Aaron Presley was an American singer and actor. Referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll", he is widely regarded as one of the most culturally significant figures of the 20th century. Presley's energetic and sexually provocative performance style, combined with a mix of influences across color lines during a transformative era in race relations, brought both great success and initial controversy.
Elsewhere that year
Other moments from 1954
- April 1 United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower authorizes the creation of the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
- April 18 Gamal Abdel Nasser seizes power in Egypt.
- April 22 Red Scare: Witnesses begin testifying and live television coverage of the Army–McCarthy hearings begins.
- April 25 The first practical solar cell is publicly demonstrated by Bell Telephone Laboratories.
- April 26 The Geneva Conference, an effort to restore peace in Indochina and Korea, begins.
- April 26 The first clinical trials of Jonas Salk's polio vaccine begin in Fairfax County, Virginia.
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