Video: 'December 21, 1954 - Senator John F. Kennedy recovering from spinal operations'
(Tuesday, December 21, 1954) — Senator John F. Kennedy was taken by stretcher to a special plane today so he could be flown from the New York Hospital for Special Surgery to the Kennedy home in Palm Beach, Florida, more than two months after undergoing a spinal operation.
(Saturday, December 4, 1954) — James McLamore and David Edgerton opened the first Burger King stand today at 3090 NW 36th Street in Miami.
Video 'Woman Struck by Meteorite | Smarter Every Day 84'
(Tuesday, November 30, 1954, 1:00 p.m. local time) — The Hodges Meteorite crashed through a roof today and struck a woman taking an afternoon nap In Sylacauga, Alabama, in the only documented case of a human being hit by a rock from space.
2011 Victories for Animals - The Humane Society of the United States'
(Monday, November 22, 1954) — The Humane Society of the United States, a nonprofit organization designed to address animal cruelties, was incorporated today as the National Humane Society.
(Monday, November 22, 1954) — Former President Herbert Hoover, arriving from the United States for a six-day visit as guest of Chancellor Konrad Adenauer, received a warm welcome today at the airport in Bonn, West Germany (click here to watch a video of Hoover’s arrival at 22:06).
Video: 'Rosemary Clooney - Mambo Italiano - 1954 originals'
(Thursday, November 18, 1954) — ABC radio and TV today banned “Mambo Italiano,” a hit by Rosemary Clooney, for so-called “offensive lyrics,” most likely due to the exaggerated Italian vernacular, including the words “goombah” and “gidrool.”
Video: 'Iwo Jima Monument Dedication'
(Wednesday, November 10, 1954) — The Marine Corps Memorial, depicting the raising of the American flag on Iwo Jima in 1945, was dedicated today in Arlington, Virginia, with President Dwight D. Eisenhower in attendance.
Video: 'Vietnam a Television History Episode 2' (Nov. 8, 1954, at 9:30)
(Monday, November 8, 1954; during the Cold War) — Gen. J. Lawton Collins, special envoy of President Dwight Eisenhower, arrived today in Saigon, South Vietnam, from Tokyo to “coordinate” United States aid to Indochina.
Video: 'Sen. Joseph McCarthy on Face the Nation'
(Sunday, November 7, 1954, 2:30 p.m. EST) — The CBS News program Face the Nation premiered today with Ted Koop as host. The guest was Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy.
Video: 'Godzilla official trailer Collection 1954-1995.'
(Wednesday, November 3, 1954) — Godzilla, a Japanese science fiction kaiju film about a 400-foot monster reptile with radioactive breath that is revived thanks to nuclear testing, was released today in Japan.
Directed by Ishiro Honda, the film starred Akira Takarada, Momoko Kochi, Akihiko Hirata and Takashi Shimura.
