1. Glastonbury Festival — 2023-10-09 23:45:46

   …helstan Joseph Michael Eavis was born in Pilton, [[Somerset]] [[England]] on 17 October 1935. After his father died in 1954, Eavis inherited the family farm of 150 acres with 60 cows, so he became dairy farmer. <<{{amazon type="book" items="…

2. Charlie Chaplin — 2021-08-20 11:11:51

   …ovie **Modern Times**. Chaplin composed the music, while John Turner and Geoffrey Parsons added the lyrics and title in 1954 and sung by Nat King Cole. For Limelight, Chaplin composed "Terry's Theme", which was popularised by Jimmy Young as "E…

3. Workmate — 2021-08-20 11:10:56

   …ng up a client base of tradesmen. Slowly the demand increased. ::c:: == Lotus Car == Ron moved to [[London]] and in 1954 started working for the Ford Motor Company at Dagenham as a clay modeller and later he helped to style the **105E Ford …

4. Four-minute Mile — 2021-08-20 10:55:12

   …le == ~-[[CategorySport]]:[[1900s]] The first person to run the mile in under four minutes was first achieved on 6 May 1954 by **Roger Bannister** in 3:59.4 that's 3 minutes and 59.4 seconds. /* event_date="6 May 1954" Roger Bannister broke t…
   …Bannister_Iffley_Road_Track_Blue_plaque.JPG" class="left" title="Bannister Blue plaque" width="" }} === Roger Bannister 1954 === Roger Bannister, born in Harrow, England, in 1929, was a top mile-runner while a student at the University of Oxfo…
   …n. Bannister researched the mechanics of running and trained using new scientific methods he had developed. On May 6, 1954, at the Iffley Road track in Oxford [[Oxfordshire]], the annual match between the Amateur Athletic Association and Oxfo…

5. Guinness Book of World Records — 2021-08-20 10:45:53

   …1890" birth_place="Johannesburg, South Africa" death_date="16 January 1967" death_place="London" }} === Hugh Beaver - 1954 === ~-[[Literature]]:[[1900s]] Sir Hugh Eyre Campbell Beaver together with brothers Norris and Ross ""McWhirter"" compi…
   …led the **Guinness Book of Records** in August 1954. == Debate == Hugh Beaver was at the time the Managing Director of the **Guinness Brewery**. He was attending a shoo…
   …en running a fact-finding agency in London. Norris was the timekeeper for Roger Bannister's sub [[four-minute_mile]] in 1954, while Ross helped locate the lost grave of rugby pioneer William Webb Ellis on the French Riviera in 1958. Together th…

6. Ray Milland — 2021-08-20 10:42:20

   …llywood movie Oscar winning lead actor. He is remembered for his part in the Alfred Hitchcock film, Dial M for Murder (1954).…

7. Cloning — 2020-08-06 15:26:49

   …al pregnancy. {{Databox caption="Creator" Image="KeithCampbell.jpg" Who="Keith Campbell" width="" birth_date="23 May 1954" birth_place="Birmingham" death_date="5 October 2012" death_place="Nottingham" }} == Birth of a Star == The cloning w…

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