March 12, 1954
Gas cost $0.29 a gallon in the spring of 1954, and the Dow Jones stood at 404 — the French garrison at Dien Bien Phu was under sustained Viet Minh assault, with U.S. aircraft ferrying reinforcements in a conflict that was testing American foreign policy in Southeast Asia. Perry Como's "Wanted" was holding at number one on the charts, while the film "Rose Marie" was drawing steady crowds at the box office. The Minneapolis Lakers claimed the NBA championship over the Syracuse Nationals, and on April 12, Bill Haley and His Comets recorded "Rock Around the Clock" at a New York City studio, a track that would sit quietly as a B-side before igniting a nationwide rock and roll movement the following year.
On the cover
Magazine Covers — March 12, 1954
NY Times Headlines — Week of March 12, 1954
Malenkov Favors End Of 'Cold War'; He Asks West Again To Study European 'Security' Project Soviet Offered To Big 4 Malenkov Favors End Of 'Cold War'
Malenkov Says Both Sides Would Lose In Atomic War; Moscow Diplomats Note Premier'S Talk Departed From Usual Soviet Forecast Of A Collapse In The West Only
Dulles Says Pacts Give To President Retaliation Right; Declares Congress Need Not Be Consulted First If Foe Strikes U. S. Or Allies
World Events — March 1954
Time Person of the Year — 1954
On the radio
Billboard Charts — March 12, 1954
On the bookshelf
On the television
Nielsen Top 10 — 1953–54 Season
Emmy Winners — 1954
At the movies
Box Office & Oscar Winners — March 12, 1954
On the field
Sports Champions — March 12, 1954
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