November 26, 1954
That fall of 1954, gas ran $0.29 a gallon and Eisenhower was in the White House — the Soviet Union announced it would withdraw from Port Arthur, signaling a shift in the Cold War's balance of power in Asia. On the radio, Rosemary Clooney's "Hey There" was the song everyone knew, while television sets across the country were tuned to "I Love Lucy" and the new drama anthology "The U.S. Steel Hour." In October, the New York Giants swept the heavily favored Cleveland Indians in four straight games to claim the World Series, and that same fall, a woman napping in her Alabama home became the first person in recorded history to be struck by a meteorite when a four-kilogram rock punched through her roof and landed on her.
On the cover
Magazine Covers — November 26, 1954
NY Times Headlines — Week of November 26, 1954
President To Urge 3-Year Trade Act On New Congress; Other Proposals To Increase Foreign Business Will Be Submitted In January President To Urge 3-Year Trade Act
Vietnam Soldiers Fight With Police; Some See Clash In Saigon As Possible Prelude To Civil War -- 4 Reported Killed Vietnam Soldiers Fight With Police
U.S. And Formosa Agree To Set Up Mutual Defense; Only Main Nationalist Bastion And Pescadores Included -- Other Areas 'Provided For' Blockade A 'Possibility' Dulles Says Naval Action May Be Studied If Peaceful Means Fail To Free Americans U. S. And Formosa Agree On Treaty
World Events — November 1954
Time Person of the Year — 1954
On the radio
Billboard Charts — November 26, 1954
On the bookshelf
On the television
Nielsen Top 10 — 1954–55 Season
Emmy Winners — 1954
At the movies
Box Office & Oscar Winners — November 26, 1954
On the field
Sports Champions — November 26, 1954
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