Georgia History Timeline / Chronology 1954
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| January 1, 1954 |
Georgia Tech defeats West Virginia 42-19 at the Sugar Bowl
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| February 21, 1954 |
Nelson Robert Duncan, who was on the FBI's Top Ten Most Wanted list is apprehended in Atlanta, Georgia by police who were investigating an open skylight in a local grocery store. Duncan was attempting to burglarize the store safe.
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| March 13, 1954 |
Bobby Thomson, playing for the Milwaukee Braves, breaks his ankle while sliding into 2nd base during Spring Training. Hank Aaron replaces him.
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Boston Braves, Milwaukee Braves, Atlanta Braves |
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Hank Aaron
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| March 13, 1954 |
Storms ripped through the state, including Chattahoochee, Taylor, Houstoun, Crawford, Bibb, Twiggs, Hall, Madison and Elbert County, killing 8 and injuring more than 100 people
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Bibb County, Georgia |
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Elbert County, Georgia |
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Crawford County, Georgia |
| March 29, 1954 |
Secretary of the Navy Robert B. Anderson presents the Medal of Honor for Corporal Lee Hugh Phillips to his mother, Izora Cantrell. Phillips body is reinterred at the Marietta National Cemetery in Marietta, Georgia.
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Marietta, GA |
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Corporal Lee Hugh Phillips
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| April 13, 1954 |
Hank Aaron makes his Major League debut playing for the Milwaukee Braves.
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Boston Braves, Milwaukee Braves, Atlanta Braves |
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Hank Aaron
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| April 23, 1954 |
Hank Aaron hits his first Major League home run.
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Hank Aaron
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| April 30, 1954 |
National Weather Service office in downtown Atlanta closes
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National Weather Service
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| May 17, 1954 |
Brown vs. Board of Education, Topeka, Kansas. The U. S. Supreme Court holds that racial segregation in public schools is unconstitutional
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The Road to Integration
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| July 20, 1954 |
Lake Sinclair Dam is officially dedicated
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| September 29, 1954 |
Telephone workers throughout Georgia and the Southeast go on strike.
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| October 30, 1954 |
T. Graham Brown born, Arabi, Georgia
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Anthony 'T.' Graham Brown |
| October 31, 1954 |
Martin Luther King, Jr. becomes the pastor at the Dexter Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama.
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Martin Luther King
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| November 18, 1954 |
Ray Charles, in an Atlanta, Georgia studio, records "I Got a Woman," blending rhythm and blues and gospel for the first time, forming the roots of soul music. |
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Ray Charles |
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Atlanta, Georgia (1900-2000) |
| December 1, 1954 |
This Is Your Life airs an episode featuring comic team Laurel and Hardy |
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Oliver Hardy |
| December 2, 1954 |
Georgia Senators Russell and George vote to censure Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin
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Richard B. Russell, Jr. |
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