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1954 in a nutshell

1954: the year of the Horse. Roger Bannister ran the first sub-four-minute mile.

Chinese zodiac

Year of the Horse

Born before Lunar New Year 1954? Your animal is the Snake.

  • Decade

    The 1950s

  • Leap year

    No, 365 days

What happened in 1954

  1. Roger Bannister ran the first sub-four-minute mile
  2. Tolkien published The Fellowship of the Ring
  3. The first mass polio vaccinations began

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