1954 in Romania
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Events from the year 1954 in Romania. The year was marked by the 1954 Romanian blizzard.
Incumbents
- President of the Provisional Presidium of the Republic: Petru Groza.[1]
- Prime Minister: Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej.[2]
- General Secretary of the Romanian Communist Party:[3]
- Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej (until 19 April).
- Gheorghe Apostol (from 19 April).
Events
- 9 January – Opera Națională București (Bucharest National Opera) perform for the first time at their new venue. The performance is Tchaikovsky's The Queen of Spades.[4]
- 3 February – Records are set during a massive snowstorm when 115.9 L/m2 (2.37 imp gal/sq ft) snow falls on Grivița, a layer of snow 175 m (574 ft) thick is found in Călărași and a high windspeed of 126 km/h (78 mph) is reported in Bucharest.[5]
- 31 March – Jewish writer A. L. Zissu is sentenced to life imprisonment for "conspiring against the social order".[6]
- 17 April – Article 4 of Decree nr. 189 establishes ensigns for auxiliary and Coast Guard vessels as well as serving ships of the Romanian Navy.[7]
- 15 May – The Latin Union is created with Romania a founder member.[8]
- 18 September – TARS is renamed TAROM (Transporturi Aeriene Române, Romanian Air Transport) to recognise the full ownership of the airline by the Romanian state.[9]
- 5 December – Romanian Cup final.[10]
- Unknown date – The Institute for Film and the Institute for Theatre I. L. Caragiale merge to form the I.L. Caragiale Institute of Theatre and Film Arts (IATC).[11]
Births
- 25 January – Ecaterina Oancia, rowing cox, gold medal winner at the 1984 Summer Olympics.[12]
- 16 February – sprint canoer, gold medal winner at the 1984 Summer Olympics.[13]
- 10 May – Amos Guttman, Romanian-born director of the first ever Israeli LGBT-themed film (died 1993).[14]
- 19 June – Dan Goldstein, software entrepreneur and businessman in Israel (died 2022).[15]
- 28 June – Adrian Ioviță, mathematician.[16]
- 25 August – Miron Cozma, labor-union organizer, politician, and leader of the Jiu Valley coal miners' union.[17]
- 26 October – Victor Ciorbea, Prime Minister between 12 December 1996 and 30 March 1998.[18]
- 7 November – Maria Grapini, politician and engineer.[19]
Deaths
- 3 January – Elena Farago, poet and children's author (born 1878).[20]
- 7 January – Alexandru Cisar, Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bucharest (born 1880).[21]
- 17 April – Execution of political prisoners:
- Lucrețiu Pătrășcanu, politician, lawyer, sociologist and economist (born 1900).[22]
- Remus Koffler, communist activist (born 1902).[23]
- 16 May – Vladimir Ghika, Roman Catholic priest, died at Jilava Prison, beatified as a martyr in 2013 (born 1873).[24]
- 15 August – Alexandru Toma, poet, journalist and translator (born 1875).[25]
- December 17 – Eugen Țurcanu, criminal who was executed at Jilava Prison for his role in the re-education experiment at Pitești Prison (born 1925).[26]
- December 25 – Ioan Arbore, major general during World War II, died at Văcărești Prison (born 1892).
References
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- ^ Udișteanu, Andrei (3 February 2012). "Sovieticii au intrat cu plugul în România odată cu 'Marele viscol'" [The Soviets Entered Romania with the Plow during the 'Great Blizzard']. Evenimentul Zilei. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
- ^ Glass, Hildrun (2010). "Câteva note despre activitatea lui Avram L. Zissu". In Rotman, Liviu; Crăciun, Camelia; Vasiliu, Ana-Gabriela (eds.). Noi perspective în istoriografia evreilor din România [New perspectives in the historiography of the Jews in Romania] (in Romanian). Bucharest: Federation of Jewish Communities of Romania & Editura Hasefer. p. 166.
- ^ "Nr. 189". Buletinul Oficial (18). 17 April 1954.
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- OCLC 895118866.
- ^ Tătaru, Ionuț (13 May 2018). "80 de ani de suprize. O istorie a echipelor din ligile inferioare care au jucat finala Cupei României" [80 years of surprises. A history of the teams from the lower leagues that played the Romanian Cup final] (in Romanian). Theplaymaker.ro. Archived from the original on 2 September 2018. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
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- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ecaterina Oancia". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 12 September 2015. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Rozalia Șoș". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 25 September 2015. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
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- ^ Shulman, Sophie (2022-06-10). "דני גולדשטיין, מהאבות המייסדים של ההייטק הישראלי, הלך לעולמו בגיל 68" [Danny Goldstein, one of the founding fathers of Israeli high-tech, passed away at the age of 68]. Calcalist (in Hebrew).
- ^ "Curriculum Scientifico-Didattico di Adrian Iovita" (PDF). Department of Pure and Applied Mathematics, University of Padua (in Italian). Retrieved 12 August 2022.
- ^ "Miron Cozma, sursa "Paul" a Securității. "Luceafărul huilei" scria note informative despre ortaci, dar și despre problemele economice din mină". Adevărul. 2016-06-13. Retrieved 2022-08-27.
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- ^ "Maria Grapini". Guvernal Romaniei. Archived from the original on 9 February 2022. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
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- ISBN 978-1-49858-028-1.
- ^ Drăgoescu, Dragoș (1996). "Arma Politică a Reabilitărilor. Caruselul crimelor și liderii comuniști români" [The Political Weapon of Rehabilitations: The Murder Carousel and Romanian Communist Leaders]. Dosarele Istoriei (in Romanian). 2 (1): 25–26.
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- ISBN 978-9-73785-824-5.
- ^ "Eugen Țurcanu". pitestiprison.org (in Romanian). Retrieved August 25, 2022.
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