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 +The [[Parker–Hulme murder case|Parker–Hulme murder]] occurred in [[Christchurch]], [[New Zealand]] on [[June 22]]; [[1954]]. The story of the murder is said to be loosely adapted into the French film ''[[Don't Deliver Us from Evil]]'' and more faithfully into [[Peter Jackson]]'s ''[[Heavenly Creatures]]''.
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 +'''1954''' ('''MCMLIV''') is the 954th year of the 2nd millennium, the 54th year of the 20th century, and the 5th year of the [[1950s]] decade.
== Art and culture == == Art and culture ==
-* [[Pauline Réage]]'s ''[[Story of O]]'' published simultaneously by [[Grove Press]] and [[Olympia Press]].+*[[Studio One (record label)|Studio One]] record label founded in Jamaica
 +*[[Ford Atmos]] concept car presented
 +*[[Comics Code Authority]] introduced
 +*[[Film Culture]] magazine launched
 +*"[[Une certaine tendance du cinéma français]]", an essay by French film critic François Truffaut,
 +*"[[The Homosexual Villain]]", an essay by American writer Norman Mailer
 +===Visual art===
 +*''[[Self portrait as Mona Lisa]]'' by Dali
 +===Literature===
 +* ''[[Story of O]]'' by Pauline Réage
 +*''[[Il disprezzo |Contempt]]'' by Alberto Moravia
 +*''[[The Doors of Perception ]]'' by Aldous Huxley
 +*''[[Lord of the Flies]]'' by William Golding
 +*''[[I Am Legend (novel)|I am Legend]]'' by Richard Matheson
 +*''[[Sex in History]]'' by Gordon Rattray Taylor
 + 
 +===Film===
 +*''[[Dial M for Murder]]'' by Alfred Hitchcock
 +*''[[Fear (1954 film)|Fear]]'' by Roberto Rossellini
 +*''[[Godzilla (1954 film)|Godzilla]]'' by Ishirō Honda
 +*''[[Human Desire]]'' by Fritz Lang
 +*''[[Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome]]'' by Kenneth Anger
 +*''[[Johnny Guitar]]'', directed by Nicholas Ray
 +*''[[Rear Window]]'', directed by Alfred Hitchcock
 +*''[[Senso (film)|Senso]]'' by Luchino Visconti
 +*''[[Seven Samurai]]'' by Akira Kurosawa
 +*''[[La strada (film)|La strada]]'' by Federico Fellini
 + 
 +===Music===
 +*"[[Le Déserteur]]" by Boris Vian
 +*"[[I Just Want to Make Love to You]]" by Willie Dixon
 +*"[[Cucurrucucú paloma]]"
 + 
== Births == == Births ==
 +*[[Yasuaki Shimizu]], Japanese musician
 +*[[Larry Levan]], American DJ (d. 1992)
 +*[[François Kevorkian]], French-born American DJ and musician
 +*[[Walter Gibbons]], American DJ (d. 1994)
 +*[[Linval Thompson]], Jamaican musician
 +*[[Richard Kern]], American photographer
 +*[[Augustus Pablo]], Jamaican musician (d. 1999)
 +*[[Cindy Sherman]], American artist
 +*[[James Cameron]], American director
 +*[[Mike Kelley]], American artist (d. 2012)
 +*[[Iain Banks]], Scottish writer (d. 2013)
 +*[[Bruce Sterling]], American writer
 +*[[Alfredo de la Fé]], American musician
 +*[[Hanif Kureishi]], Pakistani-British writer
 +*[[Coen Brothers]], American directors
 +*[[Ang Lee]], Taiwanese-born American film director
 +*[[Alex Cox]], British director
 +
==Deaths == ==Deaths ==
 +*[[Dziga Vertov]] (1896 - 1954)
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The Parker–Hulme murder occurred in Christchurch, New Zealand on June 22; 1954. The story of the murder is said to be loosely adapted into the French film Don't Deliver Us from Evil and more faithfully into Peter Jackson's Heavenly Creatures.

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1954 (MCMLIV) is the 954th year of the 2nd millennium, the 54th year of the 20th century, and the 5th year of the 1950s decade.

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