November 1954

Monday 01:

The Front de Libération Nationale fires the first shots of the Algerian War of Independence.

Wednesday 03:

The first in the Godzilla series of films is released in Japan.

Wednesday 10:

US President Dwight D. Eisenhower dedicates the USMC War Memorial (Iwo Jima memorial) in Arlington National Cemetery.

Saturday 13:

Great Britain defeated France to capture the first ever Rugby League World Cup in Paris in front of around 30,000 spectators.

Friday 19:

Sammy Davis, Jr. loses his left eye in an automobile accident in San Bernardino, California.

Tuesday 30:

In Sylacauga, Alabama, United States, an 8.5 pound sulfide meteorite crashes through a roof and hits a Mrs. Elizabeth Hodges in her living room after bouncing off her radio, giving her a bad bruise, in the only unequivocally known case of a human being hit by a space rock.