1954 in Romania

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See also:	Other events of 1954; History of Romania; Timeline of Romanian history; Years in Romania;

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 – Metalul Reșița become the first club representing Divizia B to win the 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 – Maria Ștefan, 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

^ Spuler, Bertold (1977). Rulers and Governments of the World Volume 3: 1930 to 1975. London: Bowker. p. 443. ISBN 978-0-85935-056-3.
^ Tucker, Spencer (2020). The Cold War: The Definitive Encyclopedia and Document Collection. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO. p. 669. ISBN 978-1-44086-076-8.
^ Bell, Imogen (2003). Central and South-Eastern Europe. London: Europa. p. 483. ISBN 978-1-85743-186-5.
^ Isserlis, Steven, ed. (2008). Anthem Guide to the Opera, Concert Halls and Classical Music Venues of Europe. London: Anthem. p. 363. ISBN 978-1-84331-272-7.
^ 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.
^ Osmańczyk, Edmund Jan; Mango, Anthony (2003). Encyclopedia of the United Nations and International Agreements: G to M. New York: Routledge. p. 1275. ISBN 978-0-41593-922-5.
^ Balotescu, Nicolae; Burlacu, Dumitru; Crăciun, Dumitru N.; Dăscălescu, Jean; Dediu, Dumitru; Gheorghiu, Constantin; Ionescu, Corneliu; Mocanu, Vasile; Nicolau, Constantin; Popescu-Rosetti, Ion; Prunariu, Dumitru; Tudose, Stelian; Ucrain, Constantin; Zărnescu, Gheorghe (1984). Istoria Aviaţiei Române [The History of Romanian Aviation] (in Romanian). Bucharest: Editura Științifică și Pedagogică. p. 440. 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.
^ Preda, Caterina (2017). Art and Politics Under Modern Dictatorships: A Comparison of Chile and Romania. Cham: SpringerInternational Publishing. p. 152. ISBN 978-3-31957-270-3.
^ 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.
^ Gerstner, David A. (2011). Routledge International Encyclopedia of Queer Culture. New York: Routledge. p. 257. ISBN 978-0-41530-651-5.
^ 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.
^ Roszkowski, Wojciech; Kofman, Jan (2016). Biographical Dictionary of Central and Eastern Europe in the Twentieth Century. New York: Routledge. p. 161. ISBN 978-1-31747-594-1.
^ "Maria Grapini". Guvernal Romaniei. Archived from the original on 9 February 2022. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
^ Academia Română (2009). Dicționarul General al Literaturii Române [General Dictionary of Romanian Literature] (in Romanian). Vol. E/K. Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic. p. 117. ISBN 978-973-637-190-5.
^ Turcescu, Lucian; Stan, Lavinia (2021). Church Reckoning with Communism in Post-1989 Romania. Lanham: Lexington Books. p. 96. 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.
^ Tănase, Stelian (2005). Clienții lu' tanti varvara: istorii clandestine [Clients of the Varvara: Clandestine Stories] (in Romanian). Bucharest: Humanitas. p. 392. ISBN 978-9-73500-878-9.
^ Watkins, Basil (2017). The Book of Saints: A Comprehensive Biographical Dictionary. London; Oxford; New York; New Delhi; Sydney: Bloomsbury T & T Clark, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 759. ISBN 978-0-56766-415-0.
^ Sandache, Cristian (2006). Literatura și Propaganda în Romania lui Gheorghiu Dej [Literature and Propaganda in Gheorghiu Dej's Romania] (in Romanian). Bucharest: Mica Valahie. p. 15. ISBN 978-9-73785-824-5.
^ "Eugen Țurcanu". pitestiprison.org (in Romanian). Retrieved August 25, 2022.

[1] Spuler, Bertold (1977). Rulers and Governments of the World Volume 3: 1930 to 1975. London: Bowker. p. 443. ISBN 978-0-85935-056-3.

[2] Tucker, Spencer (2020). The Cold War: The Definitive Encyclopedia and Document Collection. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO. p. 669. ISBN 978-1-44086-076-8.

[3] Bell, Imogen (2003). Central and South-Eastern Europe. London: Europa. p. 483. ISBN 978-1-85743-186-5.

[4] Isserlis, Steven, ed. (2008). Anthem Guide to the Opera, Concert Halls and Classical Music Venues of Europe. London: Anthem. p. 363. ISBN 978-1-84331-272-7.

[5] 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.

[6] 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.

[7] "Nr. 189". Buletinul Oficial (18). 17 April 1954.

[8] Osmańczyk, Edmund Jan; Mango, Anthony (2003). Encyclopedia of the United Nations and International Agreements: G to M. New York: Routledge. p. 1275. ISBN 978-0-41593-922-5.

[9] Balotescu, Nicolae; Burlacu, Dumitru; Crăciun, Dumitru N.; Dăscălescu, Jean; Dediu, Dumitru; Gheorghiu, Constantin; Ionescu, Corneliu; Mocanu, Vasile; Nicolau, Constantin; Popescu-Rosetti, Ion; Prunariu, Dumitru; Tudose, Stelian; Ucrain, Constantin; Zărnescu, Gheorghe (1984). Istoria Aviaţiei Române [The History of Romanian Aviation] (in Romanian). Bucharest: Editura Științifică și Pedagogică. p. 440. OCLC 895118866.

[10] 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.

[11] Preda, Caterina (2017). Art and Politics Under Modern Dictatorships: A Comparison of Chile and Romania. Cham: SpringerInternational Publishing. p. 152. ISBN 978-3-31957-270-3.

[12] 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.

[13] 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.

[14] Gerstner, David A. (2011). Routledge International Encyclopedia of Queer Culture. New York: Routledge. p. 257. ISBN 978-0-41530-651-5.

[15] 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).

[16] "Curriculum Scientifico-Didattico di Adrian Iovita" (PDF). Department of Pure and Applied Mathematics, University of Padua (in Italian). Retrieved 12 August 2022.

[17] "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.

[18] Roszkowski, Wojciech; Kofman, Jan (2016). Biographical Dictionary of Central and Eastern Europe in the Twentieth Century. New York: Routledge. p. 161. ISBN 978-1-31747-594-1.

[19] "Maria Grapini". Guvernal Romaniei. Archived from the original on 9 February 2022. Retrieved 23 April 2022.

[20] Academia Română (2009). Dicționarul General al Literaturii Române [General Dictionary of Romanian Literature] (in Romanian). Vol. E/K. Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic. p. 117. ISBN 978-973-637-190-5.

[21] Turcescu, Lucian; Stan, Lavinia (2021). Church Reckoning with Communism in Post-1989 Romania. Lanham: Lexington Books. p. 96. ISBN 978-1-49858-028-1.

[22] 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.

[23] Tănase, Stelian (2005). Clienții lu' tanti varvara: istorii clandestine [Clients of the Varvara: Clandestine Stories] (in Romanian). Bucharest: Humanitas. p. 392. ISBN 978-9-73500-878-9.

[24] Watkins, Basil (2017). The Book of Saints: A Comprehensive Biographical Dictionary. London; Oxford; New York; New Delhi; Sydney: Bloomsbury T & T Clark, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 759. ISBN 978-0-56766-415-0.

[25] Sandache, Cristian (2006). Literatura și Propaganda în Romania lui Gheorghiu Dej [Literature and Propaganda in Gheorghiu Dej's Romania] (in Romanian). Bucharest: Mica Valahie. p. 15. ISBN 978-9-73785-824-5.

[26] "Eugen Țurcanu". pitestiprison.org (in Romanian). Retrieved August 25, 2022.

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