1954 in Romania explained

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 snow falls on Grivița, a layer of snow thick is found in Călărași and a high windspeed of 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).

Notes and References

1. Book: Spuler, Bertold . Rulers and Governments of the World Volume 3: 1930 to 1975 . London . Bowker . 1977 . 978-0-85935-056-3 . 443.
2. Book: Tucker, Spencer . The Cold War: The Definitive Encyclopedia and Document Collection . Santa Barbara . ABC-CLIO . 2020 . 978-1-44086-076-8 . 669.
3. Book: Bell, Imogen . Central and South-Eastern Europe . London . Europa . 2003 . 978-1-85743-186-5 . 483.
4. Book: Isserlis . Steven . Anthem Guide to the Opera, Concert Halls and Classical Music Venues of Europe . London . Anthem . 2008 . 363 . 978-1-84331-272-7.
5. News: Andrei . Udișteanu . Sovieticii au intrat cu plugul în România odată cu 'Marele viscol' . The Soviets Entered Romania with the Plow during the 'Great Blizzard'. Evenimentul Zilei . 3 February 2012 . 7 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160307180856/http://www.evz.ro/cum-bagat-sovieticii-plugul-in-romania-odata-cu-marele-viscol-964623.html . 23 April 2022.
6. Book: Glass, Hildrun . Rotman . Liviu . Crăciun . Camelia . Vasiliu . Ana-Gabriela . Noi perspective în istoriografia evreilor din România . New perspectives in the historiography of the Jews in Romania . Federation of Jewish Communities of Romania & Editura Hasefer . Bucharest . 2010 . 166 . Câteva note despre activitatea lui Avram L. Zissu . RO.
7. Nr. 189 . Buletinul Oficial . 18 . 17 April 1954.
8. Book: Edmund Jan . Osmańczyk . Anthony . Mango . Encyclopedia of the United Nations and International Agreements: G to M . New York . Routledge . 2003 . 1275 . 978-0-41593-922-5.
9. Book: 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 . Istoria Aviaţiei Române . The History of Romanian Aviation . Bucharest . Editura Științifică și Pedagogică . 1984 . RO . Dumitru Dediu . Dumitru Prunariu . 895118866 . 440.
10. Web site: Ionuț . Tătaru . 80 de ani de suprize. O istorie a echipelor din ligile inferioare care au jucat finala Cupei României. Theplaymaker.ro . 80 years of surprises. A history of the teams from the lower leagues that played the Romanian Cup final . 13 May 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180902070936/http://theplaymaker.ro/istorie-a-echipelor-din-ligile-inferioare-care-au-jucat-finala-cupei-romaniei/2647/ . 2 September 2018 . 23 April 2022 . RO.
11. Book: Preda, Caterina . Art and Politics Under Modern Dictatorships: A Comparison of Chile and Romania . Cham . SpringerInternational Publishing . 2017 . 152 . 978-3-31957-270-3.
12. Ecaterina Oancia. https://web.archive.org/web/20150912172208/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/oa/ecaterina-oancia-1.html. dead. 12 September 2015. 23 April 2022.
13. Web site: Hilary . Evans . Arild . Gjerde . Jeroen . Heijmans . Bill . Mallon . etal . Rozalia Șoș . https://web.archive.org/web/20150925223705/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/st/maria-stefan-mihoreanu-1.html . dead . 25 September 2015 . Sports Reference LLC . 23 April 2022 . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com.
14. Book: Gerstner, David A. . Routledge International Encyclopedia of Queer Culture . New York . Routledge . 2011 . 257 . 978-0-41530-651-5.
15. Web site: Shulman . Sophie . 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 . 2022-06-10 . he.
16. Web site: Curriculum Scientifico-Didattico di Adrian Iovita. Department of Pure and Applied Mathematics, University of Padua. Italian. 12 August 2022.
17. News: Miron Cozma, sursa "Paul" a Securității. "Luceafărul huilei" scria note informative despre ortaci, dar și despre problemele economice din mină. 2016-06-13. Adevărul. 2022-08-27.
18. Book: Wojciech . Roszkowski . Jan . Kofman . Biographical Dictionary of Central and Eastern Europe in the Twentieth Century . New York . Routledge . 2016 . 161 . 978-1-31747-594-1.
19. Web site: Maria Grapini . Guvernal Romaniei . https://web.archive.org/web/20220209214012/http://arhiva.gov.ro/maria-grapini__l2a117025.html. 9 February 2022 . 23 April 2022.
20. Book: Dicționarul General al Literaturii Române . General Dictionary of Romanian Literature . E/K . . Univers Enciclopedic . Bucharest . 2009 . 117 . 978-973-637-190-5 . RO.
21. Book: Lucian . Turcescu . Lavinia . Stan . Church Reckoning with Communism in Post-1989 Romania . Lanham . . 2021 . 96 . 978-1-49858-028-1.
22. Dragoș . Drăgoescu . Arma Politică a Reabilitărilor. Caruselul crimelor și liderii comuniști români . The Political Weapon of Rehabilitations: The Murder Carousel and Romanian Communist Leaders . Dosarele Istoriei . 2 . 1 . 25–26 . 1996 . RO.
23. Book: Tănase, Stelian . Stelian Tănase . Clienții lu' tanti varvara: istorii clandestine . Clients of the Varvara: Clandestine Stories . Bucharest . . 2005 . 392 . 978-9-73500-878-9 . RO.
24. Book: Watkins, Basil . The Book of Saints: A Comprehensive Biographical Dictionary . London; Oxford; New York; New Delhi; Sydney . Bloomsbury T & T Clark, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing. 2017 . 759 . 978-0-56766-415-0.
25. Book: Sandache, Cristian . Literatura și Propaganda în Romania lui Gheorghiu Dej . Literature and Propaganda in Gheorghiu Dej's Romania. Bucharest . Mica Valahie . 2006 . 15 . 978-9-73785-824-5 . RO.
26. Web site: Eugen Țurcanu. pitestiprison.org. ro. August 25, 2022.