Editing 1954 (section)

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* New Zealand engineer [[Bill Hamilton (engineer)|Sir William Hamilton]] develops the first [[pump-jet]] engine (the "Hamilton Jet") capable of propelling a [[jetboat]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Sir William Hamilton OBE|url=http://www.hamiltonjet.co.nz/about_hamiltonjet/sir_william_hamilton|publisher=HamiltonJet|year=2007|access-date=November 12, 2012}}</ref>
* The first electric [[drip brew]] [[coffeemaker]] is patented in Germany and named the [[Wigomat]] after its inventor Gottlob Widmann.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sixty years of the Federal Republic of Germany – a retrospective of everyday life|url=http://www.goethe.de/ins/gb/lp/prj/mtg/typ/bun/en4922236.htminventors.about.com/od/cstartinventions/a/coffee.htm|access-date=December 28, 2002}}</ref>
* The [[Boy Scouts of America]] desegregates on the basis of race.
* Gerbils (''[[Meriones unguiculatus]]'') are brought to the United States by Dr. Victor Schwentker.
* The case of [[Lothar Malskat]], who had admitted that he had painted the supposedly antique [[fresco]]es in [[Marienkirche, Lübeck|Marienkirche]] himself, goes to trial.
* The [[TV dinner]] is introduced, by American entrepreneur [[Gerry Thomas]].
* In [[South Vietnam]], the [[Viet Minh]] is reorganised into the [[Viet Cong]].
* After the death of [[Joseph Stalin]], the [[Soviet Union]] starts releasing political prisoners and deportees from its [[Gulag]] prison camps.