ZUM4944285: Oct. 21, 1954 - Scotland gets its worst rainstorms in living memory: Scotland has had its worst rainstorms within living memory. Rivers have burst their banks, roads have been flooded or blocked by landslides, rail and road transport has been dislocated, and telephone communications interrupted / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4942562: Oct. 10, 1954 - Russian Athletes In Training At The White City. Sixty-nine Russian Athletes, including eight world record-holders, have arrived in London to compete against a London athletics team at a floodlit match at the White City next Wednesday. They went along there today to do some training / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4942600: Oct. 10, 1954 -” Butcher” of Paris” General Carl Albrecht Oberg and his assistant to die; President of the military tribunal Bouessel-Dubourg reads the death sentence at the trial of Oberg (called the” Butcher of Paris”) and his assistant Knochen. Oberg was the chief of the Paris Gestapo known for his Ruthless action against the Patriots and hesitant s. The trial lasted many weeks at the Paris military court. Oberg's main excuse was that” He was obeying orders from his superiors' / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4942157: Oct. 01, 1954 - Michaelmas Law Term Mass at Westminster Cathedral women Barristers Assured: Photo Shows Two women Barristers in profession to Westminster Cathedral for the traditional Red Mass to mark the opening of the Michaelmas law Torm this morning,. They are L-R: Elizabeth Ganne and Monique S. Viner / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4942175: Oct. 01, 1954 - Italian Speed Boat Ace Attempts To Set New World Record: Mario Verga Italy's speed-boat King jest failed to set up a new world speed record for” No Limit” motor boats - owing to engine trouble in his specially constructed Alfa-Romeo speed which is powered with two 1500 c.m., engine / Bridgeman Images