What day of the week was January 1, 1954?

The day of the week January 1st, 1954 fell on was a Friday.

Richard Edson the American drummer and actor (Sonic Youth and Konk) was born on 01 January in 1954. As was Bob Menendez the American politician , Dennis O'Driscoll the Irish poet (d. 2012) , Yannis Papathanasiou the Greek politician .

Leonard Bacon the American poet (b. 1887) died on this day in 1954. As did Duff Cooper the English politician and diplomat, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (b. 1890) .