Events of 1954 in Colombia. Incumbents
President: Gustavo Rojas Pinilla (1953–1957). Vice President: N/A.The Office of the Vice President was officially abolished by the 1905 National Constituent Assembly on 28 March 1905, and it was only reinstituted after the ratification of the new 1991 Constitution and filled in the following presidential elections in 1994.
Events
Ongoing
La Violencia 1954 Campeonato Profesional (April–October)
January
12 January – :The 4th Vuelta a Colombia begins in Bogotá. 31 January – : Ramón Hoyos Vallejo wins the 4th Vuelta a Colombia.
May
1 May – The first test of television in Colombia is conducted, transmitting signals between Bogotá and Manizales. 16 May – The is founded in Bogotá.
June
8–9 June – : 11 university students protesting the killing of by the National Police are killed by the Colombian Battalion. 11 June – , a military officer and dissident of the Marcos Pérez Jiménez dictatorship, is assassinated in Barranquilla, where he was in exile from his native Venezuela.
13 June – Television is officially inaugurated in Colombia.
August
15 August – The old Salt Cathedral of Zipaquirá is inaugurated.
September
9 September – The is created.
Uncertain
The Estadio Departamental Libertad is inaugurated.
Deaths
8 June – , 23, University student and activist (b. 1929). Notes
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