Well, that's just the point. Water is not conspicuous, it is quiet -- often deep and silent. I think some of 1954's events are excellent examples of the true nature of Water.
It is interesting to note that the following year (1955) is the archetype of 9 Purple Fire (9 Fire Year / 9 Fire 9-Year Cycle / 9 Fire 81-Year Cycle). This is the "eye of the fish" (excess yang becomes yin -- a sudden change from potential to kinetic energy).
February 10- US President Dwight Eisenhower warns against United States intervention in Vietnam.
February 18- The first Church of Scientology is established in Los Angeles, California in the United States.
February 23- The first mass vaccination of children against polio begins in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the United States.
March 1- An American hydrogen bomb test is conducted on Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean.
April 4- Conductor Arturo Toscanini experiences a lapse of memory during a concert. Toscanini never conducts in public again.
May 6- Roger Bannister runs the first four minute mile.
May 7- Construction starts on Michigan's Mackinac Bridge.
June 14- The words "under God" are added to the US Pledge of Allegiance.
June 17- Military coup in Guatemala.
June 27- Guatemalan President Jacobo Arbenz Guzmán steps down in a CIA-sponsored military coup.
July 7- In Memphis, Tennessee, WHBQ is the first radio station to air an Elvis Presley record.
July 21- The Geneva Conference partitions Vietnam into North Vietnam and South Vietnam.
August 16- Volume 1, Issue 1 of Sports Illustrated is published.
September 9- An earthquake in Algeria leaves1500 dead and thousands homeless.
September 26- Japanese ferry Toya Maru sinks during a typhoon in the Tsugaru Strait killing more than 1,100.
September 30- The USS Nautilus, 1st atomic-powered submarine is commissioned by the US Navy.
October 11- Hurricane Hazel crosses over Haiti, killing 1,000 people.
October 15- Hurricane Hazel is the only recorded Category 4 hurricane to strike as far north as North Carolina.
October 20- A dock workers' strike expands in England.
October 25- Landslides caused by heavy rains hit Salerno, Italy, killing approximately 300.
November- The main immigration port-of-entry in New York Harbor at Ellis Island closes.
November 23- The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes at an all-time high of 382.74. The first time the Dow has surpassed its 1929 peak level reached just before that year's crash.
December 2- The United States Senate votes 67 to 22 to condemn Joseph McCarthy for "conduct that tends to bring the Senate into dishonor and disrepute."
December 24- Laos gains full independence from France, as a constitutional monarchy.
Also in 1954- New Zealand inventor, Sir William Hamilton invented the worlds first water pump-jet engine, later named the "Hamilton Jet".
Also in 1954- The first kidney transplants are done in Boston and Paris.
1954- As a 1 Water Year / 1 Water 9-Year Cycle / 1 Water 81-Year Cycle, this is the archetype of 1 White Water. So, why is this not one of the most conspicuous, most remembered of the recent Water years?
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