Births on August 24

Alain Daigle

Born on August 24, 1954

Alain Daigle, Canadian ice hockey player

Roland Alain Daigle (born August 24, 1954) is a former professional ice hockey forward who played six seasons with the Chicago Black Hawks of the National Hockey League from 1974–75 to 1979–80.

As a youth, Daigle played in the 1966 and 1967 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournaments with a minor ice hockey team from Cap-de-la-Madeleine. Daigle was drafted 34th overall by the Blackhawks in the 1974 NHL amateur draft. He played 389 career NHL games, scoring 56 goals and 50 assists for 106 points.

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Events on 1954

13 Feb

NCAA Division I
Frank Selvy becomes the only NCAA Division I basketball player ever to score 100 points in a single game.
28 Feb

NTSC
The first color television sets using the NTSC standard are offered for sale to the general public.
1 Apr

United States Air Force Academy
United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower authorizes the creation of the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado.
25 Apr

Bell Labs
The first practical solar cell is publicly demonstrated by Bell Telephone Laboratories.
18 Jun

1954 Guatemalan coup d'état
Carlos Castillo Armas leads an invasion force across the Guatemalan border, setting in motion the 1954 Guatemalan coup d'état

Births on August 24

Alain Daigle

Born on August 24, 1954

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NCAA Division I

NTSC

United States Air Force Academy

Bell Labs

1954 Guatemalan coup d'état