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Alain Daigle
1954Aug, 24

Alain Daigle

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

  • 13Feb

    NCAA Division I

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

    NTSC

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

    United States Air Force Academy

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

    Bell Labs

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

    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