Britain - 1954AD
In 1954AD:
English runner Roger Bannister was first to run the mile in under 4 minutes.
British artist Francis Bacon began his Portrait of Pope Innocent X series.
Dylan Thomas' radio play
Under Milk Wood
was performed posthumously.
British novelist William Golding published
Lord of the Flies
.
Kingsley Amis, one of England's angry young men, published
Lucky Jim
.
Ian Fleming published the first James Bond thriller
Casino Royale
.
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