WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO NOVEMBER 1954
Find out what all happened February to November 1954

The first color television sets using the NTSC standard are offered for sale to the general public. (28. February 1954)

First of the annual Bilderberg conferences. (29. May 1954)

Closed since 1939, the London bullion market reopens. (22. March 1954)

The first Godzilla film is released and marks the first appearance of the character of the same name. (3. November 1954)

The Yonge Street subway line opens in Toronto. It is the first subway in Canada. (30. March 1954)

UEFA (Union of European Football Associations) is formed in Basel, Switzerland. (15. June 1954)

The Geneva Conference, an effort to restore peace in Indochina and Korea, begins. (26. April 1954)

The German U-Boat U-505 begins its move from a specially constructed dock to its final site at Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry. (3. September 1954)

Canada and the United States agree to construct the Distant Early Warning Line, a system of radar stations in the far northern Arctic regions of Canada and Alaska. (15. February 1954)

Alfredo Stroessner begins his dictatorship in Paraguay. (15. August 1954)

First ascent of K2, by an Italian expedition led by Ardito Desio. (31. July 1954)

The United States Supreme Court hands down a unanimous decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas. (17. May 1954)

Alger Hiss is released from prison after serving 44 months for perjury. (27. November 1954)

A Royal Canadian Air Force Canadair Harvard collided with a Trans-Canada Airlines Canadair North Star over Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, killing 37 people. (8. April 1954)

In Sylacauga, Alabama, United States, the Hodges Meteorite crashes through a roof and hits a woman taking an afternoon nap in the only documented case of a human being hit by a rock from space. (30. November 1954)

President Dwight D. Eisenhower gives his "domino theory" speech during a news conference. (7. April 1954)

Elvis Presley makes his radio debut when WHBQ Memphis played his first recording for Sun Records, "That's All Right." (7. July 1954)

The Humane Society of the United States is founded. (22. November 1954)

Indochina War: The Battle of Dien Bien Phu ends in a French defeat and a Vietnamese victory (the battle began on March 13). (7. May 1954)

In Christchurch (New Zealand) Pauline Parker and Juliet Hulme murder Pauline's mother because they think she is in the way of their close friendship (movie Heavenly Creatures by Peter Jackson in 1994). See Parker–Hulme murder case. (22. June 1954)