WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO APRIL 1954
Find out what all happened February to April 1954

South African Airways Flight 201 A de Havilland DH.106 Comet 1 crashes into the sea during night killing 21 people. (8. April 1954)

The first mass inoculation of children against polio with the Salk vaccine begins in Pittsburgh. (23. February 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)

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

Red Scare: Witnesses begin testifying and live television coverage of the Army-McCarthy Hearings begins. (22. April 1954)

Frank Selvy becomes the only NCAA Division I basketball player ever to score 100 points in a single game. (13. February 1954)

The Constituent Assembly of Pakistan recognises Urdu and Bengali as the national languages of Pakistan. (19. April 1954)

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

McCarthyism: CBS television broadcasts the See It Now episode, "A Report on Senator Joseph McCarthy", produced by Fred Friendly. (9. March 1954)

Puerto Rican nationalists attack the United States Capitol building, injuring five Representatives. (1. March 1954)

Gamal Abdal Nasser seizes power in Egypt. (18. April 1954)

Willie Mosconi sets a world record by running 526 consecutive balls without a miss during a straight pool exhibition at East High Billiard Club in Springfield, Ohio. The record still stands today. (19. March 1954)

Gamal Abdel Nasser is made premier of Egypt. (25. February 1954)

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

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

Joey Giardello knocks out Willie Tory in round seven at Madison Square Garden in the first televised prize boxing fight shown in colour. (19. March 1954)

President Dwight D. Eisenhower authorizes the creation of the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado. (1. April 1954)

First Indochina War: Viet Minh forces under Vo Nguyen Giap unleashed a massive artillery barrage on the French to begin the Battle of Điện Biên Phủ, the climactic battle in the First Indochina War. (13. March 1954)

President Dwight Eisenhower warns against United States intervention in Vietnam. (10. February 1954)

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