WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO JULY 1954
Find out what all happened February to July 1954

Germany: Otto John, head of West Germany's secret service, defects to East Germany. (20. July 1954)

The Andhra Pradesh High Court was established. (5. July 1954)

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

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

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

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

Pope Pius XII canonises Dominic Savio, who was 14 years old at the time of his death, as a saint, making him the youngest non-martyr saint in the Roman Catholic Church. (12. June 1954)

The original Broadway production of The Pajama Game opens and runs for another 1,063 performances. Later received three Tony Awards for Best Musical, Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical, and Best Choreography. (13. May 1954)

Roger Bannister becomes the first person to run the mile in under four minutes. (6. May 1954)

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

The 1954 FIFA World Cup quarterfinal match between Hungary and Brazil, highly anticipated to be exciting, instead turns violent, with three players ejected and further fighting continuing after the game. (27. June 1954)

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

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

U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs a bill into law that places the words "under God" into the United States Pledge of Allegiance. (14. June 1954)

Closed since 1939, the London bullion market reopens. (22. March 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 United States Supreme Court hands down a unanimous decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas. (17. May 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)