WHAT ALL HAPPENED MARCH TO SEPTEMBER 1954
Find out what all happened March to September 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)

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

The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) is established. (8. September 1954)

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

In a top secret nuclear test, a Soviet Tu-4 bomber drops a 40 kiloton atomic weapon just north of Totskoye village. (14. September 1954)

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

At Massena, New York, the groundbreaking ceremony for the Saint Lawrence Seaway is held. (10. August 1954)

The first issue of Sports Illustrated is published. (16. August 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)

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

Hurricane Edna hits New England as a Category 3 hurricane, causing significant damage and 29 deaths. (11. September 1954)

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

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

Pierre Mendès-France becomes Prime Minister of France. (18. June 1954)

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

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

The People's Liberation Army begins shelling the Republic of China-controlled islands of Quemoy, starting the First Taiwan Strait Crisis. (3. September 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)

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