WHAT ALL HAPPENED JUNE TO SEPTEMBER 1954
Find out what all happened June to September 1954

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

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

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

The nationwide debut of Tonight Starring Steve Allen (The Tonight Show) hosted by Steve Allen on NBC. (27. September 1954)

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

The first issue of Sports Illustrated is published. (16. August 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 Communist Control Act goes into effect. The American Communist Party is outlawed. (24. August 1954)

Radio Pakistan broadcasts the "Qaumī Tarāna", the national anthem of Pakistan for the first time. (13. August 1954)

The U.S. Navy submarine USS Nautilus is commissioned as the world's first nuclear reactor powered vessel. (30. September 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)

The world's first nuclear power station opens in Obninsk, near Moscow. (27. June 1954)

McCarthyism: Joseph Welch, special counsel for the United States Army, lashes out at Senator Joseph McCarthy during hearings on whether Communism has infiltrated the Army giving McCarthy the famous rebuke, "You've done enough. Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency?" (9. June 1954)

First Indochina War: Battle of Mang Yang Pass – PAVN troops belonging to the 803rd Regiment ambushes G.M. 100 of France in An Khê. (24. June 1954)

Getúlio Dornelles Vargas, president of Brazil, commits suicide and is succeeded by João Café Filho. (24. August 1954)

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

First flight of the C-130 Hercules transport aircraft. (23. August 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 BBC broadcasts its first television news bulletin. (5. July 1954)