WHAT ALL HAPPENED JULY TO NOVEMBER 1954
Find out what all happened July to November 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)

Great Britain defeats France to capture the first ever Rugby League World Cup in Paris in front of around 30,000 spectators. (13. November 1954)

The U.S. Navy submarine USS Nautilus is commissioned as the world's first nuclear reactor powered vessel. (30. September 1954)

Texas Instruments announces the first Transistor radio. (18. October 1954)

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

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

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

Japanese rail ferry Toya Maru sinks during a typhoon in the Tsugaru Strait, Japan killing 1,172. (26. September 1954)

First flight of the Boeing 367-80, prototype for both the Boeing 707 and C-135 series. (15. July 1954)

The Communist Control Act goes into effect. The American Communist Party is outlawed. (24. August 1954)

Benjamin O. Davis Jr. becomes the first African-American general in the United States Air Force. (27. October 1954)

U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower dedicates the USMC War Memorial (Iwo Jima memorial) in Arlington National Cemetery. (10. November 1954)

The Front de Libération Nationale fires the first shots of the Algerian War of Independence. (1. November 1954)

First flight of the C-130 Hercules transport aircraft. (23. August 1954)

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

Télé Monte Carlo, Europe's oldest private television channel, is launched by Prince Rainier III. (19. November 1954)

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

Dwight D. Eisenhower pledges United States support to South Vietnam. (24. October 1954)

The BBC broadcasts its first television news bulletin. (5. July 1954)

The first issue of Sports Illustrated is published. (16. August 1954)