WHAT ALL HAPPENED AUGUST TO DECEMBER 1954
Find out what all happened August to December 1954

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

The Front de Libération Nationale fires the first shots of the Algerian War of Independence. (1. November 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 Humane Society of the United States is founded. (22. November 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)

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

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

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

First successful kidney transplant is performed by J. Hartwell Harrison and Joseph Murray. (23. December 1954)

The Sino-American Mutual Defense Treaty, between the United States and Taiwan, is signed in Washington, D.C.. (2. December 1954)

First ascent of Cho Oyu. (19. October 1954)

In Sylacauga, Alabama, United States, the Hodges Meteorite crashes through a roof and hits a woman taking an afternoon nap in the only documented case of a human being hit by a rock from space. (30. November 1954)

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

The first Godzilla film is released and marks the first appearance of the character of the same name. (3. November 1954)

Cold War: The United States Senate votes 65 to 22 to censure Joseph McCarthy for "conduct that tends to bring the Senate into dishonor and disrepute". (2. December 1954)

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

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

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

Alger Hiss is released from prison after serving 44 months for perjury. (27. November 1954)