WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO JULY 1954
Find out what all happened January to July 1954

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

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

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

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

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

The National Negro Network is established with 40 charter member radio stations. (20. January 1954)

Canada and the United States agree to construct the Distant Early Warning Line, a system of radar stations in the far northern Arctic regions of Canada and Alaska. (15. February 1954)

McCarthyism: CBS television broadcasts the See It Now episode, "A Report on Senator Joseph McCarthy", produced by Fred Friendly. (9. March 1954)

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

First Indochina War: The Geneva Conference partitions Vietnam into North Vietnam and South Vietnam. (21. July 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)

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)

Red Scare: Witnesses begin testifying and live television coverage of the Army-McCarthy Hearings begins. (22. April 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 Constituent Assembly of Pakistan recognises Urdu and Bengali as the national languages of Pakistan. (19. April 1954)

First of the annual Bilderberg conferences. (29. May 1954)

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

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