WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO JUNE 1954
Find out what all happened February to 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)

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)

The first mass inoculation of children against polio with the Salk vaccine begins in Pittsburgh. (23. February 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)

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

Bill Haley & His Comets release "Rock Around the Clock", the first rock and roll record to reach number one on the Billboard charts. (10. May 1954)

President Dwight Eisenhower warns against United States intervention in Vietnam. (10. February 1954)

Nuclear testing: The Castle Bravo, a 15-megaton hydrogen bomb, is detonated on Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean, resulting in the worst radioactive contamination ever caused by the United States. (1. March 1954)

UEFA (Union of European Football Associations) is formed in Basel, Switzerland. (15. June 1954)

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

The anti-National Service Riots, by Chinese Middle School students in Singapore, take place. (13. May 1954)

The first Church of Scientology is established in Los Angeles, California. (18. February 1954)

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

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

Pope Pius XII canonises Dominic Savio, who was 14 years old at the time of his death, as a saint, making him the youngest non-martyr saint in the Roman Catholic Church. (12. June 1954)

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

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

Frank Selvy becomes the only NCAA Division I basketball player ever to score 100 points in a single game. (13. February 1954)