WHAT ALL HAPPENED APRIL TO DECEMBER 1954
Find out what all happened April to December 1954

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

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

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

Red Scare: Witnesses begin testifying and live television coverage of the Army-McCarthy Hearings begins. (22. April 1954)

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

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

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

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

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

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

Indochina War: The Battle of Dien Bien Phu ends in a French defeat and a Vietnamese victory (the battle began on March 13). (7. May 1954)

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

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

Germany: Otto John, head of West Germany's secret service, defects to East Germany. (20. July 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)

The Charter for the Kingdom of the Netherlands is signed. (15. December 1954)