WHAT ALL HAPPENED JULY TO DECEMBER 1954
Find out what all happened July to December 1954

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

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

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

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

At Massena, New York, the groundbreaking ceremony for the Saint Lawrence Seaway is held. (10. August 1954)

The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) is established. (8. September 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)

The Humane Society of the United States is founded. (22. November 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 German U-Boat U-505 begins its move from a specially constructed dock to its final site at Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry. (3. September 1954)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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