WHAT HAPPENED IN 1954.
Look what happened the 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 Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) is established. (8. September 1954)

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

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

The nationwide debut of Tonight Starring Steve Allen (The Tonight Show) hosted by Steve Allen on NBC. (27. September 1954)

The convention establishing CERN (the European Organization for Nuclear Research) is signed. (29. September 1954)

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

First Indochina War: The Viet Minh take control of North Vietnam. (11. October 1954)

Hurricane Hazel devastates the eastern seaboard, killing 95 and causing massive floods as far north as Toronto. As a Category 4 upon landfall, it is the strongest storm on record to strike as far north as North Carolina. (15. October 1954)

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

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

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

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

The Front de Libération Nationale fires the first shots of the Algerian War of Independence. (1. November 1954)

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

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

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

The Humane Society of the United States is founded. (22. November 1954)