What was happening in the US in 1954?

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1954 - What happened in 1954 ?

January 1954Thursday 07:The first public demonstration of a machine translationsystem was held in New York at the head office of IBM. Thursday 14:The Hudson Motor Car Company merges with Nash-Kelvinator forming the American Motors Corporation. Wednesday 20:The National Negro Network is established with 40 charter member radio stations. Thursday 21:The first nuclear-powered submarine, the USS Nautilus, is launched in Groton, Connecticutby Mamie Eisenhower, then the First Lady of the United States.

» January 1954

February 1954Wednesday 10:President Dwight Eisenhower warns against United States intervention in Vietnam. Tuesday 23:The first mass vaccination of children against polio begins in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Thursday 25:Gamal Abdul Nasser is made premier of Egypt.

» February 1954

March 1954Thursday 04:Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston announces the first successful kidney transplant. Tuesday 09:McCarthyism: CBS television broadcasts the See It Now episode, "A Report on Senator Joseph McCarthy," produced by Edward R. Murrow. Friday 19:Joey Giardello knocks out Willie Tory in round seven at Madison Square Garden in the first televised prize boxing fight shown in color. Monday 22:Closed since 1939, the London bullion marketreopens. Tuesday 30:The first subway in Canada opens after five years of construction, in Toronto.

» March 1954

April 1954Thursday 01:President Dwight D. Eisenhower authorizes the creation of the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado. Wednesday 07:U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower gives his "domino theory" speech during a news conference. Monday 12:Bill Haley and His Comets record "Rock Around the Clock" in New York City. Initially unsuccessful, the recording would help launch the Rock and Roll revolution a year later. Thursday 22:Red Scare: Army-McCarthy Hearings begin. Monday 26:The Geneva Conference, an effort to restore peace in Indochina and Korea, begins.

» April 1954

May 1954Wednesday 05:A coup d'état carries General Alfredo Stroessner to power in Paraguay. Thursday 06:Roger Bannister becomes the first person to run the mile in under four minutes. Friday 07:Indochina War: The Battle of Dien Bien Phu ends in a French defeat (the battle began on March 13). Monday 10:Bill Haley and the Comets release "Rock Around the Clock", the first rock and roll record to reach number one on the charts. Monday 17:The United States Supreme Court hands down a unanimous decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas.

» May 1954

June 1954Tuesday 01:The Peanuts comic strip character Linus van Pelt is shown with a security blanket for the first time. http://www.unitedmedia.com/comics/peanuts/meet_the_gang/meet_linus.html Saturday 05:The last new episode of the comic variety program, Your Show of Shows, airs. Tuesday 15:UEFA (the Union des Associations Européennes de Football) is formed in Basle, Switzerland. Friday 18:Pierre Mendès-France becomes Prime Minister of FranceSaturday 19:The animated Bugs Bunny short Devil May Hare debuts in theaters, introducing The Tasmanian Devil.

» June 1954

July 1954Wednesday 07:In Memphis, Tennessee, WHBQ becomes the first radio station to air an Elvis Presley record. Tuesday 20:United States Senator Joseph R. McCarthy accepts the resignation of his aide Roy Cohn. Wednesday 21:First Indochina War: The Geneva Conference partitions Vietnam into North Vietnam and South Vietnam. Thursday 29:The Fellowship of the Ring, the first part of The Lord of the Rings, is published in the UK. Saturday 31:First ascent of K2, by an Italian expedition led by Ardito Desio.

» July 1954

August 1954Tuesday 10:At Massena, New York, the ground breaking ceremony for the St. Lawrence Seaway is held. Monday 16:Sports Illustrated magazine is first published. Tuesday 24:Getúlio Dornelles Vargas, president of Brazil, commit suicide and is succeeded by João Café Filho.

» August 1954

September 1954Friday 03:The People's Liberation Army begin shelling the ROC-controlled islands of QuemoyWednesday 08:The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) is established. Wednesday 15:The U.S. Postal Service issues its 2¢ Thomas Jefferson Liberty Series stamp. Monday 27:The nationwide debut of Tonight! (The Tonight Show)hosted by Steve Allen on NBC. Wednesday 29:The convention establishing CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research) is signed.

» September 1954

October 1954Monday 11:Vietnam War: The Viet Minh take control of North Vietnam. Monday 18:Texas Instruments announces the first Transistor radioTuesday 19:First ascent of Cho OyuWednesday 27:Benjamin O. Davis Jr. becomes the first African-American general in the United States Air Force. Sunday 31:Algerian War of Independence: The Algerian National Liberation Front begins a revolt against French rule.

» October 1954

November 1954Monday 01:The Front de Libération Nationale fires the first shots of the Algerian War of Independence. Wednesday 10:US President Dwight D. Eisenhower dedicates the USMC War Memorial (Iwo Jima memorial) in Arlington National Cemetery. Saturday 13:Great Britain defeated France to capture the first ever Rugby League World Cup in Paris in front of around 30,000 spectators. Friday 19:Sammy Davis, Jr. loses his left eye in an automobile accident in San Bernardino, California. Tuesday 30:In Sylacauga, Alabama, United States, an 8.5 pound sulfide meteorite crashes through a roof and hits a Mrs. Elizabeth Hodges in her living room after bouncing off her radio, giving her a bad bruise, in the only unequivocally known case of a human being hit by a space rock.

» November 1954

December 1954Thursday 02:Red Scare: The United States Senate votes 65 to 22 to condemn Joseph McCarthy for "conduct that tends to bring the Senate into dishonor and disrepute." Saturday 11:The American Nuclear Society is founded Thursday 23:The first human organ transplant, of a kidney, was performed by Doctors Murray and Harrison at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston. Friday 24:Laos becomes independent