WHAT ALL HAPPENED MARCH TO AUGUST 1954
Find out what all happened March to August 1954

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

Pierre Mendès-France becomes Prime Minister of France. (18. June 1954)

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

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

The Constituent Assembly of Pakistan recognises Urdu and Bengali as the national languages of Pakistan. (19. 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)

First Indochina War: Battle of Mang Yang Pass – PAVN troops belonging to the 803rd Regiment ambushes G.M. 100 of France in An Khê. (24. June 1954)

Puerto Rican nationalists attack the United States Capitol building, injuring five Representatives. (1. March 1954)

Closed since 1939, the London bullion market reopens. (22. March 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)

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

McCarthyism: CBS television broadcasts the See It Now episode, "A Report on Senator Joseph McCarthy", produced by Fred Friendly. (9. March 1954)

President Dwight D. Eisenhower authorizes the creation of the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado. (1. April 1954)

The world's first nuclear power station opens in Obninsk, near Moscow. (27. June 1954)

U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs a bill into law that places the words "under God" into the United States Pledge of Allegiance. (14. June 1954)

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

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

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

The BBC broadcasts its first television news bulletin. (5. July 1954)