March 1954
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The following events occurred in March 1954:
March 1, 1954 (Monday)
- U.S. officials announce that a hydrogen bomb test (Castle Bravo) has been conducted on Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean.
- U.S. Capitol shooting incident: Four Puerto Rican nationalists open fire in the United States House of Representatives chamber and wound five; they are apprehended by security guards.
March 7, 1954 (Sunday)
- Died:
- Otto Diels, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1876)
- Will H. Hays, Namesake for the Hays Code (b. 1879)
March 9, 1954 (Tuesday)
- American journalists Edward R. Murrow and Fred W. Friendly produce a 30-minute See It Now documentary, entitled A Report on Senator Joseph McCarthy.
- Born:Bobby Sands, Irish republican hunger striker (d. 1981)
- Died:Vagn Walfrid Ekman, Swedish oceanographer (b. 1874)
March 12, 1954 (Friday)
- Finland and Germany officially end their state of war.
March 13, 1954 (Saturday)
- French troops begin the battle against the Viet Minh in Dien Bien Phu.
March 19, 1954 (Friday)
- Joey Giardello knocks out Willie Tory at Madison Square Garden, in the first televised boxing prize fight to be shown in color.
March 23, 1954 (Tuesday)
- In Vietnam, the Viet Minh capture the main airstrip of Dien Bien Phu. The remaining French Army units there are partially isolated.
March 25, 1954 (Thursday)
- The 26th Academy Awards ceremony is held.
- RCA manufactures the first color television set (12-inch screen; price: $1,000)
- The Soviet Union recognises the sovereignty of East Germany. Soviet troops remain in the country.
March 26, 1954 (Friday)
- Died:Louis Silvers, American film composer (b. 1889)
March 27, 1954 (Saturday)
- The Castle Romeo nuclear test explosion is executed.
March 28, 1954 (Sunday)
- Puerto Rico's first television station, WKAQ-TV, commences broadcasting.
- Trial of A. L. Zissu and 12 other Zionist leaders ends with harsh sentences in Communist Romania.
March 29, 1954 (Monday)
- A C-47 transport with French nurse Geneviève de Galard on board is wrecked on the runway at Dien Bien Phu.
- Born:Karen Ann Quinlan, American right-to-die cause célèbre (d. 1985)
March 30, 1954 (Tuesday)
- The first operational subway line in Canada opens in Toronto.
- Died:Horatio Dresser, American writer (b. 1866)
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