The temperature on March 13, 1954 was between 1.3 °C and 6.3 °C and averaged 3.1 °C. There was 4.2 hours of sunshine (36%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
February 28 » The first color television sets using the NTSC standard are offered for sale to the general public.
June 9 » Joseph Welch, special counsel for the United States Army, lashes out at Senator Joseph McCarthy during the Army–McCarthy hearings, giving McCarthy the famous rebuke, "You've done enough. Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency?"
August 10 » At Massena, New York, the groundbreaking ceremony for the Saint Lawrence Seaway is held.
August 24 » The Communist Control Act goes into effect, outlawing the American Communist Party.
September 3 » The People's Liberation Army begins shelling the Republic of China-controlled islands of Quemoy, starting the First Taiwan Strait Crisis.
October 18 » Texas Instruments announces the first transistor radio.
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