Editing 1954 (section)

===December===
{{Main|December 1954}}
* [[December 1]] &ndash; The first [[Hyatt|Hyatt Hotel]], The Hyatt House Los Angeles, opens on the grounds of [[Los Angeles International Airport]]. It is the first hotel in the world built on an airport property.
* [[December 2]]
** [[Second Red Scare|Red Scare]]: The [[United States Senate]] votes 67–22 to censure [[Wisconsin]] [[United States Senator|Senator]] [[Joseph McCarthy]], for "conduct that tends to bring the Senate into dishonor and disrepute."
** The Taiwan-United States Mutual Defense Treaty is signed.<ref>[[s:Mutual Defense Treaty between the United States of America and the Republic of China]]</ref>
* [[December 3]]
** A German court dismisses charges against [[Werner Naumann]], head of the [[Neo-Nazi]] [[Naumann Circle]].
** [[Väinö Linna]]'s war novel ''[[The Unknown Soldier (novel)|The Unknown Soldier]]'' (''Tuntematon sotilas'') is published.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.verkkouutiset.fi/a/eduskunnassa-juhlittiin-70-vuotiasta-tuntematonta-sotilasta/#b0cd81e5|title=Eduskunnassa juhlittiin 70-vuotiasta Tuntematonta sotilasta|trans-title=The 70-year-old 'The Unknown Soldier' was celebrated in the Finnish Parliament|first=Ville|last=Mäkilä|work=Verkkouutiset|date=4 December 2024|access-date=5 December 2024|language=fi}}</ref>
* [[December 4]] &ndash; The first [[Burger King]] opens in [[Miami|Miami, Florida]].
* [[December 15]] &ndash; The [[Netherlands Antilles]] is created out of the Dutch Caribbean nations. It is dissolved between [[1986]] and [[2010]].
* [[December 23]] &ndash; [[J. Hartwell Harrison]] and [[Joseph Murray]] perform the world's first successful [[kidney transplantation]], in [[Boston]], Massachusetts.
* [[December 24]] &ndash; [[Kingdom of Laos|Laos]] gains full independence from France.