Editing 1954 (section)

=== March ===
{{Main|March 1954}}
* [[March 1]]
** U.S. officials announce that a [[Thermonuclear weapon|hydrogen bomb]] test ([[Castle Bravo]]) has been conducted, on [[Bikini Atoll]] in the Pacific Ocean.
** [[United States Capitol shooting incident (1954)|U.S. Capitol shooting incident]]: Four [[Puerto Rican independence movement|Puerto Rican nationalists]] open fire in the [[United States House of Representatives]] chamber and wound 5; they are apprehended by security guards.
* [[March 9]] &ndash; American journalists [[Edward R. Murrow]] and [[Fred W. Friendly]] produce a 30-minute ''[[See It Now]]'' documentary, entitled ''[[Joseph McCarthy|A Report on Senator Joseph McCarthy]]''.
* [[March 12]] &ndash; Finland and Germany officially end their state of war.
* [[March 13]] &ndash; [[Việt Minh]] forces under General [[Võ Nguyên Giáp]] began a massive artillery bombardment on the French military, beginning the [[Battle of Dien Bien Phu]], the climactic battle of the [[First Indochina War]].
* [[March 19]] &ndash; [[Joey Giardello]] knocks out Willie Tory at [[Madison Square Garden (1925)|Madison Square Garden]] in the first [[television|televised]] [[boxing]] prize fight to be shown in colour.
* [[March 23]] &ndash; In Vietnam, the [[Viet Minh]] capture the main airstrip of [[Battle of Dien Bien Phu|Dien Bien Phu]]. The remaining French Army units there are partially isolated.
* [[March 25]]
** The [[26th Academy Awards]] Ceremony is held.
** The [[Soviet Union]] recognises the [[sovereignty]] of [[East Germany]]. Soviet troops remain in the country.
* [[March 27]] &ndash; The [[Castle Romeo]] nuclear test explosion is executed at [[Bikini Atoll]], in the [[Marshall Islands]].
* [[March 28]] 
** The trial of [[A. L. Zissu]] and 12 other Zionist leaders ends with harsh sentences in [[Communist Romania]].
** Puerto Rico's first television station, ''[[WKAQ-TV]]'', commences [[broadcasting]].
* [[March 29]] &ndash; A [[Douglas C-47 Skytrain|C-47 transport]] with French nurse [[Geneviève de Galard]] on board is wrecked on the runway at [[Battle of Dien Bien Phu|Dien Bien Phu]].
* [[March 30]] &ndash; The first operational [[Line 1 Yonge–University|subway line]] in Canada opens in [[Toronto subway|Toronto]].