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=== 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]] – 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]] – Finland and Germany officially end their state of war. * [[March 13]] – [[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]] – [[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]] – 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]] – 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]] – 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]] – The first operational [[Line 1 Yonge–University|subway line]] in Canada opens in [[Toronto subway|Toronto]].
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