December 1954

Thursday 02:

Red Scare: The United States Senate votes 65 to 22 to condemn Joseph McCarthy for "conduct that tends to bring the Senate into dishonor and disrepute."

Saturday 11:

The American Nuclear Society is founded

Thursday 23:

The first human organ transplant, of a kidney, was performed by Doctors Murray and Harrison at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston.

Friday 24:

Laos becomes independent