March 1954

Monday 01:

Puerto Rican nationalists attack the United States Capitol building, injuring five Representatives.

Thursday 04:

Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston announces the first successful kidney transplant.

Tuesday 09:

McCarthyism: CBS television broadcasts the See It Now episode, "A Report on Senator Joseph McCarthy," produced by Edward R. Murrow.

Saturday 13:

Battle of Dien Bien Phu: Viet Minh forces attack the French.

Friday 19:

Joey Giardello knocks out Willie Tory in round seven at Madison Square Garden in the first televised prize boxing fight shown in color.

Monday 22:

Closed since 1939, the London bullion market reopens.

Tuesday 30:

The first subway in Canada opens after five years of construction, in Toronto.