September 1954

Wednesday 01:

Paul "Bear" Bryant opens his infamous 10-day football mini-camp in Junction, Texas: The Junction Boys.

Friday 03:

The People's Liberation Army begin shelling the ROC-controlled islands of Quemoy

Wednesday 08:

The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) is established.

Thursday 09:

Marilyn Bell swims for 20 hours and 57 minutes under grueling conditions to become the first person to swim across Lake Ontario.

Wednesday 15:

The U.S. Postal Service issues its 2¢ Thomas Jefferson Liberty Series stamp.

Monday 20:

New Zealand's Special Committee on Moral Delinquency in Children and Adolescents reports just ten days after concluding hearings.

Monday 27:

The nationwide debut of Tonight! (The Tonight Show) hosted by Steve Allen on NBC.

Wednesday 29:

The convention establishing CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research) is signed.

Thursday 30:

The U.S. Navy submarine USS Nautilus is commissioned as the world's first nuclear reactor powered vessel.