What happened in 1954?

Brown v. Board of Education

Major Events · Topeka, USA

The US Supreme Court rules that racial segregation in public schools is unconstitutional.

Battle of Dien Bien Phu

Wars & Conflicts

The decisive battle of the First Indochina War

Battle of Mang Yang Pass

Wars & Conflicts · Mang Yang

1954 last battle of the First Indochina War

Battle of Semporna

Wars & Conflicts · Semporna

1954 Moro pirate attack in North Borneo

Algerian War

Wars & Conflicts · French Algeria

War between France and the Algerian independence movement from 1954 to 1962

First Taiwan Strait Crisis

Wars & Conflicts · Taiwan Strait

1954–1955 conflict between the Republic of China and the People's Republic of China

Insurgency in Northeast India

Wars & Conflicts · Northeast India

Insurgency

Operation Atlante

Wars & Conflicts · French Indochina

Geneva Conference

Politics & Government

1954 conference took place in Geneva dealt with the aftermath of Korean War and First Indochina War

1954 Guatemalan coup d'état

Politics & Government

Coup d'état in Guatemala

Paris Agreements

Politics & Government

Agreements signed after the London and Paris Conferences in 1954

1954 Syrian coup d'état

Politics & Government · Syria

Coup in Syria that Overthrew Adib Shishakli

1954 Paraguayan coup d'etat

Politics & Government · Asunción

Military overthrow of Federico Chávez

Saar statute

Politics & Government · Paris

1954 territorial settlement between France and West Germany

Coup d'état of Yanaon

Politics & Government · Yanaon

Coup d'état

1954 Taiwan presidential election

Politics & Government · Zhongshan Hall

Memorandum of Understanding Between the Governments of Italy, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the United States of America and Yugoslavia Regarding the Free Territory of Trieste

Politics & Government · London

1954 treaty

Léon Jouhaux died

People · 12th arrondissement of Paris

French trade unionist (1879–1954)

Thành Thái died

People · Ho Chi Minh City

Vietnamese emperor from 1889 to 1907

Alan Turing died

People · Wilmslow

English computer scientist (1912–1954)

Enrico Fermi died

People · Chicago

Italian–American physicist (1901–1954)

Otto Diels died

People · Kiel

German chemist (1876–1954)

Henri Frankfort died

People · London

Dutch near eastern archaeologist and egyptologist (1897-1954)

Mustafa Sabri died

People · Cairo

Turkish theologian with anti-republican views (1869–1954)

Shaqe Çoba died

People · Shkodër

Albanian Feminist

Hermila Galindo died

People · Mexico City

Mexican politician, writer and activist (1896-1954)

Colette died

People · 1st arrondissement of Paris

French novelist (1873–1954)

Maurice Leenhardt died

People · Paris

French pastor and ethnologist (1878–1954)

Herminia Brumana died

People · Buenos Aires

Argentinian writer and journalist (1897-1954)

Lionel Barrymore died

People · Van Nuys

American actor, director, screenwriter (1878–1954)

Pierre de Chambrun died

People · Marvejols

French politician

Charles Lagarde died

People · Pau

French athlete

Étienne Audibert died

People · 16th arrondissement of Paris

French engineer (1888–1954)

Edwin Howard Armstrong died

People · New York City

American electrical engineer and inventor (1890–1954)

Gideon Sundback died

People · Meadville

Swedish-American inventor (1880-1954)

Fritz London died

People · Durham

German-American physicist (1900-1954)

Liberty Hyde Bailey died

People · Ithaca

U.S. botanist (1858-1954)

Theodor Kaluza died

People · Göttingen

Mathematician, physicist and university teacher (1885-1954)

Emil Leon Post died

People · New York City

Polish-born American logician (1897–1954)

David Grandison Fairchild died

People · Coconut Grove

American botanist, mycologist and explorer (1869-1954)

Vladimir Wiese died

People · Saint Petersburg

Russian scientist

Antoni Bolesław Dobrowolski died

People · Warsaw

Polish scientist and explorer who participated in the Belgian Antarctic Expedition (1872-1954)

Alpheus Hyatt Verrill died

People · Chiefland

American writer (1871-1954)

William Franklin Wight died

People · Allegan

American botanist (1874-1954)

Edward Felix Norton died

People · Winchester

British army officer and mountaineer (1884–1954)

Francis Howard Bickerton died

People · Cardigan

British explorer (1889-1954)

Julia Iruretagoiena died

People · Mexico City

Spanish basque politician (1886-1954)

Albertina Paraíso died

People · Lisbon

Portuguese journalist and author, editor

Pauline Rebour died

People · Courbevoie

Teacher, lawyer and feminist

Abderhaman Mami died

People · Tunisia

Tunisian activist and physician

Teodora Męczkowska died

People · Warsaw

Polish activist (1870-1954)

Margaret Skirving Gibb died

People · Glasgow

Scottish suffragette

Mary Emmott died

People · Waterhead

British political activist

Kathryn Johnson died

People · Chicago

American civil rights activist (1878-1954)

Thea von Harbou died

People · West Berlin

German screenwriter (1888–1954)

Gladys George died

People · Los Angeles

American actress (1904–1954)

Clemens Krauss died

People · Mexico City

Austrian conductor and opera impresario (1893 - 1954)

Leonard Eugene Dickson died

People · Harlingen

American mathematician (1874–1954)

Theodore Lyman died

People · Cambridge

American physicist (1874–1954)

Vagn Walfrid Ekman died

People · Stockaryd

Swedish oceanographer

Édouard Le Roy died

People · 6th arrondissement of Paris

French mathematician and philosopher (1870-1954)

Hugo Eckener died

People · Friedrichshafen

Manager of the Luftschiffbau Zeppelin company (1868–1954)

Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs died

People · Sonneberg

German astronomer (1912–1954)

Karl Taylor Compton died

People · New York City

American physicist and university president (1887–1954)

Guy Mairesse died

People · Arpajon

French racing driver

Tadeusz Banachiewicz died

People · Kraków

Polish astronomer, mathematician and geodesist (1882–1954)

Mikimoto Kōkichi died

People · Japan

Japanese businessman (1858–1954)

John Lennard-Jones died

People · Stoke-on-Trent

British scientist (1894-1954)

Vera Gaze died

People · Saint Petersburg

Soviet astronomer

Franz Josef Popp died

People · Stuttgart

Austrian businessman (1886–1954)

Ernest Esclangon died

People · Eyrenville

French astronomer and mathematician (1876–1954)

Auguste Lumière died

People · 7th arrondissement of Lyon

French inventor (1862–1954)

Georg Hamel died

People · Landshut

German mathematician (1877-1954)

Bobby Ball died

People · Phoenix

American racecar driver (1925-1954)

Kōtarō Honda died

People · Tokyo

Japanese physicist and metallurgist (1870-1954)

Otto Kleinschmidt died

People · Lutherstadt Wittenberg

German pastor and ornithologist (1870-1954)

Arthur Wieferich died

People · Meppen

German number theorist (1884–1954)

Jacques E. Brandenberger died

People · Zurich

Swiss chemist, inventor of cellophane (1872–1954)

Bob Scott died

People · Darlington

Racecar driver (1928-1954)

Richard Gans died

People · La Plata

German physicist (1880–1954)

Hugo Dingler died

People · Munich

German philosopher

Dimitrie Pompeiu died

People · Bucharest

Romanian mathematician (1873-1954)

Heinrich Brandt died

People · Halle (Saale)

German mathematician (1886-1954)

György Jendrassik died

People · London

Hungarian physicist and mechanical engineer (1898–1954)

Vladimir V. Kavrayskiy died

People · Saint Petersburg

Cartographer (1884–1954)

Selig Brodetsky died

People · London

Russian-born English mathematician

Walter Grotrian died

People · Potsdam

German astronomer and astrophysicist (1890-1954)

Henry Folland died

People · Nottingham

Aviation pioneer and aircraft designer (1889–1954)

Karl Feucht died

People · Friedrichshafen

German flight mechanic and polar explorer

Arthur de Carle Sowerby died

People · Taiyuan

British explorer and naturalist (1885-1954)

Guelfo Civinini died

People · Rome

Italian poet, writer and journalist (1873-1954)

Harry Pidgeon died

People · Los Angeles

American sailor (1869–1954)

Angus Buchanan died

People · Edinburgh

British explorer, naturalist, photographer and filmmaker (1886-1954)

Walter Dalrymple Maitland Bell died

People · Clifton Hall School

Scottish hunter (1880-1954)

Walter E. Scott died

People · Death Valley

American con man, cowboy, and Wild West prospector (1872–1954)

Leo Wehrli died

People · Zurich

Swiss geologist, teacher and explorer (1870-1954)

Belmore Browne died

People · New York

American painter and illustrator (1880-1954)

Theodore A. Morde died

People · Dartmouth

American ethnologist (1911–1954)

Agatha Harrison died

People · Geneva

English industrial welfare reformer and unofficial diplomat

Oscar Straus died

People

Viennese composer (1870-1954)

Sydney Greenstreet died

People · Hollywood

British-American actor (1879-1954)

Eugene Pallette died

People · Los Angeles

American actor (1889–1954)

Reinhold Schünzel died

People · Munich

Actor and director (1888-1954)

Irving Pichel died

People · Hollywood

Actor, film director (1891-1954)

Theodor Loos died

People · Stuttgart

German actor (1883-1954)

Lidiia Seifullina died

People · Moscow

Russian writer (1889-1954)

François Hollande born

People · Rouen

Born in Rouen. President of France from 2012 to 2017 (born 1954).

Hugo Chávez born

People · Sabaneta

Born in Sabaneta. Venezuelan politician, 56th president of Venezuela (1954–2013).

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan born

People · Istanbul

Born in Istanbul. President of Turkey since 2014.

Shinzō Abe born

People · Shinjuku

Born in Shinjuku. Prime Minister of Japan from 2006–2007 and 2012–2020 (1954–2022).

Alexander Lukashenka born

People · Kopyś

Born in Kopyś. President of the Republic of Belarus.

Oprah Winfrey born

People · Kosciusko

Born in Kosciusko. American talk show host, actress, producer, and author (born 1954).

James Cameron born

People · Kapuskasing

Born in Kapuskasing. Canadian filmmaker (born 1954).

John Travolta born

People · Englewood

Born in Englewood. American actor (born 1954).

Kazuo Ishiguro born

People · Nagasaki

Born in Nagasaki. British novelist (born 1954).

Condoleezza Rice born

People · Birmingham

Born in Birmingham. American diplomat and political scientist (born 1954).

Viktor Yushchenko born

People · Choruživka

Born in Choruživka. 3rd President of Ukraine.

Abdel Fattah el-Sisi born

People · Cairo

Born in Cairo. President of Egypt since 2014.

Serzh Sargsyan born

People · Khankendi

Born in Khankendi. Armenian politician, 3rd President of Armenia.

Jean-Claude Juncker born

People · Redange sur Attert

Born in Redange sur Attert. Prime Minister of Luxembourg (1995-2013) and President of the European Commission (2014-2019).

Masoud Pezeshkian born

People · Mahabad

Born in Mahabad. 9th President of Iran (2024-) and former Co-Interim Supreme Leader of Iran (in 2026).

Paolo Gentiloni born

People · Rome

Born in Rome. Italian politician (born 1954).

François Fillon born

People · Le Mans

Born in Le Mans. Prime minister of France (2007-2012).

Ang Lee born

People · Chaojhou Township

Born in Chaojhou Township. Taiwanese film director, screenwriter and producer (born 1954).

Aleksander Kwaśniewski born

People · Białogard

Born in Białogard. President of Poland from 1995 to 2005.

Malcolm Turnbull born

People · Sydney

Born in Sydney. Prime Minister of Australia from 2015 to 2018.

Michael Moore born

People · Flint

Born in Flint. American filmmaker and author (born 1954).

Halimah Yacob born

People · Singapore

Born in Singapore. 8th President of Singapore.

Robert Kocharyan born

People · Khankendi

Born in Khankendi. Former leader of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic and Armenia.

Filip Vujanović born

People · Belgrade

Born in Belgrade. Montenegrin politician.

László Krasznahorkai born

People · Gyula

Born in Gyula. Hungarian novelist and screenwriter.

Andrej Babiš born

People · Bratislava

Born in Bratislava. Czech politician and businessman, Prime Minister of the Czech Republic.

Stieg Larsson born

People · Skelleftehamn

Born in Skelleftehamn. Swedish author (1954–2004).

Alex Salmond born

People · Linlithgow

Born in Linlithgow. Alba Party leader and First Minister of Scotland 2007–2014 (1954–2024).

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala born

People · Ogwashi-Uku

Born in Ogwashi-Uku. Director-General of the World Trade Organization.

João Lourenço born

People · Lobito

Born in Lobito. President of Angola since 2017.

Steven Pinker born

People · Montreal

Born in Montreal. Canadian-American cognitive psychologist, linguist, and author, an advocate of evolutionary psychology and the computational theory of the mind.

Jeffrey Sachs born

People · Detroit

Born in Detroit. American economist (born 1954).

Sonia Sotomayor born

People · The Bronx

Born in The Bronx. US Supreme Court justice since 2009.

Prayut Chanocha born

People · Mueang Nakhon Ratchasima

Born in Mueang Nakhon Ratchasima. Prime Minister of Thailand from 2014 to 2023.

Rekhā born

People · Chennai

Born in Chennai. Indian actress.

Pushpa Kamal Dahal born

People · Dhikur Pokhari

Born in Dhikur Pokhari. Nepalese politician and former prime minister.

Iain Banks born

People · Dunfermline

Born in Dunfermline. Scottish writer (1954–2013).

Nguyễn Xuân Phúc born

People · Quế Sơn

Born in Quế Sơn. Former President of Vietnam.

Anthony Minghella born

People · Ryde

Born in Ryde. British film director, playwright and screenwriter (1954-2008).

Dieter Bohlen born

People · Berne

Born in Berne. German songwriter, producer, singer, and television personality.

Andrei Karlov born

People · Moscow

Born in Moscow. Soviet and Russian diplomat.

Ilan Ramon born

People · Ramat Gan

Born in Ramat Gan. Israeli fighter pilot and later the first Israeli astronaut.

Mango born

People · Lagonegro

Born in Lagonegro. Italian singer-songwriter (1954–2014).

Velupillai Prabhakaran born

People · Valvettithurai

Born in Valvettithurai. Founder of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, a militant organization in Sri Lanka (1954-2009).

Vojislav Šešelj born

People · Sarajevo

Born in Sarajevo. Serbian politician (born 1954).

Frank Bainimarama born

People · Tailevu

Born in Tailevu. Prime Minister of Fiji from 2007 to 2022 (born 1954).

Abdul Rashid Dostum born

People · Jowzjan Province

Born in Jowzjan Province. Afghan politician.

Michael Shermer born

People · Glendale

Born in Glendale. American science writer.

Louise Erdrich born

People · Little Falls

Born in Little Falls. American-Ojibwe poet, novelist, and children's writer (born 1954).

Neil Tennant born

People · North Shields

Born in North Shields. English musician.

Cherie Blair born

People · Bury

Born in Bury. British barrister and wife of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair (born 1954).

Ilan Pappé born

People · Haifa

Born in Haifa. Israeli-British historian (born 1954).

Danial Ahmetov born

People · Pavlodar

Born in Pavlodar. Kazakh politician.

Kader Abdolah born

People · Arak

Born in Arak. Iranian-Dutch columnist, poet, writer.

Sandra Cisneros born

People · Chicago

Born in Chicago. American writer and poet (born 1954).

Milan Martić born

People · Žagrović

Born in Žagrović. Croatian Serb politician (born 1954).

Jan Theuninck born

People · Zonnebeke

Born in Zonnebeke. Painter, poet (born 1954).

Alan Hollinghurst born

People · Stroud

Born in Stroud. English writer, translator and poet.

Ruslan Aushev born

People · Saumalköl

Born in Saumalköl. Russian politician and general (born 1954).

Kwame Anthony Appiah born

People · Greater London

Born in Greater London. British-American philosopher and writer.

Philippa Gregory born

People · Nairobi

Born in Nairobi. English novelist.

Gary L. Francione born

People · New York

Born in New York. American legal scholar.

Gabi Ashkenazi born

People · Hagor

Born in Hagor. Israeli military officer and politician.

Jerry Mateparae born

People · Whanganui

Born in Whanganui. Governor-General of New Zealand.

Cass Sunstein born

People · Concord

Born in Concord. American legal scholar, writer, blogger (b. 1954).

Omer Bartov born

People · Ein HaHoresh

Born in Ein HaHoresh. Israeli-American historian (1954-).

Wei Fenghe born

People · Chiping District

Born in Chiping District. 12th Minister of National Defense of the People's Republic of Cjhina.

João Carlos de Oliveira born

People · Pindamonhangaba

Born in Pindamonhangaba. Athletics competitor (1954-1999).

Tanella Boni born

People · Abidjan

Born in Abidjan. Ivorian writer and academic.

Christoph Ransmayr born

People · Wels

Born in Wels. Austrian writer (born 1954).

Jeffrey Ashby born

People · Dallas

Born in Dallas. American astronaut.

Kevin P. Chilton born

People · Los Angeles

Born in Los Angeles. United States general and astronaut.

Heiner Koch born

People · Düsseldorf

Born in Düsseldorf. German archbishop, theologian and writer.

Raymond T. Odierno born

People · Rockaway Township

Born in Rockaway Township. US Army general (1954–2021).

James F. Reilly born

People · Mountain Home Air Force Base

Born in Mountain Home Air Force Base. American astronaut.

Rahim Ademi born

People · Vushtrri

Born in Vushtrri. Army general.

Henry Rousso born

People · Cairo

Born in Cairo. French historian.

Georges Fenech born

People · Sousse

Born in Sousse. French politician and magistrate.

Mariano Araneta born

People · Barotac Nuevo

Born in Barotac Nuevo. Filipino sports official.

Mustapha Berraf born

People · Algiers

Born in Algiers. Algerian sports official and executive.

Ednaldo Rodrigues born

People · Vitória da Conquista

Born in Vitória da Conquista. Brazilian sports executive (born 1954).

University of Gothenburg

Science & Technology · Gothenburg

University in Gothenburg, Sweden

Airlangga University

Science & Technology · Surabaya

National university in East Java, Indonesia

Hankuk University of Foreign Studies

Science & Technology

Private university in South Korea

University of Kinshasa

Science & Technology

Public university in Kinshasa, DRC

Obninsk Nuclear Power Plant

Science & Technology · Obninsk

First in the world reactor electricity

Austral University of Chile

Science & Technology

Chilean university

University of Liepāja

Science & Technology

University in Latvia

Communication University of China

Science & Technology

University in Beijing

Indonesia University of Education

Science & Technology

National university in West Java, Indonesia

Totskoye nuclear exercise

Science & Technology · Totsky shooting range

1954 soviet nuclear bombing test

Capital Normal University

Science & Technology

University in Beijing, China

Castle Romeo

Science & Technology · Bikini Atoll

1954 codename for one of the first thermonuclear bomb tests

Universidade Federal do Ceará

Science & Technology

Federal university with campuses in the cities of Fortaleza, Sobral, Barbalha, Russas, Quixadá and Crateús, in the state of Ceará, Brazil

Federal University of Espírito Santo

Science & Technology

Brazilian public university in Vitória, state of Espírito Santo, Brazil

Jerusalem Botanical Gardens

Science & Technology

Botanical garden in the Giv'at Ram Campus of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Tallinn Observatory

Science & Technology

Observatory in Tallinn, Estonia

Wheeling University

Science & Technology

University in West Virginia

Sri Venkateswara University

Science & Technology

State public university in Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh, India

Astronomical Institute of Czech Academy of Sciences

Science & Technology

Czech research institute

Haramaya University

Science & Technology

University in Ethiopia

Altai State Medical University

Science & Technology

Public university in Barnaul, Altai Krai, Russia

Takoradi Technical University

Science & Technology · Sekondi-Takoradi

Technical university in Ghana

Konrad Wolf Film University of Babelsberg

Science & Technology

Film school in Potsdam, Germany

Tver State Medical Academy

Science & Technology

Belgorod State Technological University

Science & Technology · Belgorod

Academic publisher

Kaohsiung Medical University

Science & Technology

University in Taiwan

Kyrgyz Technical University

Science & Technology

University in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

Les Roches International School of Hotel Management

Science & Technology · Crans-Montana

Private hospitality school

Sir Ganga Ram Hospital

Science & Technology

Hospital in India

Montreal Heart Institute

Science & Technology

Hospital in Canada

Andromeda Botanic Gardens

Science & Technology

Botanical garden in St Joseph, Barbados

University of Gondar

Science & Technology

University in Ethiopia

National University

Science & Technology

Indonesian university in Jakarta

Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences

Science & Technology

Aryabhatta research institute of observational sciences is an government institute for research and development in the field of space science

Texas Children's Hospital

Science & Technology

Hospital in Texas, United States

University of Medicine, Mandalay

Science & Technology

Educational facility in Myanmar

Belarusian State Agrarian Technical University

Science & Technology · Minsk

Public university in Minsk, Belarus

Walter Eucken Institut

Science & Technology

Liberal think tank

Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital

Science & Technology · Kumasi

Hospital in Ghana

Nairobi Hospital

Science & Technology

Hospital in Kenya

Tema General Hospital

Science & Technology · Tema

Ghanaian Hospital

Central Finland Central Hospital

Science & Technology · Kukkumäki

Hospital in Jyväskylä, Finland

Assunta Hospital

Science & Technology

Hospital in Malaysia

Ampara Hospital

Science & Technology

Hospital in Sri Lanka

Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine

Science & Technology

Academic publisher

Institute for the History of Science, Polish Academy of Sciences

Science & Technology

Volgograd Planetarium

Science & Technology

Planetarium in Tsentralny District, Russia

RDS-9

Science & Technology · Semipalatinsk Test Site

1954 nuclear bomb

Central Colleges of the Philippines

Science & Technology

Private educational institution

Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine

Science & Technology

University in China

Kameda College of Health Sciences

Science & Technology

Education organization in Yokosuka, Japan

Kumamoto Gakuen University

Science & Technology

Higher education institution in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan

ATOMKI

Science & Technology

Hungarian research institute in Debrecen

Rega Institute for Medical Research

Science & Technology

Research institute in Belgium

Shirley Ryan AbilityLab

Science & Technology

Hospital in Illinois, United States

Hôpital Albert-Chenevier

Science & Technology · Créteil

Hospital in France

Central Police Hospital

Science & Technology

Hospital in Bangladesh

University of New Mexico Hospital

Science & Technology

Teaching hospital in Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States

Institut Charles Sadron

Science & Technology

French research institute in Strasbourg

Franciscan Centre for Oriental Christian Studies

Science & Technology

Research center in Cairo

Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences

Science & Technology

Science academy

Christian Hospital, Bissam Cuttack

Science & Technology

Hospital in Odisha, India

Hospital Álvarez Buylla

Science & Technology

Hospital in Spain

Alexandra Hospital

Science & Technology · Athens

Healthcare organization in Athens, Greece

South Mountain Botanical Garden

Science & Technology

Botanical garden in Chongqing, China

Padang State University

Science & Technology

National university in West Sumatera, Indonesia

Woosong University

Science & Technology

University in Daejeon, South Korea

Nommensen HKBP University

Science & Technology

University in North Sumatera, Indonesia

University of California, Riverside

Science & Technology

Public research university in Riverside, California, United States

Shiraz University

Science & Technology

University in Iran

University of New England

Science & Technology

Australian public university

University of Rajshahi

Science & Technology

Public University in Bangladesh

Inha University

Science & Technology

University in Incheon, South Korea

Somali National University

Science & Technology

National university in Mogadishu

University of Alaska Anchorage

Science & Technology

University in Anchorage, Alaska, United States

I. L. Caragiale National University of Theatre and Film

Science & Technology

University in Bucharest, Romania

National Defence Academy

Science & Technology

Defence training institute of Indian armed forces

State University of Malang

Science & Technology

National university in East Java, Indonesia

Chukyo University

Science & Technology

Private university in Japan

Czech Hydrometeorological Institute

Science & Technology

Czech meteorological organization

Kumasi Technical University

Science & Technology

Public tertiary institution in Ghana

Max Planck Institute for Biology Tübingen

Science & Technology

National Kaohsiung Normal University

Science & Technology

University in Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Defence Services Academy

Science & Technology

Military academy in Myanmar

Singapore Polytechnic

Science & Technology

Post-secondary academic institution in Singapore

Fukuoka Institute of Technology

Science & Technology

Higher education institution in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan

Max Planck Institute for Behavioral Physiology

Science & Technology

Rottenburg University of Applied Forest Sciences

Science & Technology

Higher education institution in Rottenburg am Neckar, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Kyoto Municipal Junior College of Nursing

Science & Technology

Keimyung University

Science & Technology

Private university in South Korea

Adyar Cancer Institute

Science & Technology

Non-profit cancer hospital in Chennai, India

Calvin University

Science & Technology

Presbyterian-affiliated university in South Korea

Tokyo Zokei University

Science & Technology

Private university in Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan

Holy Family University

Science & Technology

University in Philadelphia

Mokwon University

Science & Technology

Private university in Daejeon, South Korea

Khufu ship

Exploration & Discovery

Intact vessel from Ancient Egypt

Ochtinská Aragonite Cave

Exploration & Discovery

Cave in Slovakia

Sylacauga meteorite

Exploration & Discovery

Meteorite which broke into pieces over Alabama, one of which hit Ann Elizabeth Fowler Hodges

London Mithraeum

Exploration & Discovery · London

Mithraeum discovered at Walbrook, London, United Kingdom

Yinan tombs

Exploration & Discovery

Cemetery

Nakadomari

Exploration & Discovery

Archaeological site in Onna, Japan

Zarnitsa diamond mine

Exploration & Discovery

Russian diamond mine

Santo Tomás Cave

Exploration & Discovery · Sierra de los Órganos

Cave

Okyōzuka Site

Exploration & Discovery

Archaeological site in Nonoichi, Japan

Hypogeum of via Dino Compagni

Exploration & Discovery

Catacomb in Rome, Italy

Chatham Islands Expedition 1954

Exploration & Discovery · Chatham Islands

Research expedition to the Chatham Islands in 1954

Omar Ali Saifuddien Mosque

Religion & Belief Systems

Architectural structure

St. John's Cathedral

Religion & Belief Systems

Cathedral near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart

Religion & Belief Systems

Cathedral in Newark, New Jersey

Mosque of El Hafsia

Religion & Belief Systems

Mosque in Tunis, Tunisia

Santa Maria Regina degli Apostoli alla Montagnola

Religion & Belief Systems · Ostiense

Church

Catedral de Santa Clara de Asis

Religion & Belief Systems

Church in Santa Clara, Cuba

Levent Mosque

Religion & Belief Systems · Levent

Mosque in İstanbul, Turkey

Saint Joseph Cathedral

Religion & Belief Systems

Building in Mali

St. Mariä Himmelfahrt

Religion & Belief Systems

Church building in Mettingen-Schlickelde

Basilica of Sainte-Thérèse, Lisieux

Religion & Belief Systems

Basilica located in Calvados, in France

St. Francis of Assisi Cathedral

Religion & Belief Systems

Cathedral in Laayoune, Western Sahara

Cathedral of Mary Our Queen

Religion & Belief Systems

Church in Maryland, United States

Antipolo Cathedral

Religion & Belief Systems

Roman Catholic cathedral located in Antipolo, Philippines

Huelva Cathedral

Religion & Belief Systems

Roman Catholic church in Andalusia, Spain

Santo Domingo Church

Religion & Belief Systems

Roman Catholic parish church and national shrine in Quezon City, Philippines

Munkkiniemi Church

Religion & Belief Systems · Vanha Munkkiniemi

Lutheran church building in Helsinki, Finland

St. Anthony's church

Religion & Belief Systems

Church building in Wettingen in the canton of Aargau, Switzerland

church of Our Lady of the Poors

Religion & Belief Systems

Parish church in Milan

Evangelical Church Winning All

Religion & Belief Systems

Church in Nigeria

Santa Barbara church

Religion & Belief Systems

Church in San Donato Milanese

Iglesia de San Pedro, Visiedo

Religion & Belief Systems

Vesterø Havnekirke

Religion & Belief Systems · Vesterø Havn

Church building in Læsø Municipality, Denmark

Hermitage of the Virgen de las Nieves, Irati

Religion & Belief Systems

Yuli Wugu Temple

Religion & Belief Systems

God of "Wu-Gu" (Agriculture) Temple, Yuli Township, Hualien County, TAIWAN

Orthodox Klooster van de Heilige Johannes de Voorloper, The Hague

Religion & Belief Systems · The Hague

Monastery in The Hague, Netherlands

Village church Nonnendorf

Religion & Belief Systems · Nonnendorf

Church building in Niederer Fläming, Teltow-Fläming district, Brandenburg state, Germany

St. Mark's Cathedral

Religion & Belief Systems

Church in Louisiana, United States

Kruiskapel

Religion & Belief Systems · Schinnen

Chapel in Schinnen, Netherlands

Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-van-Lourdeskapel

Religion & Belief Systems · Liezele

Chapel in Liezele, Belgium

Antonius and Rosalia

Religion & Belief Systems · Oude Noorden

Former church building in Rotterdam, the Netherlands

Grave of Perazzo

Religion & Belief Systems · Certosa di Bologna

Tomb in Certosa di Bologna, Italy, Hospital Field

Crossway Baptist Church

Religion & Belief Systems

Church in Australia, Australia

Skyline Church

Religion & Belief Systems

church in California, United States

Chapelle Notre-Dame de La Mongie

Religion & Belief Systems

Chapel located in Hautes-Pyrénées, in France

Herz-Jesu

Religion & Belief Systems

Church building in Herzogenbuchsee, Switzerland

Maria Königin

Religion & Belief Systems

Parish church building in Langenthal in the canton of Bern, Switzerland

Church Brother Klaus Bern

Religion & Belief Systems · Schosshalde

Building of a Roman Catholic parish church in the city of Bern, Switzerland

Church of St Mary and St Joseph

Religion & Belief Systems · Poplar

Catholic church in Poplar, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, England, UK

SYM

Economy & Trade · Hsinchu City

Motorcycle company

Air Calédonie

Economy & Trade · Nouméa Magenta Airport

Airline from New Caledonia

Tokuma Shoten

Economy & Trade · Kami-Ōsaki

Japanese publisher

Zam Zam Cola

Economy & Trade

Company

Icom Incorporated

Economy & Trade · Osaka

Japanese manufacturer of radio transmitting and receiving equipment, founded in 1954

Colnago

Economy & Trade · Cambiago

Italian high-end bicycle company

The International Exhibition of Navigation

Economy & Trade · Naples

Krka

Economy & Trade · Novo Mesto

Pharmaceutical company from Slovenia

Kadokawa Key-Process

Economy & Trade · Chiyoda

Japanese company

MZKT

Economy & Trade · Minsk

Company

Bharat Electronics

Economy & Trade · Bengaluru

Business enterprise

APA Corporation

Economy & Trade · Houston

Holding company for Apache Corporation, an American company engaged in hydrocarbon exploration.

Universal Robina

Economy & Trade · Ortigas Center

Filipino food and beverage company

VakıfBank

Economy & Trade · Istanbul

Turkish public sector bank

Mitsumi

Economy & Trade · Tokyo

Japanese manufacturer of consumer electronic components

Mabuchi Motor

Economy & Trade · Matsudo

Company

Advantest

Economy & Trade · Chiyoda

Japanese integrated circuit testing equipment manufacturer

PR Newswire

Economy & Trade · Manhattan

American distributor of press releases

Straumann

Economy & Trade · Basel

Company

Saputo

Economy & Trade · Montreal

Canadian dairy company

Korea Development Bank

Economy & Trade · Seoul

South Korean state-owned enterprise

Oil Refineries Ltd.

Economy & Trade · Haifa

Oil refining company located in Haifa Bay, Israel

Japan Racing Association

Economy & Trade · Nishi-Shinbashi

Horse racing organization in Japan

Relais & Châteaux

Economy & Trade · Paris

Restaurant and hotel association

Turkish Petroleum Corporation

Economy & Trade · Ankara

Turkish national oil company

Atlantic Treaty Association

Economy & Trade · Brussels

International organization

Santos

Economy & Trade · Adelaide

Company

Riva Group

Economy & Trade · Milan

Italian steel company

Thomann

Economy & Trade · Burgebrach

German-based, Europe-centric retailer of musical instruments, studio, lighting, and pro-audio equipment

Williams International

Economy & Trade · Commerce Township

American manufacturer of small gas turbine engines

Lindex

Economy & Trade · Gothenburg

Swedish-Finnish clothing store chain

Vedanta Limited

Economy & Trade · Goa

Company

Cerwin-Vega

Economy & Trade · Chatsworth

Audio components manufacturing company

1954 Chlef earthquake

Disasters & Pandemics

Earthquake of the coast of Algeria

1954 Adelaide earthquake

Disasters & Pandemics

Earthquake affecting Adelaide, South Australia

1954 Sofades earthquake

Disasters & Pandemics

Earthquake struck in Greece in 1954

Ma'ale Akrabim massacre

Disasters & Pandemics · Ma'ale Akrabbim

1954 attack on Israeli civilians by Arab fedayeen

Parker-Hulme murder case

Disasters & Pandemics · Christchurch

New Zealand murder case

Toussaint Rouge

Disasters & Pandemics · French Algeria

A series of terror attacks committed by Algerian separatists

Dachstein hiking disaster

Disasters & Pandemics · Dachstein

1954 hiking deaths in Austria

attempted assassination of Gamal Abdel Nasser

Disasters & Pandemics · Alexandria

Kengir uprising

Social Movements & Revolutions · Kengir

Gulag prisoner revolt

Niedersachsenstadion

Architecture & Engineering

Football stadium in Hannover

Stade Olympique de la Pontaise

Architecture & Engineering · Lausanne

Stadium

Estádio da Luz (1954)

Architecture & Engineering

Former S.L. Benfica football stadium in Lisbon, Portugal

Estadio Romano

Architecture & Engineering · Mérida

Stadium

Vadsø Church

Architecture & Engineering · Vadsø

Church in Vadsø, Norway

Chi Lang Stadium

Architecture & Engineering

Stadium in Vietnam

Pulaski Bridge

Architecture & Engineering

Bridge between Brooklyn and Queens, New York City, USA

Shaanxi Province Stadium

Architecture & Engineering

Building in Shaanxi Province Stadium, China

1 November 1954 Stadium

Architecture & Engineering

Stadium in Algeria

Munayshy Stadium

Architecture & Engineering · Atyrau

Stadium

Gelora 10 November Stadium

Architecture & Engineering · Tambaksari

Football stadium in Indonesia

San Pedro

Architecture & Engineering

Church in La Felguera, Asturias, Spain

Saint Pius X Church

Architecture & Engineering · Todoque

Church in Todoque, island of La Palma, Canary Islands (Spain), destroyed by lava flow from Cumbre Vieja

Shielfield Park

Architecture & Engineering · Berwick-upon-Tweed

Stadium

Stadium Myjava

Architecture & Engineering

Football stadium in Myjava, Slovakia

Akhisar Şehir Stadium

Architecture & Engineering

Stadium

Noorderkerk

Architecture & Engineering · Rijssen

Church in Rijssen, Netherlands

Follafoss Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Trøndelag, Norway

Basilica of Omni-mediatress of All Glories

Architecture & Engineering

Church in central Poland

Chernomorets Stadium

Architecture & Engineering

Stadium in Burgas, Bulgaria

Øksfjord Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Loppa, Norway

Estadio Mariano Melgar

Architecture & Engineering

Stadium in Peru

Église Notre-Dame de Fatima (Paris)

Architecture & Engineering

Church located in Paris, in France

Ptuj City Stadium

Architecture & Engineering

Multi-use stadium in Ptuj, Slovenia

Duomo di San Nicolò, Argenta

Architecture & Engineering

Building in Argenta, Italy

Saint-Arsène Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Quebec, Canada

Cathedral of Praise

Architecture & Engineering

Megachurch in Manila, Philippines

Hang Tuah Stadium

Architecture & Engineering · Malacca

Stadium in Malacca, Malaysia

St. Peter's Lutheran Church, Ottawa

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Ontario, Canada

Hands Oval

Architecture & Engineering

Sports stadium in South Bunbury, Western Australia

First Presbyterian Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church in California, USA

Estádio Marques da Silva

Architecture & Engineering · Ovar

Building in Ovar, Aveiro District, Portugal

Waione Street Bridge

Architecture & Engineering

Bridge over the Hutt River in New Zealand

New York Avenue Bridge

Architecture & Engineering

Bridge crossing over the Anacostia River in Washington, D.C.

St Mary's Church, Hampden Park, Eastbourne

Architecture & Engineering · Hampden Park

Grade II listed church in Eastbourne, East Sussex, England, UK

Bugti Stadium

Architecture & Engineering · Quetta

Cricket stadium

Sacred Heart Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Phoenix, Arizona

Stade Leon Mahé

Architecture & Engineering · Saint-Pierre

Fran Rish Stadium

Architecture & Engineering

Track stadium in Richland, Washington

Wannian Temple

Architecture & Engineering

Building in Wannian Temple, China

Marine Corps War Memorial

Architecture & Engineering · Arlington Ridge Park

Monument consisting of a large sculptural group on a circular base in Arlington, Virginia, United States

Monument to the Soviet Army

Architecture & Engineering

Monument located in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria

Statue of Yuriy Dolgorukiy, Moscow

Architecture & Engineering

Equestrian statue in Moscow, Russia

Rio Grande do Sul Museum of Art

Architecture & Engineering

Historical heritage listed by the Institute of Historical and Artistic Heritage of the State of Rio Grande do Sul in the city of Porto Alegre

Victory Monument, Minsk

Architecture & Engineering · Tsentralny District

Fischbrunnen

Architecture & Engineering · Marienplatz

Water well in Munich

Statue of Lenin in Yalta

Architecture & Engineering

Statue, monument in Yalta, Crimea

Friendship of Peoples Fountain

Architecture & Engineering

Fountain in Moscow

The Stone Flower Fountain

Architecture & Engineering

Fountain at the VDNKh in Moscow

El Alamein Italian Military Memorial

Architecture & Engineering

Building in Egypt

Cemetery of the liberators of Belgrade in 1944.

Architecture & Engineering · Belgrade

Memorial cemetery and immovable cultural property in the city municipality of Palilula, Serbia

Zolotoy Kolos Fountain

Architecture & Engineering

Outokumpu Orthodox Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Outokumpu, Finland

Varkaus Water Tower

Architecture & Engineering

High-rise building in Varkaus, Finland

Dinamo Stadium, Volgograd

Architecture & Engineering

Stadium in Tsentralny District, Russia

Monument to Bohdan Khmelnytsky in Donetsk

Architecture & Engineering

Monument in Donetsk

Statue of Metallurgist Anosov, Zlatoust

Architecture & Engineering

Statue

Monument to Mykola Shchors in Kyiv

Architecture & Engineering

Equestrian statue in Ukraine

Lenin on Freedom Sq., Kazan

Architecture & Engineering

British Medical Association War Memorial

Architecture & Engineering

War memorial in London

Dutch memorial cemetery Lübeck

Architecture & Engineering

Memorial cemetery in Lübeck, Germany

Church of San Miguel, Pamplona

Architecture & Engineering · Segundo Ensanche

Church building in Pamplona, Spain

Sydney Film Festival

Sports & Entertainment · Sydney

Annual film festival held in Sydney, Australia

Mar del Plata Film Festival

Sports & Entertainment · Mar del Plata

Annual film festival in Mar del Plata, Argentina

1954 Cannes Film Festival

Sports & Entertainment · Cannes

Film festival edition

Pula Film Festival

Sports & Entertainment · Pula

Annual film festival held in Pula, Croatia (1954–)

Asia Pacific Film Festival

Sports & Entertainment · Asia

Film festival

Oberhausen International Short Film Festival

Sports & Entertainment · Oberhausen

Annual film festival held in Oberhausen, Germany

4th Berlin International Film Festival

Sports & Entertainment · Berlin

1954 film festival edition

15th Venice International Film Festival

Sports & Entertainment · Venice

1954 film festival edition

Bliss Institute

Sports & Entertainment

Geographical object

Sanremo Music Festival 1954

Sports & Entertainment · Sanremo Casino

Festival edition

1954 San Sebastián International Film Festival

Sports & Entertainment · Victoria Eugenia Theater

1954 film festival edition

Story Land

Sports & Entertainment · Glen

Theme park in Glen, New Hampshire, United States

Festival International du Film Maritime, exploration et l'environnement

Sports & Entertainment · Toulon

Three Peaks Race

Sports & Entertainment

Fell race over those three peaks

Szigligeti Theatre

Sports & Entertainment

Theatre in Szolnok, Hungary

Academy of Arts (Hanseatenweg)

Sports & Entertainment · Hansa quarter

Ensemble of buildings in Berlin-Hansaviertel, Germany

Teatro Maria Della Costa

Sports & Entertainment

Theater in São Paulo, Brazil

Théatre Lepic

Sports & Entertainment

Theatre in Paris, France

Gradsko kazalište Trešnja

Sports & Entertainment · Pongračevo

Croatian theater

Moscow State Estrade Theatre

Sports & Entertainment

Theatre in Moscow, Russia

Sailor's Club (Sevastopol)

Sports & Entertainment

Theatre building, building in Sevastopol, Russia

Teatro Canout

Sports & Entertainment

Theatre in Lima, Peru

1954 Asian Games

Sports & Entertainment · Manila

Second edition of the Asian Games

Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival

Sports & Entertainment

Global event for people working in creative communications, advertising and related fields

1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games

Sports & Entertainment · Vancouver

Multi-sport event in Vancouver, Canada

Macau Grand Prix

Sports & Entertainment · Guia Circuit

Annual automobile and motorcycle race in Macau

Battle of Berne

Sports & Entertainment · Wankdorf Stadium

1954 FIFA World Cup Match

Austria v Switzerland (1954)

Sports & Entertainment · Stade Olympique de la Pontaise

1954 FIFA World Cup Match

basketball at the 1954 Asian Games

Sports & Entertainment · Rizal Memorial Coliseum

1954 World Figure Skating Championships

Sports & Entertainment · Oslo

Figure skating competition

1954 European Figure Skating Championships

Sports & Entertainment · Bolzano

Figure skating competition

1954 Professional Matchplay Championship

Sports & Entertainment · Manchester

Snooker tournament

athletics at the 1954 Asian Games

Sports & Entertainment · Manila

Athletics competition

1954 Copa del Generalísimo Final

Sports & Entertainment · Bernabéu

Football match

1954 DFB-Pokal Final

Sports & Entertainment · Südweststadion

Association football match

boxing at the 1954 Asian Games

Sports & Entertainment · Manila

Boxing competitions

Netherlands founded

Empires & Countries · Amsterdam

Netherlands was founded, with its capital at Amsterdam.

Curaçao founded

Empires & Countries · Willemstad

Curaçao was founded, with its capital at Willemstad.

Netherlands Antilles founded

Empires & Countries · Willemstad

Netherlands Antilles was founded, with its capital at Willemstad.

French Indochina dissolved

Empires & Countries · Saigon

French Indochina ceased to exist, having been centered at Saigon.

Free Territory of Trieste dissolved

Empires & Countries · Trieste

Free Territory of Trieste ceased to exist, having been centered at Trieste.

French Protectorate of Laos dissolved

Empires & Countries · Vientiane

French Protectorate of Laos ceased to exist, having been centered at Vientiane.

Suriname founded

Empires & Countries · Paramaribo

Suriname was founded, with its capital at Paramaribo.

Nagato founded

Empires & Countries

Nagato was founded.

Fuchū-shi founded

Empires & Countries

Fuchū-shi was founded.

Shiroishi founded

Empires & Countries

Shiroishi was founded.

Marumori founded

Empires & Countries

Marumori was founded.