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| 1954 |
| | | Relations are normalized between West Germany and the USA, France and Britain, ending the postwar period of occupation | |
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| 1954 |
| | | A radical manifesto and acts of terrorism alert the world to the emergence of the FLN, committed to independence for Algeria | |
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| 1954 |
| | | Gamal Abd al-Nasser mounts another coup, this time against his colleague Mohammed Neguib, to make himself president of Egypt | |
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| 1954 |
| | | William Walton's opera Troilus and Cressida has its premiere at Covent Garden | |
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| 1954 |
| | | The Jehovah's Witnesses first convention at Twickenham rugby ground takes place. | |
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| 1954 |
| | | English author Kingsley Amis's first novel, Lucky Jim, strikes an anti-establishment chord | |
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| 1954 |
| | | William Golding gives a chilling account of schoolboy savagery in his first novel, Lord of the Flies | |
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| 1954 |
| | | Hancock's Half Hour, starring Tony Hancock, begins on BBC radio | |
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| 1954 |
| | | Nasser escapes an assassination attempt by the fundamentalist Muslim Brotherhood | |
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| 1954 |
| | | Le Corbusier completes the reinforced-concrete pilgrimage church of Notre Dame du Haut at Ronchamp | |
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