106 notable events from 1954 — air crashes, murders and rail accidents. Page 1 of 2.
- Algerian War
Nov 1, 1954–Sep 9, 1962 · Algeria · War & armed conflict
- Brown v. Board of Education
May 17, 1954 · United States · Crime & justice
- Castle Bravo
Mar 1, 1954 · Marshall Islands · Bombing & explosion
- 1954 Guatemalan coup d'état
Jun 18, 1954–Jun 27, 1954 · Guatemala · War & armed conflict
- Lavon Affair
1954 · Egypt · Scandal & controversy
- Parker–Hulme murder case
1954 · New Zealand · Murder & homicide
- Tōya Maru disaster
Sep 26, 1954 · Japan · Maritime disaster
- Mexican Dirty War
1954–2000 · Mexico · Terrorism
- First Taiwan Strait Crisis
Sep 3, 1954–May 1, 1955 · China · War & armed conflict
- Insurgency in Northeast India
from 1954 · India · War & armed conflict
- BOAC Flight 781
Jan 10, 1954 · Italy · Aviation accident
- William Unek
Feb 1, 1954–Feb 16, 1957 · DR Congo · Shooting
- Kengir uprising
Jun 26, 1954 · Kazakhstan · Riot & unrest
- Toussaint Rouge
Nov 1, 1954 · Algeria · Terrorism
- Bunkyo second-grade girl murder case
Apr 19, 1954 · Japan · Murder & homicide
- Hurricane Hazel
Oct 5, 1954–Oct 18, 1954 · Canada · Natural disaster
- South African Airways Flight 201
Apr 8, 1954 · Italy · Aviation accident
- Taiwan Strait Crises
Sep 1, 1954–May 1, 1955 · China · War & armed conflict
- Dachstein hiking disaster
1954 · Austria · Disaster
- Shimada incident
Mar 10, 1954 · Japan · Murder & homicide
- 1954 United States Capitol shooting
Mar 1, 1954 · China · Shooting
- Zakrzewski family
Jan 1, 1954–Jan 1, 1969 · Poland · Crime & justice
- Sylacauga (meteorite)
Nov 30, 1954 · United States
- Death of Getúlio Vargas
Aug 24, 1954 · Brazil · Suicide & execution
- Rua Tonelero shooting
Aug 5, 1954 · Brazil · Shooting
- Seattle windshield pitting epidemic
Apr 1954 · United States · Epidemic & disease
- Capture of the Tuapse
Jun 23, 1954 · Philippines · Terrorism
- Attempted assassination of Gamal Abdel Nasser
Oct 26, 1954 · Egypt · Shooting
- Mistaken identity dismemberment murder case
1954 · Japan · Murder & homicide
- 1954 Cathay Pacific Douglas DC-4 shootdown
Jul 23, 1954 · China · War & armed conflict
- UFO sighting over Florence
Oct 27, 1954 · Italy · Incident
- Uchigomaru disaster
Oct 8, 1954 · Japan · Maritime disaster
- Nijūbashi incident
Jan 2, 1954 · Japan · Stampede & crowd crush
- Shipbuilding Scandal
1954 · Japan · Scandal & controversy
- Albert Millet
Jan 1, 1954–Jan 1, 2007 · France · Murder & homicide
- 1954 Paraguayan coup d'état
May 4, 1954–May 7, 1954 · Paraguay · War & armed conflict
- Constance Fisher
Jan 1, 1954–Jan 1, 1966 · Murder & homicide
- Group of 22 (Algeria)
Jun 23, 1954 · War & armed conflict
- Abraham Thomas (mass murderer)
Feb 23, 1954 · Germany · Murder & homicide
- 1954 Mount Fuji disaster
Nov 28, 1954 · Japan · Natural disaster
- 1954 Syrian coup d'état
Feb 1954 · Syrian Arab Republic · War & armed conflict
- Tokushuku village family of nine poisoning and arson murder case
Oct 10, 1954 · Japan · Attack (other)
- KLM Flight 633
Sep 5, 1954 · Ireland · Aviation accident
- Kastner trial
1954–1955 · Hungary · Crime & justice
- Gerald Albert Gallego
May 27, 1954 · Murder & homicide
- 1954 Blons avalanches
Jan 11, 1954 · Austria · Natural disaster
- Ma'ale Akrabim massacre
Mar 17, 1954 · Israel · Murder & homicide
- 1954 Salerno flood
Oct 25, 1954 · Italy · Natural disaster
- Georgetown–IBM experiment
Jan 7, 1954 · United States · Science & concept
- Great Fire of Iwanai
Sep 26, 1954 · Japan · Fire
- Nestor Pirotte
Jan 1, 1954–Jan 1, 1981 · Belgium · Murder & homicide
- 1954 Bogotá student massacre
Jun 8, 1954–Jun 9, 1954 · Colombia · Massacre
- Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 9
Apr 8, 1954 · Canada · Aviation accident
- Coup d'état of Yanaon
Jun 13, 1954 · India · War & armed conflict
- 1954 Cleveland Hill School District fire
Mar 31, 1954 · United States · Fire
- Disappearance of R7V-1 over the Atlantic
Oct 30, 1954 · Brazil · Aviation accident
- 1954 Prayag Kumbh Mela stampede
Feb 3, 1954 · India · Stampede & crowd crush
- Linee Aeree Italiane Flight 451 (1954)
Dec 18, 1954 · United States · Aviation accident
- Tatsudaryo incident
Apr 4, 1954–Apr 18, 1955 · Japan · Riot & unrest
- 1954 BOAC Lockheed Constellation crash
Mar 13, 1954 · Singapore · Aviation accident
- 1954 Yangtze floods
Sep 1954 · China · Natural disaster
- Shooting at Trade Union Square in Arkhangelsk
May 1, 1954 · Terrorism
- Haji Sulong
Aug 13, 1954 · Thailand · Disappearance
- 1954 Swissair Convair CV-240 crash
Jun 19, 1954 · United Kingdom · Aviation accident
- 1954 Aoki Aviation C18S crash
Sep 25, 1954 · Japan · Aviation accident
- Accident at Laboratory B
Jan 1, 1954 · Russian Federation · Accident
- KLM Flight 608
Aug 23, 1954 · Netherlands · Aviation accident
- Murder of Andrew Dingwall
Mar 22, 1954 · Australia · Murder & homicide
- Roland E. Clark
Jan 1, 1954–Jan 1, 1967 · United States · Murder & homicide
- 1954 Zagreb tram accident
Oct 31, 1954 · Croatia · Rail accident
- 1954 BOAC Boeing 377 crash
Dec 25, 1954 · United Kingdom · Aviation accident
- Niigata Prefecture public safety ordinance case
Nov 24, 1954 · Japan · Crime & justice
- 1954 Adelaide earthquake
Mar 1, 1954 · Australia · Earthquake
- Death of Henri Le Masne
Jan 1, 1954 · Switzerland · Disappearance
- Aeroflot Flight 136
Oct 28, 1954 · Russian Federation · Aviation accident
- 1954 Chlef earthquake
Sep 9, 1954 · Algeria · Earthquake
- People's Party incident
1954
- Barbara-Wyzwolenie mining accident
Mar 21, 1954 · Poland · Industrial & structural disaster
- Vannes and Brest smallpox epidemic
Dec 1, 1954–May 1955 · France · Epidemic & disease
- 1954 Aldbury Valetta accident
Jan 6, 1954 · United Kingdom · Aviation accident
- Wreck of the UK-174
Oct 6, 1954 · Netherlands · Maritime disaster
- Fabrica train crash
Sep 2, 1954 · Philippines · Rail accident
- Aeroflot Flight 10 (1954)
Sep 27, 1954 · Russian Federation · Aviation accident
- 1954 Bjørnøya Consolidated PBY Catalina crash
Mar 28, 1954 · Norway · Aviation accident
- Abenheim train bus collision
Jul 24, 1954 · Germany · Rail accident
- Sątopy-Samulewo train disaster
Jan 26, 1954 · Poland · Rail accident
- Santa Clara-a-Velha rail accident
Sep 13, 1954 · Portugal · Rail accident
- 1954 Lake of Two Mountains boating accident
Jul 13, 1954 · Canada · Maritime disaster
- Collinsville mine disaster
Oct 13, 1954 · Australia · Industrial & structural disaster
- Aeroflot Flight 971
Aug 26, 1954 · Russian Federation · Aviation accident
- Aeroflot Flight 98
Dec 5, 1954 · Kazakhstan · Aviation accident
- 1954 Sofades earthquake
Apr 30, 1954 · Greece · Earthquake
- 1954 Eureka earthquake
Dec 21, 1954 · United States · Earthquake
- 1954 Dúrcal earthquake
Mar 29, 1954 · Spain · Earthquake
- Storm surge series of 19–24 December 1954
Dec 19, 1954–Dec 24, 1954 · Norway · Natural disaster
- Water Canyon Fire
Jun 1, 1954 · United States · Fire
- Bristol 170 crash near Pakse
Aug 16, 1954 · China · Aviation accident
- Hanau Hauptbahnhof train collision
Apr 27, 1954 · Germany · Rail accident
- Mahagi and Malampaka massacres
Jan 1, 1954 · DR Congo
- Wilsele rail accident
Dec 2, 1954 · Belgium · Rail accident