| 25th January 1954 | The foreign ministers of the United States, Britain, France and the Soviet Union meet at the Berlin Conference to discuss a settlement to the Korean War and the Indochina war. |
| 3rd February 1954 | The Queen becomes the first reigning monarch to visit Australia. |
| 25th March 1954 | The Soviet Union recognises the sovereignty of East Germany, but Soviet troops remain in the country. |
| 14th April 1954 | Aneurin Bevan resigns from the Shadow Cabinet of the Labour Party. |
| 6th May 1954 | Roger Bannister runs the first sub-four-minute mile. |
| 15th June 1954 | The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) is formed in Basel, Switzerland. |
| 27th June 1954 | The world's first atomic power station opens at Obninsk, near Moscow. |
| 4th July 1954 | Meat rations end in the United Kingdom; meat had been the last remaining ration after the Second World War. |
| 4th July 1954 | West Germany beats Hungary 3-2 to win the 1954 FIFA World Cup. |
| 9th September 1954 | An earthquake centred on the city of Orleansville in Algeria kills 1,500 people and leaves thousands more homeless. |
| 11th October 1954 | Hurricane Hazel crosses over Haiti, killing 1,000 people. |
| 20th October 1954 | A dock workers' strike expands in England. |
| 30th November 1954 | A four kilogram piece of the ‘Hodges Meteorite’ crashes through the roof of a house in Sylacauga, Alabama, and badly bruises a napping woman. It is the first documented case of an object from outer space hitting a person. |
| 4th December 1954 | The first Burger King fast food restaurant opens in Miami, Florida. |