WHAT ALL HAPPENED MAY TO OCTOBER 1954
Find out what all happened May to October 1954

Alfredo Stroessner begins his dictatorship in Paraguay. (15. August 1954)

U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs a bill into law that places the words "under God" into the United States Pledge of Allegiance. (14. June 1954)

Pierre Mendès-France becomes Prime Minister of France. (18. June 1954)

Indochina War: The Battle of Dien Bien Phu ends in a French defeat and a Vietnamese victory (the battle began on March 13). (7. May 1954)

Elvis Presley makes his radio debut when WHBQ Memphis played his first recording for Sun Records, "That's All Right." (7. July 1954)

In Christchurch (New Zealand) Pauline Parker and Juliet Hulme murder Pauline's mother because they think she is in the way of their close friendship (movie Heavenly Creatures by Peter Jackson in 1994). See Parker–Hulme murder case. (22. June 1954)

The convention establishing CERN (the European Organization for Nuclear Research) is signed. (29. September 1954)

First Indochina War: The Geneva Conference partitions Vietnam into North Vietnam and South Vietnam. (21. July 1954)

In a top secret nuclear test, a Soviet Tu-4 bomber drops a 40 kiloton atomic weapon just north of Totskoye village. (14. September 1954)

The Communist Control Act goes into effect. The American Communist Party is outlawed. (24. August 1954)

First Indochina War: The Viet Minh take control of North Vietnam. (11. October 1954)

Japanese rail ferry Toya Maru sinks during a typhoon in the Tsugaru Strait, Japan killing 1,172. (26. September 1954)

The United States Supreme Court hands down a unanimous decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas. (17. May 1954)

The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) is established. (8. September 1954)

The first issue of Sports Illustrated is published. (16. August 1954)

Dwight D. Eisenhower pledges United States support to South Vietnam. (24. October 1954)

The BBC broadcasts its first television news bulletin. (5. July 1954)

Bill Haley & His Comets release "Rock Around the Clock", the first rock and roll record to reach number one on the Billboard charts. (10. May 1954)

UEFA (Union of European Football Associations) is formed in Basel, Switzerland. (15. June 1954)

The 1954 FIFA World Cup quarterfinal match between Hungary and Brazil, highly anticipated to be exciting, instead turns violent, with three players ejected and further fighting continuing after the game. (27. June 1954)