Editing 1954 (section)

===September===
{{Main|September 1954}}
* [[September 6]] &ndash; The [[Southeast Asia Treaty Organization]] (SEATO) treaty is signed in [[Manila]], [[Philippines]].
* [[September 8]] &ndash; SEATO is established in [[Bangkok]], [[Thailand]].
* [[September 9]] &ndash; The 6.7 {{M|w|link=y}} [[1954 Chlef earthquake|Chlef earthquake]] shakes northern [[Algeria]], with a maximum [[Mercalli intensity scale|Mercalli intensity]] of XI (''Extreme''). The shock destroys [[Orléansville]], leaving 1,243–1,409 dead, and 5,000 injured.
* [[September 11]] &ndash; The [[Miss America]] Pageant is broadcast on television for the first time.
* [[September 14]]
** The [[Soviet Union]] carries out the [[Totskoye nuclear exercise]].
** English composer [[Benjamin Britten]]'s [[chamber opera]] version of ''[[The Turn of the Screw (opera)|The Turn of the Screw]]'' receives its world premiere, at the [[Teatro La Fenice]] in [[Venice]], Italy.
* [[September 17]] &ndash; [[William Golding]]'s allegorical dystopian novel ''[[Lord of the Flies]]'' is published in London.
* [[September 18]] &ndash; Finnish president [[J. K. Paasikivi]] is the first Western head of state to be awarded the highest honor of the [[Soviet Union]], the [[Order of Lenin]].<ref>{{cite journal | url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/3001358 | jstor=3001358 | last1=Hodgson | first1=John H. | title=The Paasikivi Line | journal=American Slavic and East European Review | date=1959 | volume=18 | issue=2 | pages=145–173 | doi=10.2307/3001358 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book | title=Paasikivi Tukholmassa: J. K. Paasikiven toiminta Suomen lähettiläänä Tukholmassa 1936–39 | pages=155–156 | publisher=Otava | year=1978 | first=Max |last=Jakobson | location=Helsinki | isbn=951-1-05126-1 | language = fi}}</ref>
* [[September 20]] &ndash; The first ''[[Moomins]]'' [[Moomin comic strips|comic strip]] is published in the London newspaper ''[[The Evening News (London newspaper)|The Evening News]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theslingsandarrows.com/moomin-the-deluxe-anniversary-edition/|title=Slings & Arrows}}</ref>
* [[September 25]] &ndash; [[Western Bulldogs|Footscray Football Club]] wins their first [[Australian Football League]] [[AFL Grand Final|Grand Final]].
* [[September 26]] &ndash; Japanese ferry ''[[Tōya Maru]]'' sinks during a [[typhoon]] in the [[Tsugaru Strait]]. More than 1,100 people are killed, 7 other ships are [[List of shipwrecks in 1954#26 September|wrecked]], and at least nine others seriously damaged.
* [[September 27]] &ndash; ''[[The Tonight Show]]'' first airs on live television on [[NBC]] in the United States being the first late night talk show.
* [[September 30]] &ndash; The {{USS|Nautilus|SSN-571}}, the first nuclear-powered [[submarine]] in the world, is commissioned into the [[United States Navy]].