Editing 1954 (section)

===May===
{{Main|May 1954}}
* [[May 1]] &ndash; The [[Unification Church]] is founded in South Korea.
* [[May 4]] &ndash; General [[Alfredo Stroessner]] deposes [[Federico Chaves]] in a [[coup d'état]] in [[Paraguay]]; from August 15 he will hold the office of [[President of Paraguay|President]] until [[1989]].
* [[May 6]] &ndash; [[Roger Bannister]] runs the first [[sub-four minute mile]], in [[Oxford]], England.
* [[May 7]] &ndash; [[Vietnam War]] (run-up): The [[Battle of Dien Bien Phu]] ends in a French defeat (the battle began on [[March 13]]).
* [[May 8]] &ndash; The [[Asian Football Confederation]] (AFC) is formed in [[Manila]], [[Philippines]].
* [[May 11]] &ndash; U.S. Secretary of State [[John Foster Dulles]] declares that Indochina is important but not essential to the security of Southeast Asia, thus ending any prospect of American intervention on the side of France.
* [[May 14]] 
** The [[Boeing 707]] jetliner is rolled out in the United States, after about 2 years of development.
** The [[Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict]] is adopted in [[The Hague]], Netherlands. 
* [[May 15]] &ndash; The [[Latin Union]] (''Unión Latina'') is created by the Convention of [[Madrid]]. Its member countries use the five [[Romance languages]]: Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese, and Romanian. It suspended operations in [[2012]].
*[[May 16]] &ndash; Beginning of the [[Kengir uprising]] in the [[Gulag]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Dunn |first1=Morgan |title=How The Prisoners Behind The Kengir Uprising Fought Back Against The Horrors of the Gulag |url=https://allthatsinteresting.com/kengir-uprising |website=allthatsinteresting.com |date=May 15, 2021 |access-date=April 1, 2024}}</ref>
* [[May 17]]
** ''[[Brown v. Board of Education]]'' (347 US 483 1954): The [[Supreme Court of the United States]] rules unanimously that segregated schools are unconstitutional.
** The [[Royal Commission]] on the [[Petrov Affair]] in Australia begins its inquiry.
** [[Adnan Menderes]] of the [[Democrat Party (Turkey, 1946–1961)|Democrat Party]] forms the new (21st) government of [[Turkey]].
* [[May 20]] &ndash; [[Chiang Kai-shek]] is re-elected as the [[president of the Republic of China]], by the [[National Assembly of the Republic of China|National Assembly]].
* [[May 22]] &ndash; The common [[Nordic Passport Union|Nordic Labour Market]] act is signed.
* [[May 26]] &ndash; A fire on board the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier [[USS Bennington (CV-20)|USS ''Bennington'']], off [[Narragansett Bay]], [[Massachusetts]], kills 103 sailors.
* [[May 29]]
** [[1954 Australian federal election]]: [[Robert Menzies]]' [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]]/[[National Party of Australia|Country]] [[Coalition (Australia)|Coalition]] [[Menzies Government (1949-66)|Government]] is re-elected with a decreased majority, defeating the [[Australian Labor Party|Labor Party]] led by [[H.V. Evatt]]. The election has come shortly after the [[Petrov Affair]], arguably helping the Government survive what was initially predicted to be a defeat.
** Creation and first meeting of the [[Bilderberg Group]].
** [[Diane Leather]] becomes the first woman to run a sub-five minute mile, in [[Birmingham]], England.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sporting-heroes.net/athletics/great-britain/diane-leather-422/two-world-records-in-1957_a08872/|title=Diane Leather|work=Sporting Heroes|access-date=November 12, 2012}}</ref>