Rulers:
• Dwight David Eisenhower, 34th President of the United States (1953-1961)
• Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom (1952-)
Events:
• Ernest Hemingway receives the Nobel Prize in Literature.
• J. Paul Getty Museum established in Los Angeles.
Births:
• Bowker, Judi (1954)
• Cameron, James (1954)
• Liotta, Ray (1954-2022)
• Quaid, Dennis (1954)
• Russo, Rene (1954)
• Soler, Lluís (1954)
• Turner, Kathleen (1954)
Deaths:
• Derain, André (1880-1954)
• Kahlo, Frida (1907-1954)
• Matisse, Henri (1869-1954)
• Pascal, Gabriel (1894-1954)
Music:
• North, Alex (1910-1991): Désirée (1954)
• Rota, Nino (1911-1979): La Strada (1954)
• Waxman, Franz (1906-1967): Rear Window (1954)
• Young, Victor (1900-1956): Three Coins in the Fountain (1954)
Art:
• Dalí, Salvador (1904-1989): Crucifixion, Corpus Hypercubus (1954)
• De Chirico, Giorgio (1888-1978): Composizione metafisica (1950-60)
• Duchamp, Marcel (1887-1968): Coin de chasteté (1954)
• Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973): Les femmes d’Alger, d’après Delacroix (1954-B)
• Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973): Sylvette (1954)
Film:
• Désirée (1954)
• Dial M for Murder (1954)
• La Strada (1954)
• Le Rouge et le Noir (1954)
• Pane, amore e gelosia (1954)
• Rear Window (1954)
• Sabrina (1954)
• Senso (1954)
• Three Coins in the Fountain (1954)