Timeline September 1954

Events in September 1954 3

• 1954 Southeast Asia Treaty Organization founded Manila Pact creates anti-communist defense alliance The United States and seven other nations signed the Manila Pact, establishing SEATO as a collective defense organization aimed at containing communism in Southeast Asia. Members included the US, UK, France, Australia, New Zealand, Pakistan, Thailand, and the Philippines. The organization was dissolved in 1977.
• 1954 China adopts its first constitution National People's Congress formalizes Communist state structures The First National People's Congress convened in Beijing and adopted the People's Republic of China's first constitution. The document formalized the political structure established after the 1949 revolution, with Mao Zedong as chairman. It replaced the provisional governing framework used since the founding of the republic.
• 1954 – present CERN Particle Physics Lab The world's largest particle physics laboratory, located on the Swiss-French border near Geneva.