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• Lenting, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1954)
• Patricia Margaret Henderer, Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., Ohio, Verenigde Staten († 2018)
• Lambertus-Antonius Polman, Elden(Gem Elst) († 1965)
• Jan Hijlkes Wijnsma († 1991)
• Maria Elisabeth Jacinta Biesterbosch, Vaassen († 1996)
• Douglas Delbert Noble, Sibley, Osceola County, Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 2008)
• Jenny van Kersbergen, 's-Gravenhage, ZH, Nederland († 2010)
• Dennis Marlow Mesman, Minnesita, Verenigde Staten († 1971)
• Astrid Grooten, Dilsen († 1988)
• Ingrid Henriette Maria Coesel, Amsterdam († 2007)

• Anna Catharina Hubertina Stoter (57), Venlo
• Aaltje Sterken (79), Heemskerk
• Lenting (0), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Antje de Vries (86), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Charlotte SCAVENIUS (23)
• Colin Donald McIver (73), Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
• Clasina Johanna Sliedregt van (62), Tholen, Zeeland, Nederland
• Aagje Laan (60), Alkmaar
• Adriana Maria de Greeuw (69), Amsterdam
• Arie Petrus Deutekom (43), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1952 » John Kasich, American politician, 69th Governor of Ohio
• 1952 » Londa Schiebinger, American academic and author
• 1952 » Mary Walsh, Canadian actress, producer, and screenwriter
• 1953 » David Voelker, American businessman and philanthropist († 2013)
• 1953 » Gerry Sutcliffe, English politician, Vice-Chamberlain of the Household
• 1953 » Harm Wiersma, Dutch draughts player and politician
• 1953 » Ruth A. David, American electrical engineer
• 1953 » Zlatko Burić, Croat-Danish actor
• 1954 » Johnny Logan, Australian-Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1956 » Richard Madeley, English journalist and author

• 1941 » Frederick Christian, English cricketer (b. 1877)
• 1945 » Tubby Hall, American drummer (b. 1895)
• 1946 » Zara DuPont, American suffragist (b. 1869)
• 1947 » Sukanta Bhattacharya, Indian poet and playwright (b. 1926)
• 1948 » Kathleen Cavendish, Marchioness of Hartington (b. 1920)
• 1957 » Michael Fekete, Hungarian-Israeli mathematician and academic (b. 1886)
• 1961 » Gary Cooper, American actor (b. 1901)
• 1962 » Franz Kline, American painter and academic (b. 1910)
• 1962 » Henry Trendley Dean, American dentist (b. 1893)
• 1963 » Alois Hudal, Austrian-Italian bishop (b. 1885)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Peter
7. Robert
8. Pieter
9. Gerrit
10. Petrus
11. John
12. Jacobus
13. Gerardus
14. Adrianus
15. Jacob
16. Dirk

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Elisabeth
5. Cornelia
6. Wilhelmina
7. Adriana
8. Catharina
9. Hendrika
10. Petronella
11. Marianne
12. Yvonne
13. Marie
14. Linda
15. Helena
16. Margaretha

• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 10.6 million citizens.
• January 14 » The Hudson Motor Car Company merges with Nash-Kelvinator Corporation forming the American Motors Corporation.
• February 13 » Frank Selvy becomes the only NCAA Division I basketball player ever to score 100 points in a single game.
• February 15 » Canada and the United States agree to construct the Distant Early Warning Line, a system of radar stations in the far northern Arctic regions of Canada and Alaska.
• February 28 » The first color television sets using the NTSC standard are offered for sale to the general public.
• April 18 » Gamal Abdel Nasser seizes power in Egypt.
• July 7 » Elvis Presley makes his radio debut when WHBQ Memphis played his first recording for Sun Records, "That's All Right".

The temperature on May 13, 1954 was between 11.2 °C and 24.2 °C and averaged 18.3 °C. There was 14.0 hours of sunshine (90%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east.