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• levenloos geboren kind van Pieter DAMME, Dordrecht († 1954)
• Nico van Eijk, Utrecht († 2008)
• Marianne Aalten, Zeist († 1954)
• Elisabeth J.P. Versleijen, Gilze en Rijen
• Elizabeth Christine Kymmell, Voorburg, Zuid Holland, Nederland († 1957)
• Phyllis N. Sims, Grayson County, Kentucky († 2005)
• Roger Brawers, Lier, België († 2004)
• Lena Jannetje Barnat, Oude Tonge († 1996)
• Louis Arnoldus KAPTEIJN, Amsterdam († 1988)
• Urbano Hoffmann, Antonio Carlos, Santa Catarina, Brasil († 1956)

• Antje Pieters Sikkema (89)
• August Boje (83)
• Adrianus Cornelis van de Laak (83), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adolf Petrus (Dolf) Wassenaar (45)
• Arend Jan Dieperink (75), Landsmeer
• Adriana Alutia van der Hurk (81), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Ariaantje Aantjes (50), Ottoland
• Antonius Antoonszn Satijn (84), Den Haag (The Hague), South Holland, Netherlands
• aaltje belt (66), Avereest
• Aaltje van der El (87), Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel

• 1951 » Mildred Bailey, American singer (b. 1907)
• 1951 » Rehman Malik, Pakistani politician, Pakistani Minister of Interior
• 1952 » Bedřich Hrozný, Czech orientalist and linguist (b. 1879)
• 1952 » Cathy Rigby, American gymnast
• 1953 » Martin Ferguson, Australian lawyer and politician
• 1953 » Rafael Septién, Mexican-American football player
• 1955 » Eddy Schepers, Belgian cyclist
• 1955 » Stephen Smith, Australian lawyer and politician, 53rd Australian Minister of Defence
• 1956 » Johan van der Velde, Dutch cyclist
• 1957 » Sheila E., American singer-songwriter, drummer, and actress

• 1939 » Douglas Fairbanks, Sr., American actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1883)
• 1941 » César Basa, Filipino lieutenant and pilot (b. 1915)
• 1951 » Mildred Bailey, American singer (b. 1907)
• 1952 » Bedřich Hrozný, Czech orientalist and linguist (b. 1879)
• 1958 » Albert Walsh, Canadian lawyer and politician, 1st Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland (b. 1900)
• 1963 » Yasujirō Ozu, Japanese director and screenwriter (b. 1903)
• 1964 » Maithili Sharan Gupt, Indian poet and playwright (b. 1866)
• 1964 » William Rootes, 1st Baron Rootes, English businessman, founded Rootes Group (b. 1894)
• 1966 » Karl Ruberl, Austrian-American swimmer (b. 1880)
• 1968 » Tallulah Bankhead, American actress (b. 1902)

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.
• 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.
• April 25 » The first practical solar cell is publicly demonstrated by Bell Telephone Laboratories.
• May 13 » The original Broadway production of The Pajama Game opens and runs for another 1,063 performances. Later received three Tony Awards for Best Musical, Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical, and Best Choreography.
• June 14 » U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs a bill into law that places the words "under God" into the United States Pledge of Allegiance.
• July 5 » The BBC broadcasts its first television news bulletin.
• September 8 » The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) is established.

The temperature on December 12, 1954 was between 0.1 °C and 5.0 °C and averaged 3.2 °C. There was 6.2 mm of rain during 5.2 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (3%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south.