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• NN Brüll, Nieuwenhagen, Limburg, Nederland († 1954)
• Bernardus Maria Johannes (Ben) van der Mark, Heerlen
• James ROSENBERRY († 1976)
• Gerrit Jan HOP († 1981)
• Karen Patricia Spicer, Mississippi († 2011)
• Courtney Lloyd Nairn, Kingston, Jamaica († 1997)
• Courtney Lloyd (dup) Nairn, Kingston, Jamaica († 1997)
• Jaap Bredewoud (Bredewout,Bredewold,Bredewolt), Nieuwleusen, Nederland († 2013)
• Albert van EIKENHORST, Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland
• Leo Waijenberg, Apeldooorn († 2014)

• Antonius Rovers (76), Boxtel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albertus De Reus (78), Omaha (Douglas), Nebraska, Verenigde Staten
• Arthur Earnest Stuart Smith (83)
• "Etienne" Henri Jean Marie Huens (44), Melen, Soumagne, Belgique
• Barta van Aalst (63)
• Anne Jemina Dalgleish (58), Kimberley,ZA
• Christine Clementine ten Cate (59)
• Alphons Joseph Schlenter (60), Heerlen,, Limburg, Nederland
• Agenor de Miranda Araujo (58), Vassouras, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
• Adrianus Johannes Kouwenberg (58), 's-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands

• 1951 » John D'Acquisto, American baseball player
• 1952 » Michael Ray, American jazz musician
• 1953 » Timothy Carhart, American actor
• 1954 » Helen Jones, English lawyer and politician
• 1954 » José María Figueres, Costa Rican businessman and politician, President of Costa Rica
• 1954 » Yves Debay, Congolese-French commander and journalist († 2013)
• 1955 » Clarence Gilyard, American actor and educator
• 1955 » Scott Fischer, American mountaineer and guide († 1996)
• 1956 » Anil Kapoor, Indian actor and producer.
• 1956 » Shim Hwa-jin, South Korean academic and educator

• 1942 » François Darlan, French admiral and politician, 122nd Prime Minister of France (b. 1881)
• 1945 » Josephine Sabel, American singer and comedian (b. 1866)
• 1947 » Charles Gondouin, French rugby player and tug of war competitor (b. 1875)
• 1957 » Norma Talmadge, American actress and producer (b. 1894)
• 1961 » Robert Hillyer, American poet and academic (b. 1895)
• 1962 » Eveline Adelheid von Maydell, German illustrator (b. 1890)
• 1962 » Wilhelm Ackermann, German mathematician (b. 1896)
• 1964 » Claudia Jones, Trinidad-British journalist and activist (b. 1915)
• 1965 » John Black, English businessman (b. 1895)
• 1965 » William M. Branham, American minister and theologian (b. 1906)

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.
• March 1 » Armed Puerto Rican nationalists attack the United States Capitol building, injuring five Representatives.
• May 13 » The anti-National Service Riots, by Chinese middle school students in Singapore, take place.
• June 27 » The Obninsk Nuclear Power Plant, the Soviet Union's first nuclear power station, opens in Obninsk, near Moscow.
• September 8 » The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) is established.
• September 11 » Hurricane Edna hits New England as a Category 2 hurricane, causing significant damage and 29 deaths.
• October 11 » In accord with the 1954 Geneva Conference, French troops complete their withdrawal from North Vietnam.

The temperature on December 24, 1954 was between 0.9 °C and 5.8 °C and averaged 3.4 °C. There was 4.2 mm of rain during 2.7 hours. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (31%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.