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• Eleonora Elvira van Beuge, Rotterdam († 1994)
• Gerrit Michel de Bruyn, Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 2009)
• Merijntje Henricus Johannes Gooskens, Eindhoven († 2022)
• Marga Rouwkema, Veendam, Groningen, The Netherlands († 1974)
• Adrie Elsinghorst, Winterswijk-Meddo († 2001)
• Jacques Louis Gerard Raymaekers, Alken, België († 2019)
• Berend Dunnink († 1975)
• Bennie Willemsz Dunnink († 1975)
• Adrianus J.H. van Beest († 1996)
• Mark MATTHES, Des Moines Polk County Iowa U.S.A († 2020)

• * Hendrik van Hulten (78), Vlijmen
• Albertus Franciscus Josephus Maria Bijvoet (60), Geel,Provincie Antwerpen,Flanders,Belgique
• Alfra Maria Dirkson (43), Alkmaar, Nederland
• Adrianus Cornelis van Gaans (60), Oud en Nieuw Gastel
• Aaltje van der Hoek (76), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Arie Gennesse (71), Dordrecht (Zuid-Holland)
• Anna Timmer (72), Fremont, Newaygo County, Michigan, VS
• Adriana Benning (55), Muiden
• Adriana Kluijtmans (47), Schijndel
• Afra Maria Dirkson (43), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1952 » Daniel Balavoine, French singer-songwriter and producer († 1986)
• 1952 » Vladimir Moskovkin, Ukrainian-Russian geographer, economist, and academic
• 1953 » Freddie Aguilar, Filipino singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1953 » Gustavo Benítez, Paraguayan footballer and manager
• 1953 » John Beilein, American basketball player and coach
• 1954 » Cliff Martinez, American drummer and songwriter
• 1954 » Frank Walker, Australian journalist and author
• 1955 » Mike Heath, American baseball player and manager
• 1956 » Héctor Rebaque, Mexican race car driver
• 1956 » Vinnie Colaiuta, American drummer

• 1941 » Banjo Paterson, Australian journalist, author, and poet (b. 1864)
• 1941 » Otto Strandman, Estonian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Estonia (b. 1875)
• 1946 » George Arliss, English actor and playwright (b. 1868)
• 1948 » Johannes Blaskowitz, German general (b. 1883)
• 1952 » Adela Verne, English pianist and composer (b. 1877)
• 1954 » Hossein Sami'i, Iranian politician, diplomat, writer and poet (b. 1876)
• 1955 » Victor Houteff, Bulgarian religious reformer and author (b. 1885)
• 1957 » Sami Ibrahim Haddad, Lebanese surgeon and author (b. 1890)
• 1962 » Jacques Ibert, French-Swiss composer (b. 1890)
• 1967 » Leon Leonwood Bean, American businessman, founded L.L.Bean (b. 1872)

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. Mary

• 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 10 » BOAC Flight 781, a de Havilland DH.106 Comet 1, explodes and falls into the Tyrrhenian Sea killing 35 people.
• May 7 » Indochina War: The Battle of Dien Bien Phu ends in a French defeat and a Viet Minh victory (the battle began on March 13).
• June 18 » Carlos Castillo Armas leads an invasion force across the Guatemalan border, setting in motion the 1954 Guatemalan coup d'état.
• July 20 » Germany: Otto John, head of West Germany's secret service, defects to East Germany.
• August 15 » Alfredo Stroessner begins his dictatorship in Paraguay.
• September 11 » Hurricane Edna hits New England as a Category 2 hurricane, causing significant damage and 29 deaths.

The temperature on February 5, 1954 was between -11.5 °C and -0.6 °C and averaged -6.4 °C. There was 7.1 hours of sunshine (76%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.