About the day » Tuesday May 11, 1954Calender converter

• Hubert Hendrik Maria Schomaker, Fehndorf, Emsland, Deutschland († 1975)
• Leonardus Franciscus Maria Kienhuis, Geesteren († 1960)
• Willem Simon Volgers, Krommenie
• Charles Emmitt Feltner, Leslie, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten († 2000)
• Oscar Christoffel Alexander Noevers, Veldhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1999)
• Royce Dean van Westen, Usa († 1995)
• n.n. Spierenburg, 's Gravenhage
• Jansen, 's-Gravenhage († 1954)
• Cor Gijsbers († 2008)
• Maria Hendrika Antonia Reusken, Wilp, Gelderland, Nederland († 2010)

• Arij Wiedmann (48), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus van Riel (78), Loon op Zand
• Anna Doorn (90), Castricum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Charles Le Hardy de Beaulieu (77), Wassenaar, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Elisabeth Stevens, Utrecht, Utrecht, NL
• Alexander CONINX (83), Genk (Limburg) (B)
• Alderina Francina Pakvis (77), Harderwijk, Nederland
• Antonius Schermer (51), Haarlem
• Albert Huisman (0), Amsterdam
• Alberdina Prins (70), 's Gravemoer, Noord-Brabant, Nederland NL

• 1944 » John Benaud, Australian cricketer
• 1948 » Jack Cantoni, French rugby player († 2013)
• 1948 » Nirj Deva, Sri Lankan-English politician
• 1950 » Jeremy Paxman, English journalist and author
• 1950 » Sadashiv Amrapurkar, Indian actor († 2014)
• 1951 » Ed Stelmach, Canadian farmer and politician, 13th Premier of Alberta
• 1954 » John Gregory, English footballer and manager
• 1955 » John DeStefano, Jr., American politician, 49th Mayor of New Haven
• 1957 » Mike Nesbitt, Northern Irish journalist and politician
• 1962 » Steve Bono, American football player

• 1927 » Juan Gris, Spanish painter and sculptor (b. 1887)
• 1929 » Jozef Murgaš, Slovak-American priest, architect, botanist, and painter (b. 1864)
• 1938 » George Lyon, Canadian golfer and cricketer (b. 1858)
• 1955 » Gilbert Jessop, English cricketer (b. 1874)
• 1960 » John D. Rockefeller Jr., American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1874)
• 1963 » Herbert Spencer Gasser, American physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
• 1967 » James E. Brewton, American painter (b. 1930)
• 1979 » Lester Flatt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1914)
• 1981 » Bob Marley, Jamaican singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1945)
• 1981 » Odd Hassel, Norwegian chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897)

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.
• April 8 » South African Airways Flight 201 A de Havilland DH.106 Comet 1 crashes into the sea during night killing 21 people.
• April 18 » Gamal Abdel Nasser seizes power in Egypt.
• August 16 » The first issue of Sports Illustrated is published.
• October 10 » The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Sultanate of Muscat, Neil Innes, sends a signal to the Sultanate's forces, accompanied with oil explorers, to penetrate Fahud, marking the beginning of Jebel Akhdar War between the Imamate of Oman and the Sultanate of Muscat.
• October 11 » In accord with the 1954 Geneva Conference, French troops complete their withdrawal from North Vietnam.
• November 13 » Great Britain defeats France to capture the first ever Rugby League World Cup in Paris in front of around 30,000 spectators.

The temperature on May 11, 1954 was between 14.2 °C and 28.9 °C and averaged 21.0 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 8.9 hours of sunshine (58%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.