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• Piet van Dam, Den Dungen († 1992)
• Rina Cornelia Maria Raats, Achtmaal († 2010)
• Hendrik Zweers, Mariënberg († 2022)
• Henk Timmerman († 1970)
• Cornelis van Duin, Nieuw-Lekkerland,Gemeente Nieuw-Lekkerland,South Holland,Netherlands († 1999)
• Jannigje Margaretha van Dieren, Oud Vossemeer
• Grietje Kuiper, Groningen, Greoningen, Netherlands († 2014)
• Maria Helena Wilhelmina Barnier, Eindhoven († 2008)
• Janny Klompstra, Nederland († 2014)
• Adriana Geertruida Hink, Oudkarspel Noord-Holland The Netherlands († 2002)

• Catharina Martin (52), Maastricht
• Anna Maria Verhoeven (74), Abcoude, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Maria Gerritsdr Verhoeven (74), Amsterdam, Noord Holland
• Catharina de Wolf (67), Leiden
• Andreas van Melis (73), Eindhoven
• Antonia Maria Pot (76), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adrianus Cornelius de Rooij (68), Goirle
• Alida Hendrika van Koetsveld (33), Lienden, Gelderland, Nederland
• Arie Eringaard (73), Rotterdam Zuid-Holland Nederland
• Adriaan Kortleven (58), Vlaardingen

• 1950 » Bruce Boxleitner, American actor and author
• 1950 » Gabriel Byrne, Irish actor, director, and producer
• 1950 » Helena Kennedy, Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws, Scottish lawyer, academic, and politician
• 1951 » George Karl, American basketball player and coach
• 1955 » Kix Brooks, American country music singer-songwriter and musician
• 1956 » Asad Rauf, Pakistani cricketer and umpire
• 1956 » Bernie Federko, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager
• 1956 » Greg Phillinganes, American keyboardist
• 1956 » Sergio Marchi, Argentinean-Canadian urban planner and politician, 10th Canadian Minister of International Trade
• 1957 » Ziya Onis, Turkish economist and academic

• 1944 » Arthur Quiller-Couch, English author, poet, and critic (b. 1863)
• 1944 » Max Brand, American journalist and author (b. 1892)
• 1956 » Louis Calhern, American actor and singer (b. 1895)
• 1957 » Alfonso de Portago, Spanish bobsledder and race car driver (b. 1928)
• 1957 » Erich von Stroheim, Austrian-American actor, director, and producer (b. 1885)
• 1963 » Richard Girulatis, German footballer and manager (b. 1878)
• 1963 » Robert Kerr, Irish-Canadian sprinter and coach (b. 1882)
• 1964 » Agnes Forbes Blackadder, Scottish medical doctor (b. 1875)
• 1966 » Felix Steiner, Russian-German SS officer (b. 1896)
• 1967 » John Masefield, English poet and author (b. 1878)

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 20 » In the United States, the National Negro Network is established with 40 charter member radio stations.
• February 23 » The first mass inoculation of children against polio with the Salk vaccine begins in Pittsburgh.
• March 13 » The Battle of Điện Biên Phủ begins with an artillery barrage by Viet Minh forces under Võ Nguyên Giáp; Viet Minh victory lead to the end of the First Indochina War and French withdrawal from Vietnam.
• March 26 » Nuclear weapons testing: The Romeo shot of Operation Castle is detonated at Bikini Atoll. Yield: 11 megatons.
• June 27 » The Obninsk Nuclear Power Plant, the Soviet Union's first nuclear power station, opens in Obninsk, near Moscow.
• October 18 » Texas Instruments announces the first transistor radio.

The temperature on May 12, 1954 was between 13.0 °C and 26.5 °C and averaged 19.6 °C. There was 12.6 hours of sunshine (81%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.