About the day » Tuesday May 25, 1954Calender converter

• Johanna Jacoba Lieselotte, Maria Juffermans, Leiden
• Naamloos Adams, Delft († 1954)
• Cornelia Wilhelmina Johanna Nulkes, Bussum († 2021)
• Annie Kleine, N.O.P († 2013)
• Steven P. Smits († 1971)
• Cornelis Adrianus van der Kruk († 2012)
• Geert van der Zande († 2004)
• Petrus Wilhelmus Helena Maria Hendriks († 1984)
• Mark Alan Kolk, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 2018)
• Dean Thomas Baird [Wd], Sacramento, California († 2003)

• Antoon Wels (56), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Alfred William 1833 Johnson - Jamaica (71), Carron Hall, Saint Mary, Jamaica
• Adriaantje Herfst (65), Heemstede
• Antonius Cornelis Leonardus Basters (55), Tilburg
• Antonius Cornelis Leonardus Basters (55), Tilburg, Nederland
• Antje de Haan (32), Kooten, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Aan de Haan (26), Kooten, gem. Achtkarspelen, Friesland, Nederland
• Alida Roodhart (81), Baarn
• Carolus Ludovicus Van Vlierberghe (71), Brugge
• adriaantje herfst (65), heemstede, heemstede, noord holland, nederland

• 1952 » David Jenkins, Trinidadian-Scottish runner
• 1952 » Jeffrey Bewkes, American businessman
• 1952 » Nick Fotiu, American ice hockey player and coach
• 1953 » Daniel Passarella, Argentinian footballer, coach, and manager
• 1953 » Eve Ensler, American playwright and producer
• 1953 » Gaetano Scirea, Italian footballer († 1989)
• 1953 » Stan Sakai, Japanese-American author and illustrator
• 1954 » John Beck, English footballer, midfielder and manager
• 1954 » Murali, Indian actor, producer, and politician († 2009)
• 1955 » Alistair Burt, English lawyer and politician

• 1937 » Henry Ossawa Tanner, American-French painter and illustrator (b. 1859)
• 1939 » Frank Watson Dyson, English astronomer and academic (b. 1868)
• 1942 » Emanuel Feuermann, Ukrainian-American cellist and educator (b. 1902)
• 1943 » Nils von Dardel, Swedish painter (b. 1888)
• 1948 » Witold Pilecki, Polish officer and Resistance leader (b. 1901)
• 1951 » Paula von Preradović, Croatian poet and author (b. 1887)
• 1954 » Robert Capa, Hungarian photographer and journalist (b. 1913)
• 1957 » Leo Goodwin, American swimmer, diver, and water polo player (b. 1883)
• 1968 » Georg von Küchler, German field marshal (b. 1881)
• 1970 » Tom Patey, Scottish mountaineer and author (b. 1932)

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 28 » The first color television sets using the NTSC standard are offered for sale to the general public.
• June 9 » Joseph Welch, special counsel for the United States Army, lashes out at Senator Joseph McCarthy during the Army–McCarthy hearings, giving McCarthy the famous rebuke, "You've done enough. Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency?"
• July 20 » Germany: Otto John, head of West Germany's secret service, defects to East Germany.
• August 23 » First flight of the Lockheed C-130 multi-role aircraft.
• August 24 » Getúlio Vargas, president of Brazil, commits suicide and is succeeded by João Café Filho.
• November 27 » Alger Hiss is released from prison after serving 44 months for perjury.

The temperature on May 25, 1954 was between 7.2 °C and 23.5 °C and averaged 16.6 °C. There was 14.1 hours of sunshine (87%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.