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• Kornelis Pieter (Kees) Schijff, Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 2001)
• Jacobus Theodorus Franciscus van Maarseveen, Vleuten-de Meern (UT, NLD) († 1972)
• Johannis Baptist van der Kaden, den Haag († 2005)
• Jacobus Theodorus Franciscus van Maarseveen, Vleuten-De Meern, Utrecht, Nederland († 1972)
• Tannetje Adriaanse, Nieuw en Sint Joosland († 1972)
• NN (René ??) Walrave, Bunnik, Nederland († 1954)
• Jan Langerhorst, Amsterdam,Amsterdam,Noord-Holland,Nederland († 2003)
• Anne Marie Kleijhorst († 2023)
• Cornelia Martha Vlaming, Oosterend († 1959)
• Alois Ahrens († 1997)

• "Philimina" Philomena Philomena (72), Berkel-Enschot, NL
• Anna Barbera Muijrers (67), Simpelveld
• Adriaan Wijtenhorst (85), Zwollerkerspel
• David Bavelaar (74), Leiden
• Derk Evert Peter-Jans Spit (52), Enschede
• Adriana Gelderblom (83), Hardinxveld
• Camilius SEGERS (69), Liedekerke,1770,Brabant Flamand,Bruxelles Capitale,BELGIQUE
• Catharina Joanna Theresia Pijnenburg (80), Goirle, Gemeente Goirle, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Christina Hellinck (64), St Amandsberg
• Catharina Maria Pijnenburg (80), Goirle, NB Netherlands

• 1950 » Ray Burris, American baseball player and coach
• 1950 » Scooter Libby, American lawyer and politician, Chief of Staff to the Vice President of the United States
• 1952 » Peter Laughner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 1977)
• 1953 » Paul Ellering, American weightlifter, wrestler, and manager
• 1955 » Chiranjeevi, Indian film actor, producer and politician
• 1956 » Paul Molitor, American baseball player and coach
• 1956 » Peter Taylor, Australian cricketer
• 1957 » Holly Dunn, American country music singer-songwriter († 2016)
• 1957 » Steve Davis, English snooker player, sportscaster, and author
• 1958 » Colm Feore, American-Canadian actor

• 1940 » Oliver Lodge, English physicist and academic (b. 1851)
• 1942 » Michel Fokine, Russian dancer and choreographer (b. 1880)
• 1946 » Döme Sztójay, Hungarian general and politician, 35th Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1883)
• 1950 » Kirk Bryan, American geologist and academic (b. 1888)
• 1951 » Jack Bickell, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1884)
• 1953 » Jim Tabor, American baseball player (b. 1916)
• 1958 » Roger Martin du Gard, French novelist and paleographer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1881)
• 1960 » Johannes Sikkar, Estonian soldier and politician, Prime Minister of Estonia in exile (b. 1897)
• 1963 » William Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield, English businessman and philanthropist, founded Morris Motors (b. 1877)
• 1967 » Gregory Goodwin Pincus, American biologist and academic, co-created the birth-control pill (b. 1903)

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 14 » The Hudson Motor Car Company merges with Nash-Kelvinator Corporation forming the American Motors Corporation.
• April 8 » A Royal Canadian Air Force Canadair Harvard collides with a Trans-Canada Airlines Canadair North Star over Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, killing 37 people.
• April 18 » Gamal Abdel Nasser seizes power in Egypt.
• 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 7 » In the US, Armistice Day becomes Veterans Day.

The temperature on August 22, 1954 was between 11.5 °C and 17.0 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.