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• Brigitte Elisabeth de BONHOME, Namen (B) († 1954)
• Peter Mathijs Wilhelmina Kunnen, Stramproy († 1970)
• Jeffrey Lee Butler, Charleston, Kanawha, West Virginia, Verenigde Staten († 2001)
• Lourens Witte, De Waal († 2008)
• Wilhelmus Leenders, Maaseik (B) († 2006)
• levenloos geboren kind van Nicolaas Anthonius Jacob SLUIS, Delft († 1954)
• Janneke Gerrits († 2015)
• Joanna Maria Louisa Poels, Elsloo († 1976)
• Peter Mathijs Wilhelmina Kunnen, Stramproy († 1970)
• Jacobus Joannes (John) VROMEN, Heerlen (NL/LI) († 1992)

• Reinhard Veldsink (78), Heemse
• Catharina Taylor (61), Haarlem
• Klaas Snippe (46), Ruinen
• Anthonia Wilhelmina BLONK (65), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• A. Ne. (65), Santa Clara (Californie), Verenigde Staten
• Arlie W. Schwepe (65)
• Aleijda Geertruida te Lintelo (47), Groenlo
• Christina Zijlstra (70), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Charles Toomer (66), South Carolina
• Anna Maria Elisabeth Boerboom (69), Didam

• 1951 » David Bairstow, English cricketer and sportscaster († 1998)
• 1952 » Manuel Piñero, Spanish golfer
• 1953 » Don Blackman, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer († 2013)
• 1954 » Dave Lumley, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1954 » Richard Burden, English politician
• 1955 » Bruce Foxton, English singer-songwriter and bass player
• 1956 » Bernie Wagenblast, American publisher, founded the Transportation Communications Newsletter
• 1956 » Vinnie Johnson, American basketball player and sportscaster
• 1957 » Alexandra Aikhenvald, Australian linguist
• 1957 » Gloria Estefan, Cuban-American singer-songwriter and actress

• 1930 » Peeter Põld, Estonian scientist and politician, 1st Estonian Minister of Education (b. 1878)
• 1943 » Charles Atangana, Cameroonian ruler (b. 1880)
• 1947 » Frederick Russell Burnham, American soldier and adventurer (b. 1861)
• 1953 » Bernard O'Dowd, Australian journalist, author, and poet (b. 1866)
• 1967 » Siegfried Sassoon, English captain and poet (b. 1886)
• 1969 » Drew Pearson, American journalist and author (b. 1897)
• 1970 » François Mauriac, French novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1885)
• 1971 » Alan Brown, English soldier (b. 1909)
• 1974 » Gerd Neggo, Estonian dancer, dance teacher, and choreographer (b. 1891)
• 1977 » Ethel Waters, American singer and actress (b. 1896)

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 7 » United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower gives his "domino theory" speech during a news conference.
• May 13 » The original Broadway production of The Pajama Game opens and runs for another 1,063 performances. Later received three Tony Awards for Best Musical, Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical, and Best Choreography.
• June 24 » First Indochina War: Battle of Mang Yang Pass: Viet Minh troops belonging to the 803rd Regiment ambush G.M.100 of France in An Khê.
• July 5 » Elvis Presley records his first single, "That's All Right", at Sun Records in Memphis, Tennessee.
• September 30 » The U.S. Navy submarine USSNautilus is commissioned as the world's first nuclear-powered vessel.
• 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 September 1, 1954 was between 10.4 °C and 27.4 °C and averaged 19.1 °C. There was 10.1 hours of sunshine (74%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.