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• Willem-Jan Kleene, Vollenhove († 2011)
• Maria Neeltje Meerwaldt († 2012)
• Terry R. McDonald, Milton, Ontario, Canada († 2014)
• Doodgeboren Hoogkamer, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1954)
• jacobus (Ko) Werkman († 2007)
• Eveline Patricia (Tricia) Suyderhoud, Alkmaar
• Cornelis van Leeuwen († 2013)
• Paul Leenen, Sint-Truiden, België († 2011)
• N.N. van Etten, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 1954)
• Margaretha Haring, Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Netherlands

• Barend Bos (46), Stolwijk
• ALOIS GHYS (76), KRUIBEKE,OOST-VLAANDEREN,BELGIE
• Antonius Smits (72), Vught,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albert Koster (82), Hoogeveen (Hoogeveen), Drenthe, Nederland
• Arnoldus van der Heijden (75), Kaatsheuvel
• Apolonia Heijman (84), Hontenisse
• Aleida van der Wolf (82), Heerenveen, Schoterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Antonius Smits (72), Eindhoven
• Arnoldus van der Heijden (75), Loon op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albert Koster (82)

• 1951 » Don Gullett, American baseball player and coach
• 1951 » Kim Wilson, American singer-songwriter and harmonica player
• 1953 » Malcolm Young, Scottish-Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer († 2017)
• 1954 » Anthony Minghella, English director and screenwriter († 2008)
• 1955 » Rowan Atkinson, English actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1956 » Clive Woodward, English rugby player and coach
• 1956 » Elizabeth Strout, American novelist and short story writer
• 1956 » Justin Welby, English archbishop
• 1957 » Michael Foale, British-American astrophysicist and astronaut
• 1957 » Nancy Lopez, American golfer and sportscaster

• 1937 » André Bessette, Canadian saint (b. 1845)
• 1939 » Gustavs Zemgals, Latvian journalist and politician, 2nd President of Latvia (b. 1871)
• 1941 » Charley O'Leary, American baseball player and coach (b. 1882)
• 1942 » Emma Calvé, French soprano and actress (b. 1858)
• 1942 » Henri de Baillet-Latour, Belgian businessman, 3rd President of the International Olympic Committee (b. 1876)
• 1944 » Ida Tarbell, American journalist, reformer, and educator (b. 1857)
• 1944 » Jacques Rosenbaum, Estonian-German architect (b. 1878)
• 1945 » Vladimir Vernadsky, Russian mineralogist and chemist (b. 1863)
• 1949 » Victor Fleming, American director, producer, and cinematographer (b. 1883)
• 1966 » Jean Lurçat, French painter (b. 1892)

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. Mary

• 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.
• 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?"
• June 14 » U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs a bill into law that places the words "under God" into the United States Pledge of Allegiance.
• July 7 » Elvis Presley makes his radio debut when WHBQ Memphis played his first recording for Sun Records, "That's All Right".
• August 13 » Radio Pakistan broadcasts the "Qaumī Tarāna", the national anthem of Pakistan for the first time.
• 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 January 6, 1954 was between -8.2 °C and -3.4 °C and averaged -6.0 °C. There was 5.6 hours of sunshine (71%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.