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• Bernardus Gijsbert Verkroost, Maarssen († 2016)
• Joseph Marie Constant Chretien (Jef) Last († 1978)
• N.N. den Engelse, Ridderkerk († 1954)
• Herman Johan Slot, Schuinesloot, Hardenberg, Overijssel, Nederland
• Leon Ralph Clifton Jr ****, Smithfield, Johnston, North Carolina, Verenigde Staten († 2006)
• Hans Meijer, Den Helder († 2000)
• Cornelis Meerens, Harderwijk († 1999)
• Leonardus Maria Bakker, Waarland, Gem. Harenkarspel († 2006)
• Nn Bruinsma, Rotterdam
• Anna Maria Reith, Vianen, Utrecht, Nederland († 2002)

• Albrecht Eugen van Württemberg (59), Schwabisch Gmund
• Arie Dijkhuizen (0), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• (70), Helden-Grashoek, Li, NL (Venlo )
• Andries Mozes TROOSTWIJK (62), Zwolle
• Alida van Berkel (48), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Arendina Adriana Jacoba van Broekhoven (63), Rotterdam, Nederland
• Arie Bijl (52), Rotterdam
• Antonius Johannes Vriends (77), Bakel en Milheeze
• Aafke Veldman (46), Uithuizermeeden
• Albrecht Eugen Maria Philipp Carl Jf van Württemberg (59), Schwäbisch Gmünd

• 1951 » Charles Sturridge, English director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1951 » Raelene Boyle, Australian sprinter
• 1952 » Bob Neill, English lawyer and politician
• 1952 » Dianna Melrose, English diplomat, British High Commissioner to Tanzania
• 1953 » Michael Tuck, Australian footballer and coach
• 1953 » William E. Moerner, American chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1955 » Chris Higgins, English geneticist and academic
• 1955 » Edmund Malura, German footballer and manager
• 1955 » Loren Roberts, American golfer
• 1956 » Owen Paterson, English politician, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

• 1932 » Ernst Põdder, Estonian general (b. 1879)
• 1943 » Camille Roy, Canadian priest and critic (b. 1870)
• 1946 » Louise Whitfield Carnegie, American philanthropist (b. 1857)
• 1947 » Emil Seidel, American politician, Mayor of Milwaukee (b. 1864)
• 1962 » Volfgangs Dārziņš, Latvian composer, pianist and music critic (b. 1906)
• 1964 » Stuart Davis, American painter and academic (b. 1892)
• 1968 » Tony Hancock, English actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1924)
• 1969 » Frank King, American cartoonist (b. 1883)
• 1969 » Willy Ley, German-American historian and author (b. 1906)
• 1976 » Minor White, American photographer, critic, and academic (b. 1908)

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 13 » Frank Selvy becomes the only NCAA Division I basketball player ever to score 100 points in a single game.
• February 15 » Canada and the United States agree to construct the Distant Early Warning Line, a system of radar stations in the far northern Arctic regions of Canada and Alaska.
• July 4 » Rationing ends in the United Kingdom.
• July 21 » First Indochina War: The Geneva Conference partitions Vietnam into North Vietnam and South Vietnam.
• 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.

The temperature on June 24, 1954 was between 8.0 °C and 20.8 °C and averaged 15.6 °C. There was 11.8 hours of sunshine (70%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.