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• Gerda Jacoba Simons, Heerenveen († 2022)
• Onno Keuker
• Tonny Hoogesteger, Zierikzee († 1994)
• Nelly Goossens, Mechelen, Antwerpen, Belgium († 1992)
• Theodora Christina Kalkman, Utrecht († 1954)
• Christiane Van Hout, Balen († 1954)
• Ria Roosen, Sint-Truiden, België († 2012)
• antonetta gertruda francisca maria (tonny) van ninhuijs, helden-panningen († 1974)
• Hermien Gerrits, Vriezenveen († 2021)
• Johannes Jacobus Hendricus Maria Elich († 2013)

• Charles William WINDER (70), Auckland, New Zealand
• Bernardus Nicolaas de Gou (76), Wassenaar
• Arij Bol (75), Rotterdam
• Arij Bol (75), Rotterdam Zuid-Holland Nederland
• Anne Catherine Véronique QUERINJEAN (74), Stavelot,4970,Liège,Wallonie,BELGIQUE
• Adriana ten Broek (91), Wormer, Zaanstreek, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Cornelia Koeleman (86), Heemstede
• Adriana de Bruijne (73), Bergen op Zoom,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antje Mook (79), Heemstede
• Clemence Josephina Helena Ignatia van Hellenberg Hubar (0), Delft

• 1951 » James Naughtie, Scottish journalist and radio host
• 1951 » Steve Swisher, American baseball player and manager
• 1952 » Prateep Ungsongtham Hata, Thai activist and politician
• 1953 » Jean Tirole, French economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1953 » Kay Stenshjemmet, Norwegian speed skater
• 1953 » Roberta Tovey, English actress and singer
• 1954 » Pete Thomas, English drummer
• 1954 » Ray Jennings, South African cricketer and coach
• 1955 » John E. Sweeney, American lawyer and politician
• 1956 » Gordon Singleton, Canadian Olympic Cyclist

• 1942 » Edith Stein, German nun and saint (b. 1891)
• 1943 » Chaim Soutine, Belarusian-French painter and educator (b. 1893)
• 1945 » Harry Hillman, American runner and coach (b. 1881)
• 1945 » Robert Hampton Gray, Canadian lieutenant and pilot, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1917)
• 1946 » Bert Vogler, South African cricketer (b. 1876)
• 1948 » Hugo Boss, German fashion designer, founded Hugo Boss (b. 1885)
• 1949 » Edward Thorndike, American psychologist and academic (b. 1874)
• 1957 » Carl Clauberg, German Nazi physician (b. 1898)
• 1962 » Hermann Hesse, German-born Swiss poet, novelist, and painter, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1877)
• 1963 » Patrick Bouvier Kennedy, American son of John F. Kennedy (b. 1963)

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.
• February 28 » The first color television sets using the NTSC standard are offered for sale to the general public.
• April 1 » United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower authorizes the creation of the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado.
• May 6 » Roger Bannister becomes the first person to run the mile in under four minutes.
• May 17 » The United States Supreme Court hands down a unanimous decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, outlawing racial segregation in public schools.
• September 17 » The novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding is first published.
• October 10 » The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Sultanate of Muscat, Neil Innes, sends a signal to the Sultanate's forces, accompanied with oil explorers, to penetrate Fahud, marking the beginning of Jebel Akhdar War between the Imamate of Oman and the Sultanate of Muscat.

The temperature on August 9, 1954 was between 9.9 °C and 19.4 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 2.3 mm of rain during 3.9 hours. There was 4.2 hours of sunshine (28%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.