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• Harm Zwart, Lemmer, Friesland, Nederland (Netherlands) († 1967)
• Jeff Nathan Buckley, Hastings († 1954)
• Charles Anthony Byrd, Fort Benning, Muscigee, Georgia, United States († 1998)
• Fons Dur († 2010)
• Jeff Nathan Buckley, Hastings († 1954)
• Sietske van Leeuwen, Vlaardingen († 1982)
• Mark Stevens, Bathurst, Bathurst Regional, New South Wales, Australi√´ († 2009)
• Adriana Aaltje (Arna) Polak, Lage Zwaluwe, Nederland († 1959)
• Paul Daenen, Sint-Truiden, België († 1996)
• Thomas, J († 2016)

• Catharina Henderika Veenstra (67), Assen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Agnesia Maria Buiteman (84), Delft
• Alida Koster (31), Zaandam Nhl. Nederland
• Anna Oud (45), Heerhugowaard
• Anni Müssing (29)
• adriana maaike HUIJSER (81), rotterdam
• Alida Koster (31), Zaandam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonie Versluis (63), Herwijnen
• Antje Wiebrensd Duim (78), Sneek, wymbritseradeel.fr.nld
• Albartdina Lonnee (51), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1952 » Aleksandr Maksimenkov, Russian footballer and coach († 2012)
• 1952 » Mario Theissen, German engineer and businessman
• 1952 » Nelson Piquet, Brazilian race car driver and businessman
• 1953 » Herta Müller, Romanian-German poet and author, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1953 » Kevin Rowland, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1953 » Korrie Layun Rampan, Indonesian author, poet, and critic († 2015)
• 1953 » Mick Malthouse, Australian footballer and coach
• 1954 » Andrés Pastrana Arango, Colombian lawyer and politician, 38th President of Colombia
• 1954 » Eric Johnson, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1955 » Colin Moulding, English singer-songwriter and bassist

• 1936 » José María of Manila, Spanish-Filipino priest and martyr (b. 1880)
• 1940 » Billy Fiske, American soldier and pilot (b. 1911)
• 1945 » Reidar Haaland, Norwegian police officer and soldier (b. 1919)
• 1949 » Gregorio Perfecto, Filipino journalist, jurist, and politician (b. 1891)
• 1958 » Arthur Fox, English-American fencer (b. 1878)
• 1966 » Ken Miles, English race car driver and engineer (b. 1918)
• 1969 » Otto Stern, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
• 1970 » Rattana Pestonji, Thai director and producer (b. 1908)
• 1971 » Maedayama Eigorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 39th Yokozuna (b. 1914)
• 1971 » Wilhelm List, German field marshal (b. 1880)

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.
• July 15 » First flight of the Boeing 367-80, prototype for both the Boeing 707 and C-135 series.
• July 20 » Germany: Otto John, head of West Germany's secret service, defects to East Germany.
• August 15 » Alfredo Stroessner begins his dictatorship in Paraguay.
• August 24 » Getúlio Vargas, president of Brazil, commits suicide and is succeeded by João Café Filho.
• December 2 » Cold War: The United States Senate votes 65 to 22 to censure Joseph McCarthy for "conduct that tends to bring the Senate into dishonor and disrepute".
• December 2 » The Sino-American Mutual Defense Treaty, between the United States and Taiwan, is signed in Washington, D.C.

The temperature on August 17, 1954 was between 8.7 °C and 20.7 °C and averaged 15.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 9.3 hours of sunshine (64%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.