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• Jan Zweep, Ede
• Maria Cornelia Hendrika Wijts, Noordwijkerhout († 2008)
• Jane Mary Lapré, Tilburg († 1955)
• Gerardus Franciscus Fleuren, Gennep, Nederland († 1971)
• Johanna Maria BONTE, Deventer, Gemeente Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland († 1954)
• Randall Henry Stykel, Nakusp BC Canada († 1997)
• Sílvio Tancler, Assis, São Paulo, Brasil († 1954)
• Joseph Henry Kaddatz, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin († 1954)
• Lubina Ramaker († 1979)
• Arnoldus Teunis (Tarno) Verburg, Alkmaar († 2020)

• Aaltje Haantjes (68), Heerenveen
• Bertha Baetens (56), Sint Niklaas, Oost, Vlaanderen, Belgie
• Adriana Cornelia Meijler (86), Goes, Zeeland, Nederland
• Adriana de Knegt (79), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Brandina Wilhelmina Geijtenbeek (63), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Antonia Wilhelmina Maria Janssen (34), Maastricht
• Antonetta Anna Timmers (75), Fijnaart en Heijningen (N.B.)
• Auke SMIT (75), Tjamsweer (Appingedam) Groningen Netherlands
• Barend Drewes Kuip van der Laag (90), Chicago (Illinois, USA)
• Adriana Johanna van Oerle (76), Boxtel,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1952 » Elayne Boosler, American actress, director, and screenwriter
• 1952 » Patrick Swayze, American actor and dancer († 2009)
• 1952 » Ricardo Villa, Argentinian footballer and coach
• 1953 » Louie Gohmert, American captain, lawyer, and politician
• 1953 » Marvin Isley, American R&B bass player and songwriter († 2010)
• 1954 » Umberto Guidoni, Italian astrophysicist, astronaut, and politician
• 1955 » Bruce Benedict, American baseball player and coach
• 1955 » Taher Elgamal, Egyptian-American cryptographer
• 1955 » Tan Dun, Chinese composer
• 1956 » John Debney, American composer and conductor

• 1940 » Walter Chrysler, American businessman, founded Chrysler (b. 1875)
• 1943 » Ali-Agha Shikhlinski, Azerbaijani general (b. 1865)
• 1944 » Ernst Thälmann, German soldier and politician (b. 1886)
• 1945 » Subhas Chandra Bose, Indian activist and politician (b. 1897)
• 1949 » Paul Mares, American trumpet player and bandleader (New Orleans Rhythm Kings) (b. 1900)
• 1950 » Julien Lahaut, Belgian soldier and politician (b. 1884)
• 1952 » Alberto Hurtado, Chilean priest, lawyer, and saint (b. 1901)
• 1964 » Hildegard Trabant, Berlin Wall victim (b. 1927)
• 1968 » Arthur Marshall, American pianist and composer (b. 1881)
• 1979 » Vasantrao Naik, Indian politician (b. 1913)

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. Margaretha
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.
• March 26 » Nuclear weapons testing: The Romeo shot of Operation Castle is detonated at Bikini Atoll. Yield: 11 megatons.
• 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 11 » Hurricane Edna hits New England as a Category 2 hurricane, causing significant damage and 29 deaths.
• October 11 » In accord with the 1954 Geneva Conference, French troops complete their withdrawal from North Vietnam.
• November 10 » U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower dedicates the USMC War Memorial (Iwo Jima memorial) in Arlington Ridge Park in Arlington County, Virginia.
• 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".

The temperature on August 18, 1954 was between 12.9 °C and 18.9 °C and averaged 16.0 °C. There was 2.4 mm of rain during 2.1 hours. There was 6.1 hours of sunshine (42%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.