About the day » Thursday September 23, 1954Calender converter

• Harm Peters, Venlo, Limburg, Nederland († 1989)
• JOHN MARTEN SCHOLTE, SALT LAKE CITY,, Utrecht, Nederland († 1973)
• Cornelia Hooiveld, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1987)
• Valerie Sue Stiles († 1954)
• Rina VAN GESTEL, Hoogstraten(B) († 1992)
• Normand Guy LEGAULT († 2006)
• Francisca Johanna Geertruida Huirne, Groenlo († 1954)
• Tonnie Pietjouw, Dinteloord en Prinsenland, Nederland († 2023)
• Wols, Amsterdam
• Jan Ansing, Brunssum, Limburg, Nederland

• Bernard De weert (78), Amsterdam, Noord Holland, Nederland
• Antonia van de Plas (78), Udenhout
• Cornelis Kouters (38), Rotterdam
• Christena Schweiso (87), Freeborn, Freeborn, Minnesota, United States
• Antje Aukes Wierda (84), Heerenveen, Schoterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Charlotte Florentine ( Pinong) Razoux Schultz (73), Den Haag
• Cornelis Kouters (38), Rotterdam
• Adrianus Johannes Aarts (31), New-Sealand
• Catharina Bons (64), Rotterdam
• Adrianus Johannes Bernardus van Dieren (70), Castricum

• 1952 » Anshuman Gaekwad, Indian cricketer
• 1952 » Dennis Lamp, American baseball player
• 1952 » Jim Morrison, American baseball player and manager
• 1952 » Mark Bego, American author
• 1953 » Nicholas Witchell, English journalist
• 1954 » Charlie Barnett, American actor († 1996)
• 1954 » Cherie Blair, English lawyer and academic
• 1956 » Paolo Rossi, Italian footballer
• 1956 » Peter David, American author, actor, and screenwriter
• 1956 » Tom Hogan, Australian cricketer

• 1939 » Francisco León de la Barra, Mexican politician and diplomat, interim president, 1911 (b. 1863)
• 1939 » Sigmund Freud, Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist (b. 1856)
• 1940 » Hale Holden, American businessman (b. 1869)
• 1943 » Elinor Glyn, English author, screenwriter, and producer (b. 1864)
• 1944 » Jakob Schaffner, Swiss author and critic (b. 1875)
• 1950 » Sam Barry, American basketball player and coach (b. 1892)
• 1958 » Jacob Nicol, Canadian publisher, lawyer, and politician (b. 1876)
• 1967 » Stanislaus Zbyszko, Polish wrestler and strongman (b. 1879)
• 1968 » Pio of Pietrelcina, Italian priest and saint (b. 1887)
• 1971 » James Waddell Alexander II, American mathematician and topologist (b. 1888)

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.
• March 1 » Armed Puerto Rican nationalists attack the United States Capitol building, injuring five Representatives.
• March 1 » Nuclear weapons testing: The Castle Bravo, a 15-megaton hydrogen bomb, is detonated on Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean, resulting in the worst radioactive contamination ever caused by the United States.
• June 27 » The FIFA World Cup quarterfinal match between Hungary and Brazil, highly anticipated to be exciting, instead turns violent, with three players ejected and further fighting continuing after the game.
• July 21 » First Indochina War: The Geneva Conference partitions Vietnam into North Vietnam and South Vietnam.
• November 22 » The Humane Society of the United States is founded.

The temperature on September 23, 1954 was between 4.3 °C and 16.0 °C and averaged 10.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 7.9 hours of sunshine (65%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.