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• Franciscus Leonardus E. van Gerven, Valkenswaard, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Gayla S Schaubel, Grand Rapids (Kent), Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 1994)
• Berend Boonstra, Bergum († 1997)
• Cornelia Kouters, Lage Zwaluwe († 1957)
• Jozias Siereveld, Arnemuiden († 2021)
• Constance Jean Marcus, Oak Park, IL
• de Groot, Den Helder,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Baby Tuin, Winschoten († 1954)
• Gayla S. Schaubel, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States († 1994)
• Marijke Verheul, Maarn, Utrecht, Nederland († 1976)

• Bote Bleeker (87), Ameland
• Arthur Geoffrey Annesley (86)
• Camiel Beernaert (78), Zedelgem,8210,West-Vlaanderen,België
• Cor Bessems (33), Maastricht
• Berend Wildeman (80), Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Nederland
• Cor Bessems (33), Maastricht
• Coletta VETS (79), Lille, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium
• Allen RAMSEY (48), Cleveland County, North Carolina
• Cornelia Marcusse (86), Castricum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Rettie Fickle (85), Franklin, Ohio, Verenigde Staten

• 1951 » Kirstie Alley, American actress and producer
• 1952 » John Walker, New Zealand runner and politician
• 1952 » Phil Perry, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1952 » Ricky Van Shelton, American country singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1952 » Walter Mosley, American novelist
• 1953 » Mary Harron, Canadian director and screenwriter
• 1954 » Howard Stern, American radio host, actor, and author
• 1954 » Martin Kylhammar, Swedish professor of culture and society
• 1955 » Tom Ardolino, American rock drummer (NRBQ) († 2012)
• 1956 » Nikolai Noskov, Russian rock singer and singer-songwriter

• 1938 » Oscar Florianus Bluemner, German-American painter and illustrator (b. 1867)
• 1940 » Edward Smith, English lieutenant, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1898)
• 1940 » Ralph Hitz, Austrian-American hotelier (b. 1891)
• 1943 » Jan Campert, Dutch journalist and critic (b. 1902)
• 1944 » Lance C. Wade, American commander and pilot (b. 1915)
• 1958 » Charles Hatfield, American meteorologist (b. 1875)
• 1960 » Nevil Shute, English engineer and author (b. 1899)
• 1962 » Ariadna Tyrkova-Williams, Russian journalist and activist (b. 1869)
• 1965 » Lorraine Hansberry, American author, playwright, and director (b. 1936)
• 1967 » Burhan Asaf Belge, Turkish diplomat (b. 1887)

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 28 » The first color television sets using the NTSC standard are offered for sale to the general public.
• April 26 » The Geneva Conference, an effort to restore peace in Indochina and Korea, begins.
• 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.
• July 7 » Elvis Presley makes his radio debut when WHBQ Memphis played his first recording for Sun Records, "That's All Right".
• July 15 » First flight of the Boeing 367-80, prototype for both the Boeing 707 and C-135 series.
• September 3 » The People's Liberation Army begins shelling the Republic of China-controlled islands of Quemoy, starting the First Taiwan Strait Crisis.

The temperature on January 12, 1954 was between 4.4 °C and 7.3 °C and averaged 6.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.