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• N.N. Roubos, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• J.M.P. Tillmanns (Tak Schaesberg), Schaesberg (Gem. Landgraaf)
• Wim van der Valk, Woerden († 2023)
• Kam Wah Fung, Hongkong († 1973)
• Henry Jipping († 1979)
• Cornelia Wilhelmina Aafjes, Krommenie, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2010)
• Wilma van Woezik († 2000)
• Levenloos geboren kind Heil, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Dick Werkman, Termunten, Groningen, Nederland († 2022)
• van Oorschot, Rotterdam († 1954)

• Aaltje van Santen (87), Amsterdam
• Frijters (50), Breda
• Albertje Brinksma (81), Vledder, Drente, Netherlands
• Arendje Bode (55), Asperen (NL)
• Cornelia Maria van Beijersbergen (68), Wassenaar, Nederland
• Agnes Josepha Maria Bernardina Kuijt (68), Ouder-Amstel, NH, Nederland
• Antonia Jochems (78), Fijnaart en Heiningen
• Cornelia Boom (84), Waspik, Provincie Noord Brabant, Nederland
• Cornelia Elisabeth van 't Velt (0), Utrecht, Utr, NL
• Anna Maria Lipsch (54), Heerlen

• 1952 » Andrzej Fischer, Polish footballer
• 1952 » Boris Blank, Swiss singer-songwriter
• 1953 » Randy White, American football player
• 1954 » Jose Dalisay, Jr., Filipino poet, author, and screenwriter
• 1955 » Andreas Gursky, German photographer
• 1955 » Khalid Islambouli, Egyptian lieutenant († 1982)
• 1955 » Nigel Benson, English author and illustrator
• 1956 » Marc Trestman, American football player and coach
• 1956 » Mayawati, Indian educator and politician, 23rd Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh
• 1956 » Vitaly Kaloyev, Russian architect

• 1945 » Wilhelm Wirtinger, Austrian-German mathematician and theorist (b. 1865)
• 1948 » Josephus Daniels, American publisher and diplomat, 41st United States Secretary of the Navy (b. 1862)
• 1950 » Henry H. Arnold, American general (b. 1886)
• 1951 » Ernest Swinton, British Army officer (b. 1868)
• 1951 » Nikolai Vekšin, Estonian-Russian captain and sailor (b. 1887)
• 1952 » Ned Hanlon, Australian sergeant and politician, 26th Premier of Queensland (b. 1887)
• 1955 » Yves Tanguy, French-American painter (b. 1900)
• 1959 » Regina Margareten, Hungarian businesswoman (b. 1863)
• 1964 » Jack Teagarden, American singer-songwriter and trombonist (b. 1905)
• 1967 » David Burliuk, Ukrainian author and illustrator (b. 1882)

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 15 » Canada and the United States agree to construct the Distant Early Warning Line, a system of radar stations in the far northern Arctic regions of Canada and Alaska.
• February 18 » The first Church of Scientology is established in Los Angeles.
• April 7 » United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower gives his "domino theory" speech during a news conference.
• April 22 » Red Scare: Witnesses begin testifying and live television coverage of the Army–McCarthy hearings begins.
• May 7 » Indochina War: The Battle of Dien Bien Phu ends in a French defeat and a Viet Minh victory (the battle began on March 13).
• 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 January 15, 1954 was between 6.4 °C and 11.5 °C and averaged 8.7 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.