About the day » Wednesday January 20, 1954Calender converter

• gertruda mathea maria (trudy) boots, helden-beringe
• Graham George Stewart, Delungra NSW († 1969)
• Anne Benedicte Calbrecht († 1954)
• Ronald Arthur (Ron) Klop, Delft, Nederland († 2023)
• Cornelia Voogt, Zevenbergen, Nederland († 2004)
• Douglas Allen Harms, Sibley, Osceola County, Iowa († 2021)
• Rosette van der Steen, Ranst, Antwerpen, Belgie († 2019)
• William Gary "Bill" Verver, Ceres,Stanislaus County,California,United States († 2007)
• Johannes Marinus Stadig, amsterdam, Nederland († 2009)
• Pieter van Driel, Oud-Vossemeer, Zeeland, Nederland († 2004)

• Alijda van den Hoorn (78), Utrecht, Netherlands
• Antonius Cornelis Maria Broos (63), Roosendaal, NL
• Antoinetta Cornelia Jacoba Maria van Gastel (72), Krimpen ad IJssel
• Antonius Maes (78), Goirle, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Cornelia Broeders (75), Udenhout, NB, Nederland
• Albertus Agterberg (76), Utrecht
• Antje Couvert (69), Medemblik
• Anna Elisabeth de Kuijer (75), Tilburg
• Aris Bekking (71), Amsterdam
• Antje Hoekstra (58), Wouterswoude (Friesland)

• 1951 » Iván Fischer, Hungarian conductor and composer
• 1952 » John Witherow, South African-English journalist and author
• 1952 » Nikos Sideris, Greek psychiatrist and poet
• 1952 » Paul Stanley, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1953 » Jeffrey Epstein, American financier and convicted sex offender († 2019)
• 1954 » Alison Seabeck, English lawyer and politician
• 1955 » McKeeva Bush, Caymanian politician, Premier of the Cayman Islands
• 1956 » Bill Maher, American comedian, political commentator, media critic, television host, and producer
• 1956 » John Naber, American swimmer
• 1956 » Maria Larsson, Swedish educator and politician, Swedish Minister of Health and Social Affairs

• 1940 » Omar Bundy, American general (b. 1861)
• 1944 » James McKeen Cattell, American psychologist and academic (b. 1860)
• 1947 » Andrew Volstead, American member of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1860)
• 1947 » Josh Gibson, American baseball player (b. 1911)
• 1954 » Fred Root, English cricketer and umpire (b. 1890)
• 1954 » Warren Bardsley, Australian cricketer (b. 1882)
• 1955 » Robert P. T. Coffin, American author and poet (b. 1892)
• 1962 » Robinson Jeffers, American poet and philosopher (b. 1887)
• 1965 » Alan Freed, American radio host (b. 1922)
• 1971 » Broncho Billy Anderson, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (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. 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.
• March 19 » Willie Mosconi sets a world record by running 526 consecutive balls without a miss during a straight pool exhibition at East High Billiard Club in Springfield, Ohio, setting a record that remains unbroken.
• June 9 » Joseph Welch, special counsel for the United States Army, lashes out at Senator Joseph McCarthy during the Army–McCarthy hearings, giving McCarthy the famous rebuke, "You've done enough. Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency?"
• July 7 » Elvis Presley makes his radio debut when WHBQ Memphis played his first recording for Sun Records, "That's All Right".
• September 9 » The 6.7 M_w  Chlef earthquake shakes northern Algeria with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme). At least 1,243 people were killed and 5,000 were injured.
• September 14 » In a top secret nuclear test, a Soviet Tu-4 bomber drops a 40 kiloton atomic weapon just north of Totskoye village.
• December 4 » The first Burger King is opened in Miami, Florida.

The temperature on January 20, 1954 was between 4.7 °C and 9.4 °C and averaged 7.8 °C. There was 10.2 mm of rain during 12.7 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.