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• Gerrit Veldsink, Gramsbergen († 1954)
• Gerrit Brunnekreef, enter
• Michael James Hester, St Albans, Hertfordshire, England († 1998)
• Trijntje Riphagen, Emmeloord (FL) († 1978)
• Elizabeth Gail Tegarden, Marion, Grant County, Indiana, United States of America († 2015)
• Juliette Wouters, Antwerpen (B)
• Karen J Abbas († 1993)
• Johannes Nicolaas Paulus Maria Barendse, 's-Gravenhage († 2017)
• Bernardus Leonardus Maria de Groot, 's Gravenhage († 1969)
• Karen Lee Veverica, Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan (USA)

• Andries Marie Wilhelmus van Oijen (59), Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Christian HENß (72), Frankfurt am Main,Regierungsbezirk Darmstadt,HESSE,GERMANY
• Anna Maria Hendriks (56)
• Catharina Admiraal- (61), Alkmaar, Nederland
• Arnoldus Johannes van Wanrooij (74), Oirschot
• Arnold Wilhelm Jansen (47), Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland
• Arie Woudenberg (87), Utrecht
• Alfred Curtis (77), Aurora, Sevier, Utah, United States
• Adriana Johanna van Geel (59), Breda
• Berta Auguste Wilke (62), Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany

• 1951 » Steve Prefontaine, American runner († 1975)
• 1952 » Peter Tatchell, Australian-English journalist and activist
• 1952 » Timothy White, American journalist, author, and critic († 2002)
• 1954 » Kay Cottee, Australian sailor
• 1954 » Renate Dorrestein, Dutch journalist and author († 2018)
• 1954 » Ricardo Bochini, Argentinian footballer and manager
• 1956 » Andy Cox, English guitarist
• 1956 » Dinah Manoff, American actress
• 1957 » Andrew Harris, American politician
• 1957 » Eskil Erlandsson, Swedish technologist and politician, Swedish Minister for Rural Affairs

• 1939 » Charles Davidson Dunbar, Scottish soldier and bagpipe player (b. 1870)
• 1947 » Al Capone, American gangster and mob boss (b. 1899)
• 1949 » Makino Nobuaki, Japanese politician, 15th Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs (b. 1861)
• 1957 » Ichizō Kobayashi, Japanese businessman, founded Hankyu Hanshin Holdings (b. 1873)
• 1957 » Kiyoshi Shiga, Japanese physician and bacteriologist (b. 1871)
• 1958 » Cemil Topuzlu, Turkish surgeon and politician, Mayor of Istanbul (b. 1866)
• 1958 » Robert R. Young, American businessman and financier (b. 1897)
• 1960 » Diana Barrymore, American actress (b. 1921)
• 1966 » Saul Adler, Belarusian-English microbiologist and parasitologist (b. 1895)
• 1968 » Louie Myfanwy Thomas, Welsh writer (b. 1908)

• 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 10 » U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower warns against United States intervention in Vietnam.
• 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.
• April 8 » A Royal Canadian Air Force Canadair Harvard collides with a Trans-Canada Airlines Canadair North Star over Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, killing 37 people.
• June 18 » Carlos Castillo Armas leads an invasion force across the Guatemalan border, setting in motion the 1954 Guatemalan coup d'état.
• October 27 » Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. becomes the first African-American general in the United States Air Force.
• November 13 » Great Britain defeats France to capture the first ever Rugby League World Cup in Paris in front of around 30,000 spectators.

The temperature on January 25, 1954 was between -6.0 °C and -1.0 °C and averaged -4.0 °C. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (77%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.