About the day » Tuesday January 26, 1954Calender converter

• Aafke Malda, Blija († 2022)
• Carol Joy Startup, Provo, Utah County, Utah († 1987)
• Antonius Alphonsus Maria Somers, Hengstdijk,, Zeeland, Nederland († 1964)
• Angeline Marie Sassen, Nijmegen,Gemeente Nijmegen,Gelderland,Netherlands († 2011)
• Rudolfus Cornelis Maria Raps, Amsterdam († 2006)
• Alexander van Emden, Paterson, New Jersey († 2003)
• Henriette Theresia LEMAIRE, Djakarta, Jakarta, Indonesië († 1989)
• hendrika catharina elisabeth maria (riet) sonnemans, helden-beringe
• Ria van der Zanden († 2024)
• Gerrit Van Dijck († 2007)

• Antje Dijkstra (67), Leeuwarden
• Arendje Grootenhuis (78), Kampen,Kampen,Overijssel,Nederland
• Antje Dijkstra (67), Leeuwarden
• Adriana Johanna van GEEL (59), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana Willempje van Graafeiland (83), Ooltgensplaat, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana van Wageningen (85), 's-Gravenhage
• Anna Both (87), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arie Willem Schoehuijs (73), Heemskerk, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Anna May Kimberly (73), Portland, Multnomah Co, Oregon, Verenigde Staten
• Adriana Willempje van Graafeiland (83), Ooltgensplaat, Nederland

• 1950 » Jörg Haider, Austrian lawyer and politician, Governor of Carinthia († 2008)
• 1951 » Andy Hummel, American singer-songwriter and bass player († 2010)
• 1951 » Anne Mills, English economist and academic
• 1951 » David Briggs, Australian guitarist, songwriter, and producer
• 1953 » Alik L. Alik, Micronesian politician, 7th Vice President of the Federated States of Micronesia
• 1953 » Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Danish politician and diplomat, 39th Prime Minister of Denmark
• 1953 » Lucinda Williams, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1954 » Kim Hughes, Australian cricketer
• 1955 » Eddie Van Halen, Dutch-American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
• 1957 » Road Warrior Hawk, American wrestler († 2003)

• 1946 » Adriaan van Maanen, Dutch-American astronomer and academic (b. 1884)
• 1946 » Oskar Kallas, Estonian linguist and diplomat (b. 1868)
• 1947 » Grace Moore, American soprano and actress (b. 1898)
• 1948 » Fred Conrad Koch, American biochemist and endocrinologist (born 1876)
• 1948 » John Lomax, American musicologist and academic (b. 1867)
• 1948 » Kâzım Karabekir, Turkish general and politician, 5th Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (b. 1882)
• 1952 » Khorloogiin Choibalsan, Mongolian general and politician, 12th Prime Minister of Mongolia (b. 1895)
• 1953 » Athanase David, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1882)
• 1957 » Helene Costello, American actress (b. 1906)
• 1962 » Lucky Luciano, Italian-American mob boss (b. 1897)

• 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 21 » The first nuclear-powered submarine, the USSNautilus, is launched in Groton, Connecticut by Mamie Eisenhower, the First Lady of the United States.
• 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?"
• June 27 » The Obninsk Nuclear Power Plant, the Soviet Union's first nuclear power station, opens in Obninsk, near Moscow.
• July 15 » First flight of the Boeing 367-80, prototype for both the Boeing 707 and C-135 series.
• November 19 » Télé Monte Carlo, Europe's oldest private television channel, is launched by Prince Rainier III.
• November 27 » Alger Hiss is released from prison after serving 44 months for perjury.

The temperature on January 26, 1954 was between -10.4 °C and -3.6 °C and averaged -6.7 °C. There was 7.1 hours of sunshine (81%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the east.