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• Jan Wijnholds, Sellingen
• Verlyn Veldkamp, Usa († 1975)
• Wilhelmus Cornelis Dijkgraaf, Delft († 2006)
• Henri Egbertus Jan van der Zandt, Giethoorn († 2022)
• Levenloos van de Wijdeven, 's-Hertogenbosch
• Jonker, R'dam († 2008)
• gertruda christina jacoba (truus) hendrichs, stein (limburg)
• Maarten Dijk († 1963)
• Wilhelmus Jacobus Adrianus Maria EVERS, Eersel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1954)
• Robert Schonewille, Hengelo, Overijssel, Nederland († 2021)

• Aaltje Meinderts Wiersma (57), Leeuwarden
• Adriana Smulders (69), Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aleida Hülsbeck (81), Hagelshoek, Niedersachsen, Germany
• Anna Visscher (78), Zwollerkerspel (Gem. Zwolle)
• Adrianus Respen (70), Someren, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Asenath Davis (66)
• Albertus Worst (84), Meppel, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna Fabriek (64), Haskerdijken, Haskerland, Friesland, Netherlands
• Antonius Hubertus Everaers (67), Nijmegen
• Adriana Eekels (80)

• 1948 » Cissé Mariam Kaïdama Sidibé, Malian civil servant and politician, Prime Minister of Mali
• 1948 » Kostas Davourlis, Greek footballer († 1992)
• 1950 » Khondakar Ashraf Hossain, Bangladesh poet and academic († 2013)
• 1953 » Norberto Alonso, Argentinian footballer
• 1954 » Tina Knowles, American fashion designer, founded House of Deréon
• 1956 » Ann Magnuson, American actress and performance artist
• 1956 » Bernard Sumner, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1956 » Zehava Gal-On, Israeli politician
• 1957 » Patty Loveless, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1958 » Matt Frewer, American-Canadian actor

• 1940 » Flora Finch, English-American actress and producer (b. 1867)
• 1941 » Henri Bergson, French philosopher and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)
• 1943 » Jerzy Iwanow-Szajnowicz, Greek-Polish swimmer and water polo player (b. 1911)
• 1944 » Kaj Munk, Danish playwright and pastor (b. 1898)
• 1960 » Albert Camus, French novelist, philosopher, and journalist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1913)
• 1961 » Erwin Schrödinger, Austrian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1887)
• 1962 » Hans Lammers, German jurist and politician (b. 1879)
• 1965 » T. S. Eliot, American-English poet, playwright, and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
• 1967 » Donald Campbell, English racing driver and world speed record holder (b. 1921)
• 1969 » Paul Chambers, American bassist and composer (b. 1935)

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 18 » The first Church of Scientology is established in Los Angeles.
• February 23 » The first mass inoculation of children against polio with the Salk vaccine begins in Pittsburgh.
• March 19 » Joey Giardello knocks out Willie Tory in round seven at Madison Square Garden in the first televised prize boxing fight shown in colour.
• 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).
• August 10 » At Massena, New York, the groundbreaking ceremony for the Saint Lawrence Seaway is held.
• October 27 » Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. becomes the first African-American general in the United States Air Force.

The temperature on January 4, 1954 was between -0.2 °C and 1.9 °C and averaged 0.7 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.