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• Sandra Jane Ragan, Pelahatchie, Rankin Co., MS († 1954)
• Hermans († 1954)
• Liliane Visée, Genk († 2010)
• Maria Monica Catharina Engelina Wilhelmina Windt, Rotterdam († 1992)
• Petrus Franciscus Maria Theunis († 1997)
• Roelie Schimmelpenninck († 2000)
• Willempje Bosch, Lopik, Utrecht, Nederland († 2024)
• Hendrik Willem Lamper, Wemeldinge († 2013)
• Ronald Dean Clapp († 1977)
• Lee A. Kittrell Jr. [K?FgBu] († 1984)

• Aart van Ommeren (75), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Autje Scholte (73), Scheemda
• Anna Barbara Horsch (83), Maastricht (L
• Allen James Wylie [2] (71), Tampa, Hillsborough County, Florida
• Albelius (Bart) Koning (56), Edam Volendam
• Alida van Donselaar (76), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alice Arimenthia Carter (67), Bodden Town, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
• Andries Verkaik (73), Chicago Heights, Cook County, Illinois, United States
• Antje Elgersma (69), Enschede
• Alice E. King (Maguire) (40), Ohio, Verenigde Staten

• 1951 » Karen Tei Yamashita, American author and academic
• 1951 » Kenny Anthony, Saint Lucian politician, 5th Prime Minister of Saint Lucia
• 1952 » Peter McCullagh, Irish mathematician and academic
• 1952 » Vladimir Feltsman, Russian-American pianist and educator
• 1953 » Bruce Sutter, American baseball player
• 1954 » Konstantinos Kypriotis, Greek martial artist († 1995)
• 1955 » Mike Reno, Canadian singer and drummer
• 1955 » Spiros Livathinos, Greek footballer and coach
• 1957 » Nacho Duato, Spanish dancer and choreographer
• 1958 » Betsy DeVos, American businesswoman and politician, 11th Secretary of Education

• 1945 » Karl Ernst Krafft, Swiss astrologer and author (b. 1900)
• 1948 » Kurt Schwitters, German painter and graphic designer (b. 1887)
• 1950 » Joseph Schumpeter, Czech-American economist and academic (b. 1883)
• 1952 » Antonia Maury, American astronomer and astrophysicist (b. 1866)
• 1953 » Hugh Binney, English admiral and politician, 16th Governor of Tasmania (b. 1883)
• 1954 » Eduard Wiiralt, Estonian-French painter and illustrator (b. 1898)
• 1956 » Jim Elliot, American missionary and martyr (b. 1928)
• 1958 » Mary Colter, American architect, designed the Desert View Watchtower (b. 1869)
• 1961 » Schoolboy Rowe, American baseball player and coach (b. 1910)
• 1963 » Kay Sage, American painter (b. 1898)

• 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 10 » BOAC Flight 781, a de Havilland DH.106 Comet 1, explodes and falls into the Tyrrhenian Sea killing 35 people.
• April 1 » United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower authorizes the creation of the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado.
• April 8 » South African Airways Flight 201 A de Havilland DH.106 Comet 1 crashes into the sea during night killing 21 people.
• September 11 » Hurricane Edna hits New England as a Category 2 hurricane, causing significant damage and 29 deaths.
• October 18 » Texas Instruments announces the first transistor radio.
• November 12 » Ellis Island ceased operations.

The temperature on January 8, 1954 was between -5.3 °C and 3.0 °C and averaged -1.2 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 5.7 hours of sunshine (71%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.