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• Helen Christine JORDAN, Nelson, New Zealand († 1954)
• Franciscus (Frans) Van der Veeke, 's-Gravenhage († 1999)
• Noreen Jo Hemmen, Grundy Center, Grundy County, Iowa († 2024)
• Flora van der Zwaan, Rotterdam
• Rebecca Ann Lohmeier, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States († 1987)
• Carla Bruijn, Enkhuizen († 1999)
• ? Poortman, Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland († 1954)
• Albert Halma, Grouw († 2024)
• Jan Jurjens († 2016)
• Johanna Gerarda Wilhelmina Walet, Utrecht († 2023)

• Anton Johan Dalhuijsen (43), Elst
• Adrianus Johannes Blocks (85), Mijdrecht
• Adrianus Johannes Bloks ( Blocks) (85), Mijdrecht
• Braaf (0), Den Helder
• ? Poortman (0), Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland
• Aleida Spiegelhoff (85), Steenderen
• Antonia de Man (86), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Kuik (62), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Albert Kuik (62), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Alfred Rudolph Van Booven (62), San Diego, San Diego, California, Verenigde Staten

• 1952 » Mundo Earwood, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2014)
• 1953 » John Simpson, English lexicographer and scholar
• 1953 » Pat Day, American jockey
• 1954 » Claude Ribbe, French historian and academic
• 1954 » George Frazier, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1955 » John Ferenzik, American keyboard player, guitarist, and composer
• 1956 » Chris Carter, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1956 » Don Paige, American runner
• 1956 » Joseph Toal, Scottish bishop
• 1956 » Sinan Sakić, Serbian singer († 2018)

• 1938 » E. C. Segar, American cartoonist, created Popeye (b. 1894)
• 1945 » Milton S. Hershey, American businessman, founded The Hershey Company (b. 1857)
• 1950 » Ernest Haycox, American soldier and author (b. 1899)
• 1955 » Manuel Ávila Camacho, Mexican general and politician, 45th President of Mexico (b. 1897)
• 1956 » Cahit Sıtkı Tarancı, Turkish poet and author (b. 1910)
• 1961 » Prince Louis Rwagasore, Burundi politician, Prime Minister of Burundi (b. 1932)
• 1966 » Clifton Webb, American actor and dancer (b. 1889)
• 1968 » Bea Benaderet, American actress and voice artist (b. 1906)
• 1973 » Albert Mandler, Austrian-Israeli general (b. 1929)
• 1973 » Cevat Şakir Kabaağaçlı, Turkish ethnographer and author (b. 1886)

• 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 13 » The Battle of Điện Biên Phủ begins with an artillery barrage by Viet Minh forces under Võ Nguyên Giáp; Viet Minh victory lead to the end of the First Indochina War and French withdrawal from 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.
• May 13 » The original Broadway production of The Pajama Game opens and runs for another 1,063 performances. Later received three Tony Awards for Best Musical, Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical, and Best Choreography.
• August 13 » Radio Pakistan broadcasts the "Qaumī Tarāna", the national anthem of Pakistan for the first time.
• October 10 » The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Sultanate of Muscat, Neil Innes, sends a signal to the Sultanate's forces, accompanied with oil explorers, to penetrate Fahud, marking the beginning of Jebel Akhdar War between the Imamate of Oman and the Sultanate of Muscat.
• November 1 » The Front de Libération Nationale fires the first shots of the Algerian War of Independence.

The temperature on October 13, 1954 was between 11.0 °C and 14.6 °C and averaged 13.0 °C. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.