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• Billy Ray Ash, Grangeville, Idaho, Idaho, Verenigde Staten († 2015)
• Abraham van Diermen, Spakenburg († 1954)
• Sonja ten Cate, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2009)
• Gary Lee van de Kop, Rock Rapids, Lyon County, Iowa († 1995)
• Anja Maria (Anja) Schagen, Amsterdam († 2018)
• Edouard Stern († 2005)
• Barbara Ann van der Plaats († 1960)
• Carlos Hendrik Hofman, Amsterdam († 1993)
• Adrianus Henricus Josephus van Gestel, Heeze, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Johan van Gulik, Kaatsheuvel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1995)

• Arie Schaap (86), Den haag
• Arend - Arent Vos (74), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Barbara van der Wolf (70), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Abraham de Koeijer (81), Long Jumeau
• Arend Vos (75), Emmen, Drenthe, Netherlands
• Arent Pleiter (81), Neede
• Antonius Josephus van de Gevel (80), Gemeente Tilburg Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana van der Staaij (71), Gouda, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Anna Catharina Derks (67), Tegelen
• Anna Dorst (85), Oud Beijerland, Zuid Holland, The Netherlands

• 1954 » Arliss Howard, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1954 » Nick Houghton, English general
• 1955 » David Twohy, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1955 » Denis Watson, Zimbabwean golfer
• 1955 » Jean-Pierre Hautier, Belgian journalist and television host († 2012)
• 1955 » Mark Welland, English physicist and academic
• 1955 » Rita Verdonk, Dutch journalist and politician, Dutch Minister of Justice
• 1955 » Stu Mead, American painter and illustrator
• 1955 » Timmy Mallett, English radio and television host
• 1955 » Vanessa Briscoe Hay, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player

• 1942 » Mikhail Nesterov, Russian painter (b. 1862)
• 1947 » Michiaki Kamada, Japanese admiral (b. 1890)
• 1948 » Walther von Brauchitsch, German field marshal (b. 1881)
• 1956 » Yoshio Markino, Japanese painter and author (b. 1869)
• 1959 » Boughera El Ouafi, Algerian-French runner (b. 1898)
• 1961 » Tsuru Aoki, Japanese-American actress (b. 1892)
• 1962 » Iván Petrovich, Serbian-German actor and singer (b. 1894)
• 1965 » Henry Travers, Irish-American actor (b. 1874)
• 1966 » Elizabeth Arden, Canadian-American businesswoman, founded Elizabeth Arden, Inc. (b. 1878)
• 1966 » S. S. Kresge, American businessman, founded Kmart (b. 1867)

• 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 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 7 » United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower gives his "domino theory" speech during a news conference.
• April 22 » Red Scare: Witnesses begin testifying and live television coverage of the Army–McCarthy hearings begins.
• 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).
• June 18 » Carlos Castillo Armas leads an invasion force across the Guatemalan border, setting in motion the 1954 Guatemalan coup d'état.
• August 15 » Alfredo Stroessner begins his dictatorship in Paraguay.

The temperature on October 18, 1954 was between 13.8 °C and 18.2 °C and averaged 16.0 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (7%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.