About the day » Wednesday October 20, 1954Calender converter

• Rinus van Lent, Bemmel († 1995)
• Mina Vennema, Pallert, Netherlands († 2013)
• Simon Eijssen, Maastricht († 1999)
• Philip Antoon Verhagen, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2016)
• Leo Vermeer († 1980)
• NN Greter, Kerkrade, Limburg, Netherlands († 1954)
• Roelof Meijering, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1974)
• N.N. Schonewille, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Netherlands († 1954)
• Derk Wendels († 1997)
• Joke v. d. Helm († 1960)

• Aloysius Joseph Maria Koopmanschap (0), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Carolus Josephus Mertens (76), Vorst Kempen, 2430, België
• Anna Gezina Lansink (78), Weerselo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Barend De Bruin (79), Putten, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aletta de Gier (85), Lopik, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adriana Bernarda SEGERS (73), Oud en Nieuw Gastel,,PAYS BAS
• Bert Horling (73), Michigan (State)
• Anna Elisabeth Neurath (91), Wilmington, Delaware
• Anna Gertrudis Bollen (70), Eksel
• Cornelis Baas (57), Gouda,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1952 » Derek Ridgers, English photographer and art director
• 1952 » Melanie Mayron, American actress and director
• 1953 » Bill Nunn, American actor († 2016)
• 1953 » Keith Hernandez, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1953 » Richard McWilliam, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded the Upper Deck Company († 2013)
• 1954 » Steve Orich, American composer and conductor
• 1955 » Aaron Pryor, American boxer
• 1955 » David Profumo, English author and academic
• 1955 » Sheldon Whitehouse, American politician from the state of Rhode Island
• 1955 » Thomas Newman, American composer and conductor

• 1936 » Anne Sullivan, American educator (b. 1866)
• 1940 » Gunnar Asplund, Swedish architect and academic, co-designed Skogskyrkogården (b. 1885)
• 1941 » Ken Farnes, English cricketer and soldier (b. 1911)
• 1950 » Henry L. Stimson, American colonel, lawyer, and politician, 46th United States Secretary of State (b. 1867)
• 1953 » Werner Baumbach, German colonel and pilot (b. 1916)
• 1956 » Lawrence Dale Bell, American industrialist and founder of Bell Aircraft Corporation (b. 1894)
• 1957 » Michalis Dorizas, Greek-American javelin thrower and football player (b. 1890)
• 1964 » Herbert Hoover, American engineer and politician, 31st President of the United States (b. 1874)
• 1967 » Shigeru Yoshida, Japanese politician and diplomat, 32nd Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1878)
• 1968 » Bud Flanagan, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1896)

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.
• January 2 » India establishes its highest civilian awards, the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan.
• January 21 » The first nuclear-powered submarine, the USSNautilus, is launched in Groton, Connecticut by Mamie Eisenhower, the First Lady of the United States.
• February 18 » The first Church of Scientology is established in Los Angeles.
• March 9 » McCarthyism: CBS television broadcasts the See It Now episode, "A Report on Senator Joseph McCarthy", produced by Fred Friendly.
• July 7 » Elvis Presley makes his radio debut when WHBQ Memphis played his first recording for Sun Records, "That's All Right".
• August 24 » Getúlio Vargas, president of Brazil, commits suicide and is succeeded by João Café Filho.

The temperature on October 20, 1954 was between 10.4 °C and 14.2 °C and averaged 12.4 °C. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (35%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.