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• Philippe Laurent, Jolimont (Be) († 1954)
• Marinus Stouthamer, Vlissingen, Nederland († 2022)
• Gaartje (garie) Kok († 1977)
• NN Junte, Zwolle
• Nn Claassens, Den Haag († 1954)
• A van den Berg († 2004)
• Candess E Gross, Auglaize, Ohio, United States († 2006)
• Seavius Mark Amy, Mamou, Evangeline Parish, Louisiana, Verenigde Staten († 2007)
• cornelia de bruyn, roosendaal († 1998)
• Gerhard van der Molen, Kampen, Overijssel, Niederlande († 1954)

• Auktje Jans Vogelzang (86), Niebert
• Amanda Leola McGuire (67), Redland, Wood, Texas, United States
• Ate Kuiper (68)
• Bastiaan de Koning (86), Rijsoord
• Colin Stanley Huxley (75)
• Antonius van der Horst, Zeeland, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cornelia Crok (80), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Carrie May Madden (69)
• Andries Jenne Holtrop (18), Roden
• Cornelia Kluck (84), Ootmarsum, Overijssel, Nederland

• 1952 » Bernard Edwards, American bass player, songwriter, and producer († 1996)
• 1952 » Joe West, American baseball umpire and actor
• 1953 » John Lucas II, American basketball player and coach
• 1954 » Ken Wahl, American actor and screenwriter
• 1954 » Mari Okamoto, Japanese actress
• 1955 » Michalis Chrisochoidis, Greek lawyer and politician, Greek Minister of Public Order
• 1955 » Susan Orlean, American journalist and author
• 1956 » Anders Lago, Swedish lawyer and politician
• 1956 » Bruce Bawer, American poet and critic
• 1956 » Christopher de Leon, Filipino actor, director, producer, and politician

• 1931 » Octave Uzanne, French journalist and author (b. 1851)
• 1939 » Otto Rank, Austrian psychologist, author, and educator (b. 1884)
• 1952 » Chit Hlaing, Burmese lawyer and politician (b. 1879)
• 1959 » Jean Cabannes, French physicist and academic (b. 1885)
• 1960 » H. L. Davis, American author and poet (b. 1894)
• 1962 » Gabrielle Renaudot Flammarion, French astronomer (b. 1877)
• 1963 » Mesut Cemil, Turkish cellist and composer (b. 1902)
• 1972 » Bill Durnan, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1916)
• 1973 » Malek Bennabi, Algerian philosopher and author (b. 1905)
• 1975 » Sachin Dev Burman, Indian composer and singer (b. 1906)

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.
• May 6 » Roger Bannister becomes the first person to run the mile in under four minutes.
• July 7 » Elvis Presley makes his radio debut when WHBQ Memphis played his first recording for Sun Records, "That's All Right".
• September 8 » The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) is established.
• September 26 » The Japanese rail ferry Tōya Maru sinks during a typhoon in the Tsugaru Strait, Japan, killing 1,172.
• November 7 » In the US, Armistice Day becomes Veterans Day.
• November 27 » Alger Hiss is released from prison after serving 44 months for perjury.

The temperature on October 31, 1954 was between 7.2 °C and 12.1 °C and averaged 9.2 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (39%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.