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• NN Houben, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1954)
• Janet Sue Mills († 2021)
• Patricia Charlene Peterson [K], Treutlen County, Georgia († 2014)
• Petrus Johannes Franciscus Maria van der Hulst, Noordwijk († 1954)
• Michael Melvin Hulleman, Hawarden, Sioux County, Iowa († 2022)
• Adriaan Lucius Dijt, Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1954)
• Antoon van Bakkum, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Joanna Catharina Maria van Gestel, Gilze en Rijen († 1973)
• Johannes P(Hans) Wester († 2013)
• Rients Scheper, Weststellingwerf († 2005)

• Adriana Elisabeth Versteeg (76), Maarssen
• Anna Catharina Vorsselmans (85), Lillo, Provincie Antwerpen
• Arie Gameren, van (83), Hagestein
• Anna Geertruida Hofman (87), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alexander Bartels (80), Sittard
• Alida Albertina Allegonda Sterkman (77), Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Andrew Jansma (49), Hull
• Alle Roelsma (73), Valthermond Borger-Odoorn Drenthe Nederland
• Antonius van Meel (71), Den Hout, Nederland
• Arnoldus van den Bogaard (70), Vught, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1952 » Anita DeFrantz, American rower and sports administrator
• 1952 » Jody Stephens, American rock drummer
• 1952 » Zinha Vaz, Bissau-Guinean women's rights activist and politician
• 1953 » Andreas Vollenweider, Swiss harp player
• 1953 » Gil Moore, Canadian singer-songwriter, drummer, and producer
• 1955 » John Rutherford, Scottish rugby player
• 1955 » Jorge Valdano, Argentinian footballer, coach, and manager
• 1956 » Charlie Leibrandt, American baseball player
• 1956 » Lesley Glaister, English author and playwright
• 1956 » Sherri Turner, American golfer

• 1943 » Irena Iłłakowicz, German-Polish lieutenant (b. 1906)
• 1944 » Al Smith, American lawyer and politician, 42nd Governor of New York (b. 1873)
• 1946 » Barney Oldfield, American race car driver and actor (b. 1878)
• 1947 » Max Planck, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1858)
• 1951 » Henrietta Lacks, American medical patient (b. 1920)
• 1955 » Alexander Papagos, Greek general and politician, 152nd Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1883)
• 1958 » Ida Wüst, German actress and screenwriter (b. 1884)
• 1961 » Benjamin, Russian metropolitan (b. 1880)
• 1963 » Alar Kotli, Estonian architect (b. 1904)
• 1970 » Janis Joplin, American singer-songwriter (b. 1943)

• 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 7 » Georgetown-IBM experiment: The first public demonstration of a machine translation system is held in New York at the head office of IBM.
• February 13 » Frank Selvy becomes the only NCAA Division I basketball player ever to score 100 points in a single game.
• 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 13 » Radio Pakistan broadcasts the "Qaumī Tarāna", the national anthem of Pakistan for the first time.
• October 27 » Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. becomes the first African-American general in the United States Air Force.

The temperature on October 4, 1954 was between 10.1 °C and 16.0 °C and averaged 13.2 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (47%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.