About the day » Tuesday October 5, 1954Calender converter

• Antoon Snoeijs, Beerse, Antwerpen, België († 2019)
• Harmen Voortman († 1954)
• Johannes Teakes van der Werf, Deersum († 1972)
• Catharina Margaretha Witte, Den Burg (Texel, NH) († 2017)
• Willem Arend de Bokx, Terneuzen († 1975)
• Hendrikje Gezina Wardenier, Almelo
• Johannes Teakes VAN DER WERF, Deersum (Boarnsterhim) Friesland Netherlands († 1972)
• Hans Broshuis, Beltrum,, Gelderland, Nederland († 2000)
• Kevin Stuart CAMPBELL, Jacksonville Duval County Florida († 2004)
• Jacobus van Marle († 2000)

• Arthur Joseph Neijt (62), Middelburg
• Barend Pieters Buisman (75), Almelo, Nederland
• Augustinus Geerts (79), Baarle-Nassau
• Adrianus Leendert Bauling (78), Hilversum
• Catharina Petronella Ten Koppel (38), Gemert
• Adrianus Verhoef (60), Langerak
• Cornelia Anna Spruit (66), Noordwijkerhout
• August Modest van Goethem (84), Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Sophia van der Kroft (63), Wassenaar
• Petrus Jacobus Ernest (71), Dinteloord en Prinsenland

• 1951 » Bob Geldof, British singer-songwriter and actor
• 1951 » Karen Allen, American actress
• 1952 » Clive Barker, English author, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1952 » Harold Faltermeyer, German keyboard player, composer, and producer
• 1952 » Imran Khan, Pakistani cricketer and Prime Minister
• 1953 » Philip Hampton, English-Scottish accountant and businessman
• 1953 » Roy Laidlaw, Scottish rugby player
• 1955 » Adair Turner, Baron Turner of Ecchinswell, English academic and businessman
• 1955 » Jean-Jacques Lafon, French singer-songwriter
• 1955 » John Alexander, English footballer

• 1938 » Faustina Kowalska, Polish nun and saint (b. 1905)
• 1940 » Ballington Booth, English-American activist, co-founded the Volunteers of America (b. 1857)
• 1940 » Lincoln Loy McCandless, American rancher and politician (b. 1859)
• 1940 » Silvestre Revueltas, Mexican violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1889)
• 1941 » Louis Brandeis, American lawyer and jurist (b. 1856)
• 1942 » Dorothea Klumpke, American astronomer (b. 1861)
• 1943 » Leon Roppolo, American clarinet player and composer (b. 1902)
• 1950 » Frederic Lewy, German-American neurologist and academic (b. 1885)
• 1952 » Joe Jagersberger, Austrian racing driver (b. 1884)
• 1967 » Clifton Williams, American astronaut (b. 1932)

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 14 » The Hudson Motor Car Company merges with Nash-Kelvinator Corporation forming the American Motors Corporation.
• February 19 » Transfer of Crimea: The Soviet Politburo of the Soviet Union orders the transfer of the Crimean Oblast from the Russian SFSR to the Ukrainian SSR.
• April 18 » Gamal Abdel Nasser seizes power in Egypt.
• April 22 » Red Scare: Witnesses begin testifying and live television coverage of the Army–McCarthy hearings begins.
• June 18 » Carlos Castillo Armas leads an invasion force across the Guatemalan border, setting in motion the 1954 Guatemalan coup d'état.
• October 27 » Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. becomes the first African-American general in the United States Air Force.

The temperature on October 5, 1954 was between 11.4 °C and 15.0 °C and averaged 13.2 °C. There was 8.2 mm of rain during 12.8 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.