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• Kees Haak († 1974)
• Jan Kees van der Velde († 1977)
• Christianus Johannes Smits, Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 1954)
• Ernestine Adriana Frederica van Weel, 's Gravenhage († 2012)
• Herman Baauw, Oudewater, Utrecht, Nederland Nederland († 1956)
• Karen Marie Troxel, Danville, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 2016)
• Jacob Jan Fokker, Breukelen (Gem. Stichtse Vecht), Utrecht, Nederland Nederland († 1998)
• Jan Ruiten, Den Helder († 2013)
• Erik-Jan V.B. van Meerwijk († 1985)
• Diane Marie Halsey († 1955)

• Albertus Stephanus Hipke (85), 's-Gravenhage, Nederland
• Adolf Dokter (80), Emmen
• Adriana Cornelia Elisabeth Haneveld (92)
• Christian Miller (83), Vernon, Oneida, New York, Verenigde Staten
• Arthur Ernest Durrington (89)
• Adriana van Tuijl (72), Utrecht
• Anna Cornelia Raats (92), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Baby Girl Cumbee (0), Southport, Brunswick County, North Carolina
• Carel Willem Dull (73), Djakarta (IND)
• Anna Cornelia Raats (92), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1953 » Hank Pfister, American tennis player
• 1953 » Sally Burgess, South African-English soprano and educator
• 1953 » Tony Shalhoub, American actor and producer
• 1954 » James Fearnley, English musician
• 1954 » John O'Hurley, American actor and game show host
• 1954 » Rubén Magnano, Argentine-Italian professional basketball coach
• 1954 » Scott Bakula, American actor
• 1955 » Linwood Boomer, Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1955 » Peter Saville, English graphic designer and art director
• 1955 » Steve Ovett, English runner and sportscaster

• 1945 » Gottlieb Hering, German captain (b. 1887)
• 1946 » Frank Castleman, American football player, baseball player, and coach (b. 1877)
• 1947 » Yukio Sakurauchi, Japanese businessman and politician, 27th Japanese Minister of Finance (b. 1888)
• 1950 » George Hainsworth, Canadian ice hockey player and politician (b. 1895)
• 1953 » James Finlayson, Scottish-American actor (b. 1887)
• 1955 » Theodor Innitzer, Austrian cardinal (b. 1875)
• 1956 » Marie Doro, American actress (b. 1882)
• 1958 » Pope Pius XII (b. 1876)
• 1959 » Shirō Ishii, Japanese general and biologist (b. 1892)
• 1962 » Milan Vidmar, Slovenian chess player and engineer (b. 1885)

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.
• February 15 » Canada and the United States agree to construct the Distant Early Warning Line, a system of radar stations in the far northern Arctic regions of Canada and Alaska.
• February 28 » The first color television sets using the NTSC standard are offered for sale to the general public.
• April 8 » South African Airways Flight 201 A de Havilland DH.106 Comet 1 crashes into the sea during night killing 21 people.
• 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.
• November 22 » The Humane Society of the United States is founded.

The temperature on October 9, 1954 was between 6.0 °C and 14.0 °C and averaged 9.8 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. There was 7.6 hours of sunshine (68%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.