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• Doodgeboren Kind van Bergen, Goirle, Nederland († 1954)
• Ina Zonneveld, Castricum († 2002)
• Paula J.M. Degen († 1980)
• Guy David Innes-Ker, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland († 2019)
• Johny Boriau, Oudenaarde, België († 2022)
• Jacobus van Berkel, Sprang-Capelle, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1979)
• Johanna Geertruida Kuijt, Stoutenburg († 2002)
• jos van horen, kronenberg (gem.sevenun) hees 60
• Maarten Johannes Roos, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1996)
• Willem de Keijzer, Alblasserdam († 1956)

• Adriana de Brie (88), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albertje de Vries (68), Wieringen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia Jacoba Laterveer (63), Leiden
• Catharina Margaretha Meijland (69), Bloemendaal, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aagje van Urk (82), Zeist
• Charles Albert Brantson (71), Cambridge
• Antonie Stolk (82), Diepenveen
• Cornelis (Karel) Brandenburg (69), Amsterdam
• Cornelis Brandenburg (69), Amsterdam, Gemeente Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Christiaan Hendrik Dreyer b4c2d4e1f8g9 (48)

• 1952 » Delroy Lindo, English actor and director
• 1952 » John Parr, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1952 » Peter Beattie, Australian lawyer and politician, 36th Premier of Queensland
• 1953 » Alan Moore, English author and illustrator
• 1953 » Jan Kuehnemund, American rock guitarist († 2013)
• 1953 » Kevin Nealon, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter
• 1955 » Carter Burwell, American composer and conductor
• 1956 » Jim Weirich, American computer scientist, developed Rake Software († 2014)
• 1956 » Noel Brotherston, Irish-English footballer and painter († 1995)
• 1956 » Warren Moon, American football player and sportscaster

• 1936 » V. O. Chidambaram Pillai, Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1872)
• 1940 » Ivane Javakhishvili, Georgian historian and academic (b. 1876)
• 1941 » Émile Nelligan, Canadian poet and author (b. 1879)
• 1941 » Chris Watson, Chilean-Australian journalist and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1867)
• 1941 » Walther Nernst, German chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1864)
• 1952 » Paul Éluard, French poet and author (b. 1895)
• 1962 » Niels Bohr, Danish footballer, physicist, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1885)
• 1965 » Henry A. Wallace, American agronomist and bureaucrat, 33rd Vice President of the United States, 11th US Secretary of Agriculture (b. 1888)
• 1969 » Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., American businessman and diplomat, 44th United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom (b. 1888)
• 1969 » Ted Heath, English trombonist and bandleader (b. 1902)

• 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.
• March 13 » The Battle of Điện Biên Phủ begins with an artillery barrage by Viet Minh forces under Võ Nguyên Giáp; Viet Minh victory lead to the end of the First Indochina War and French withdrawal from Vietnam.
• 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).
• September 8 » The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) is established.
• November 13 » Great Britain defeats France to capture the first ever Rugby League World Cup in Paris in front of around 30,000 spectators.
• December 4 » The first Burger King is opened in Miami, Florida.
• December 23 » First successful kidney transplant is performed by J. Hartwell Harrison and Joseph Murray.

The temperature on November 18, 1954 was between 0.6 °C and 8.8 °C and averaged 4.7 °C. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (41%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.