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• (Stillborn) NIEVEEN, Lincoln Lancaster County Nebraska U.S.A († 1954)
• Joseph Maria Petrus Cornelis van Ostaden, Goirle
• Suzanne Hoebrechts, Lanaken († 2014)
• Ricky Dale Moore [sMcWks] († 2009)
• Franciscus Joannes Helena de Jongh († 2012)
• Maria Wilhelmina Mathilda (Ria) Keijdener, Valkenburg aan de Geul († 1983)
• Michael Raymond GRACE, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia († 1954)
• Maria Wilhelmina Mathilda (Ria) KEYDENER KEIJDENER, Valkenburg (NL/LI) († 1983)
• Tjitske Koehoorn, Apeldoorn
• Hennie Besselink, Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland († 1971)

• (Stillborn) NIEVEEN (0), Lincoln Lancaster County Nebraska U.S.A
• Aaltje Pouwels (93), Meppel
• Albertha Cornelia de Winkel (66), De Steeg, Nederland
• Anje Teeninga (71), Grootegast, Groningen, Nederland
• Aleida Geziena Hensen (80), Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland
• Allegonda Huijbers (83), Bakel en Milheeze, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albertus Marinusz Heemskerk (82), Rijnsburg
• Albert Verwer (78), Musselkanaal, Onstwedde, Groningen, Netherlands
• Aalt van de Bunte (46), Nunspeet
• Anje Teeninga (71), Grootegast, Groningen, Nederland

• 1952 » Elsa Salazar Cade, Mexican-American science teacher and entomologist
• 1953 » Desiré Wilson, South African race car driver
• 1953 » Harry Carson, American football player and sportscaster
• 1953 » Hilary Benn, English politician, Secretary of State for International Development
• 1953 » Jacki MacDonald, Australian television host and actress
• 1953 » Shelley Moore Capito, American politician
• 1954 » Roz Chast, American cartoonist
• 1954 » Velupillai Prabhakaran, Sri Lankan rebel leader, founded the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam († 2009)
• 1955 » Gisela Stuart, German-English academic and politician
• 1955 » Jelko Kacin, Slovenian politician and a former Member of the European Parliament

• 1941 » Ernest Lapointe, Canadian lawyer and politician, 18th Canadian Minister of Justice (b. 1876)
• 1943 » Edward O'Hare, American lieutenant and pilot (b. 1914)
• 1943 » Helen Maud Merrill, American litterateur and poet (b. 1865)
• 1950 » Hedwig Courths-Mahler, German writer (b. 1867)
• 1952 » Sven Hedin, Swedish geographer and explorer (b. 1865)
• 1954 » Bill Doak, American baseball player and coach (b. 1891)
• 1956 » Tommy Dorsey, American trombonist, trumpet player, and composer (b. 1905)
• 1959 » Albert Ketèlbey, English pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1875)
• 1962 » Albert Sarraut, French lawyer and politician, 106th Prime Minister of France (b. 1872)
• 1963 » Amelita Galli-Curci, Italian soprano (b. 1882)

• 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 10 » BOAC Flight 781, a de Havilland DH.106 Comet 1, explodes and falls into the Tyrrhenian Sea killing 35 people.
• January 14 » The Hudson Motor Car Company merges with Nash-Kelvinator Corporation forming the American Motors Corporation.
• April 8 » South African Airways Flight 201 A de Havilland DH.106 Comet 1 crashes into the sea during night killing 21 people.
• April 18 » Gamal Abdel Nasser seizes power in Egypt.
• November 19 » Télé Monte Carlo, Europe's oldest private television channel, is launched by Prince Rainier III.
• December 23 » First successful kidney transplant is performed by J. Hartwell Harrison and Joseph Murray.

The temperature on November 26, 1954 was between 5.6 °C and 10.2 °C and averaged 8.2 °C. There was 3.0 mm of rain during 2.2 hours. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (30%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.