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• Matheus Peter Henrica Johanna van den Beuken, Venray († 1983)
• Paul J Wichmann, Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, Verenigde Staten († 2013)
• Eric David Errmando Smith, North Side, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands († 2016)
• Maria Helena Christina Valk, Geleen († 2023)
• Jacoba Adriana (Coby) Blonk, Delft, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 2013)
• Tiemen de Vries, Baflo-Rasquert († 1954)
• Catharina Maria Hoskens, Hooge Mierde († 1994)
• Pieter Hallema, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 2012)
• Elbert Harm Booij, Hoogeveen {DR} († 1999)
• Kevin Allen Guire [Wd |||], Salem, Marion County, Oregon († 1957)

• Anna Geertrudis Johanna VAN DER MEIJDEN (50), Geldrop (NL/NB) Eindhoven (NL/NB)
• A.G.J. van der Meijden (50), Geldrop (N.Br)
• Agatha Gerrigje Hoogendoorn (51), Roteerdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Geertrudis Johanna van der Meijden (50), Geldrop, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Andries SCHOLTE (91), Nieuw-Weerdinge (Emmen) Drenthe Netherlands
• Adriaan Blaauwkamer (80), Waarde, Zeeland, Nederland
• Adriaan (Janus) Leenaars (71), Breda, Nederland
• Adriana Maria van Kuijck (59), Breda
• Adriana Maria Timmermans (76), Gilze-Rijen
• Anna Catharina Elisabeth Tummers, Born, Limburg, Nederland

• 1952 » Brian Muehl, American puppeteer
• 1952 » Oleh Blokhin, Ukrainian footballer and manager
• 1952 » Vandana Shiva, Indian philosopher and author
• 1953 » Florentino Floro, Filipino lawyer and judge
• 1953 » Joyce Maynard, American journalist, author, and academic
• 1954 » Alejandro Sabella, Argentine footballer and manager
• 1954 » Jeffrey Sachs, American economist and academic
• 1955 » Bernard Chazelle, French computer scientist and academic
• 1955 » Karan Thapar, Indian journalist and author
• 1955 » Kris Jenner, American talent manager and businesswoman

• 1946 » Joseph Stella, Italian-American painter (b. 1877)
• 1950 » Mary Harris Armor, American suffragist (b. 1863)
• 1951 » Reggie Walker, South African runner (b. 1889)
• 1955 » Maurice Utrillo, French painter (b. 1883)
• 1956 » Art Tatum, American pianist and composer (b. 1909)
• 1960 » August Gailit, Estonian author and poet (b. 1891)
• 1960 » Donald Grey Barnhouse, American pastor and theologian (b. 1895)
• 1960 » Johnny Horton, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1925)
• 1960 » Mack Sennett, Canadian-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1880)
• 1960 » Ward Bond, American actor (b. 1903)

• 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 1 » Nuclear weapons testing: The Castle Bravo, a 15-megaton hydrogen bomb, is detonated on Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean, resulting in the worst radioactive contamination ever caused by the United States.
• 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).
• May 17 » The United States Supreme Court hands down a unanimous decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, outlawing racial segregation in public schools.
• August 16 » The first issue of Sports Illustrated is published.
• September 17 » The novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding is first published.
• December 2 » Cold War: The United States Senate votes 65 to 22 to censure Joseph McCarthy for "conduct that tends to bring the Senate into dishonor and disrepute".

The temperature on November 5, 1954 was between 5.1 °C and 11.7 °C and averaged 7.6 °C. There was 4.2 hours of sunshine (45%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.