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• Rita Smet, Nieuw Namen, Nederland
• Floyd Eugene Kroeze, Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa († 2017)
• Wilhelm Friedrich Lucas, Steenwijkerwold, Overijssel, Nederland († 1997)
• Robert Eugene Gregory, Indiana, Verenigde Staten († 1999)
• Andries de Ruiter, Den Helder († 2008)
• Wil Hoogeveen, Alkmaar († 2008)
• D(Doodgeboren) Kienhuis, Denekamp († 1954)
• Paul Marlin Harken, Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa († 1956)
• Jelle Harkema, Zwolle, Overijssel, Nederland († 2018)
• Johannes Gerhardus Hutten, Nieuw-Heeten (Raalte) († 2009)

• Anna Maria Wullems (89), St. Michielsgestel
• Andrina Hubertina Meuwissen (79), Linne
• Adolfius Lokken (77), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alfred Brittain (67), Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
• Alice Rose Bailey (48), Luton, Luton, Bedfordshire, Engeland
• Adriaan Meijers (75), Serooskerke
• Adrianus Schouten van der Velde (58), Hilversum
• Anna Sophia van Dobbenburgh (95), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus van Houtum (72), Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alex Watts (77)

• 1952 » Stephen Poliakoff, English director, producer, and playwright
• 1954 » Alan Dedicoat, English journalist
• 1954 » François Van der Elst, Belgian footballer († 2017)
• 1954 » Judith Hackitt, English chemist and engineer
• 1955 » Karen Tumulty, American journalist
• 1955 » Pat Spillane, Irish footballer and sportscaster
• 1955 » Udit Narayan, Indian playback singer
• 1955 » Veikko Aaltonen, Finnish actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1955 » Verónica Forqué, Spanish actress
• 1956 » Julee Cruise, American singer-songwriter, musician, and actress

• 1935 » Bernhard Schmidt, Estonian-German optician, invented the Schmidt camera (b. 1879)
• 1943 » Damrong Rajanubhab, Thai historian and educator (b. 1862)
• 1947 » Aleister Crowley, English magician, poet, and mountaineer (b. 1875)
• 1947 » G. H. Hardy, English mathematician and theorist (b. 1877)
• 1950 » Ernest John Moeran, English pianist and composer (b. 1894)
• 1954 » Fred Rose, American pianist, composer, and publisher (b. 1898)
• 1964 » Charilaos Vasilakos, Greek runner (b. 1877)
• 1964 » J. B. S. Haldane, English-Indian geneticist and biologist (b. 1892)
• 1968 » Darío Moreno, Turkish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (b. 1921)
• 1968 » Nicolae Bretan, Romanian opera singer, composer, and conductor (b. 1887)

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 20 » In the United States, the National Negro Network is established with 40 charter member radio stations.
• 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.
• March 19 » Joey Giardello knocks out Willie Tory in round seven at Madison Square Garden in the first televised prize boxing fight shown in colour.
• May 13 » The anti-National Service Riots, by Chinese middle school students in Singapore, take place.
• July 5 » Elvis Presley records his first single, "That's All Right", at Sun Records in Memphis, Tennessee.
• August 10 » At Massena, New York, the groundbreaking ceremony for the Saint Lawrence Seaway is held.

The temperature on December 1, 1954 was between 4.7 °C and 10.1 °C and averaged 7.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (63%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.