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• Meindert Antonie Vink, Middelie, Edam-Volendam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2009)
• OG van Duijn, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1954)
• Susanne Angelika Muhlhoff, Remscheid (Duitsland) († 2004)
• Valerie Johanna de Moor († 2013)
• Cornelia van BEERS, Loon Op Zand, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Petrus Cornelis Maria Warmerdam, Noordwijkerhout († 2000)
• Wim de Swart († 2001)
• Anje van der Zwaag, Kollumerzwaag
• Hieke Hoekstra, Hallum († 2019)
• Raymond Freasier, Sr., Idaho Falls, Bonnevile, Idaho, United States († 2003)

• Betty Wijers (47)
• Arnoldus Hubertus Maria van Gool (79), Utrecht
• Arnoldus Henricus Mostermans (71), 's Hertogenbosch
• Asseltje van der Werf (66), Weesp
• Antoinetta Maria Wijn (35), Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonia Paulina ten Berge (81), 's Gravenhage
• * Cornelis Gilles Volkers (73), Rotterdam
• Archibald "Archie" Alfred Gongia (67), Everett, Snohomish, Washington, Verenigde Staten
• Arnoldus, Hubertus, Maria van Gool (79), Utrecht,, Utrecht, Nederland, Nederland
• Aaltje van der Kaap (80), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland

• 1950 » Gillian Armstrong, Australian director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1951 » Bobby Jones, American basketball player
• 1952 » John Leventhal, American songwriter and producer
• 1953 » Elliot Easton, American guitarist and singer
• 1954 » John Booth, English race car driver
• 1954 » Ray Liotta, American actor
• 1954 » Willi Wülbeck, German runner
• 1955 » Bogusław Mamiński, Polish runner
• 1955 » Vijay Mallya, Indian businessman and politician
• 1957 » Jonathan Cainer, English astrologer and author († 2016)

• 1932 » Eduard Bernstein, German theorist and politician (b. 1850)
• 1936 » Andrija Mohorovičić, Croatian meteorologist and seismologist (b. 1857)
• 1939 » Ernest Lawson, Canadian-American painter (b. 1873)
• 1961 » Leo Reisman, American violinist and bandleader (b. 1897)
• 1969 » Charles Dvorak, American pole vaulter and coach (b. 1878)
• 1971 » Bobby Jones, American golfer and lawyer (b. 1902)
• 1971 » Diana Lynn, American actress (b. 1926)
• 1973 » Allamah Rasheed Turabi, Indian-Pakistani religious leader and philosopher (b. 1908)
• 1974 » Harry Hooper, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1887)
• 1975 » Theodosius Dobzhansky, Ukrainian geneticist and biologist (b. 1900)

• 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.
• April 1 » United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower authorizes the creation of the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado.
• July 15 » First flight of the Boeing 367-80, prototype for both the Boeing 707 and C-135 series.
• September 8 » The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) is established.
• September 11 » Hurricane Edna hits New England as a Category 2 hurricane, causing significant damage and 29 deaths.
• November 7 » In the US, Armistice Day becomes Veterans Day.
• 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 December 18, 1954 was between -2.2 °C and 4.0 °C and averaged 1.0 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (13%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.