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• Johannes van Burg, Eck en Wiel († 2007)
• Fiebko ten KATE, Odoorn, Drenthe, Nederland († 1959)
• Christiane SCHREURS, Genk (Limburg) (B) († 2008)
• Wouter Hoogeveen, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2013)
• Lambertus Cornelis Lievens, Terneuzen, Zeeland, Nederland
• Winston John Cabaniss, Clinton, Custer County, Oklahoma († 1958)
• gerardus bernardus maria (gerard) de bruijn, helden-panningen
• Jeannine Pauwels, Bornem († 1996)
• Alida Sophia Hauer, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 2000)
• TINEKE SLOOTEN († 2000)

• Augusta Ledeboer (56)
• Anthonia Chamalaun (83), Bergen op Zoom
• Aloysius Alphonsus Schröder (2), Almelo
• Adrianus Hamers (73), Hilvarenbeek
• Adriana Anna Poortvliet (51), Herkingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Dorothea van Es (66), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Aaltje Bouma (53), Utrecht
• Anna Gerdina Hoegee (66)
• Adriaan Zonnevijlle (65), Vlissingen, Walcheren, Zeeland, Nederland
• Annechien Alberts Dijkinga (88), Ezinge

• 1950 » Amin Saikal, Afghan-Australian political scientist and academic
• 1950 » Benjamin Stora, Algerian-French historian and author
• 1950 » John Wesley Ryles, American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1950 » Paul Watson, Canadian activist, founded the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society
• 1952 » Carol Shea-Porter, American social worker, academic, and politician
• 1954 » Dan Butler, American actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1956 » Steven Bauer, Cuban-American actor and producer
• 1957 » Dagfinn Høybråten, Norwegian political scientist and politician, Norwegian Minister of Health
• 1958 » Andrew George, English politician
• 1958 » Vladimir Parfenovich, Belarusian canoe racer and politician

• 1943 » Nordahl Grieg, Norwegian journalist and author (b. 1902)
• 1944 » Eiji Sawamura, Japanese baseball player and soldier (b. 1917)
• 1944 » Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Egyptian-Italian poet and composer (b. 1876)
• 1944 » Josef Lhévinne, Russian pianist and educator (b. 1874)
• 1950 » Dinu Lipatti, Romanian pianist and composer (b. 1917)
• 1953 » Reginald Baker, Australian rugby player (b. 1884)
• 1953 » Trần Trọng Kim, Vietnamese historian, scholar, and politician, Prime Minister of Vietnam (b. 1883)
• 1957 » Harrison Ford, American actor (b. 1884)
• 1957 » Manfred Sakel, Ukrainian-American neurophysiologist and psychiatrist (b. 1902)
• 1966 » L. E. J. Brouwer, Dutch mathematician and philosopher (b. 1881)

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.
• February 15 » Canada and the United States agree to construct the Distant Early Warning Line, a system of radar stations in the far northern Arctic regions of Canada and Alaska.
• February 28 » The first color television sets using the NTSC standard are offered for sale to the general public.
• April 1 » United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower authorizes the creation of the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado.
• June 14 » U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs a bill into law that places the words "under God" into the United States Pledge of Allegiance.
• September 11 » Hurricane Edna hits New England as a Category 2 hurricane, causing significant damage and 29 deaths.
• December 2 » The Sino-American Mutual Defense Treaty, between the United States and Taiwan, is signed in Washington, D.C.

The temperature on December 2, 1954 was between 4.2 °C and 12.2 °C and averaged 8.8 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.