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• * Johan Roeberts, Almelo († 2008)
• Arina Cornelia Gerda den Heijer, Katwijk († 2009)
• Leszek Andrzej Orlowski
• Gerardus Hendrik Quint († 1959)
• Wil Rijswijk van, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2005)
• Johan Roeberts, Almelo († 2008)
• Gerardinus Johannes van Houdt, Rotterdam-IJsselmonde († 2017)
• Howard Andrew “Bubby” Todd, Madisonville, Hopkins, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten († 2019)
• Everardus Gerardus Hungerius Nibbering, Amsterdam († 2000)
• Tom Bohlander, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1970)

• Antje Veldhuis (80), Hoorn
• Adrianus Gerardus Anthonius Konincks (59)
• Aleida Gesina Geels (51), Enter
• Bernardus Johannes Pouw (57), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, NL
• August PHILIPS (90), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Maria de Nie (84), Zoeterwoude
• Antina Hermina Knaake (82), Apeldoorn
• Therese Wolf (76), 's-Gravenhage
• Albert Reilzen (39), Oostende
• Achiel Jerome Hintjens (58), Noordzee

• 1951 » Lasse Bengtsson, Swedish journalist
• 1952 » Sandra Kalniete, Latvian politician and diplomat, Latvian Minister of Foreign Affairs
• 1953 » Ian Turnbull, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1953 » Tom Underwood, American baseball player († 2010)
• 1954 » Derick Parry, Nevisian cricketer
• 1954 » Hideshi Matsuda, Japanese race car driver
• 1955 » Galina Murašova, Lithuanian discus thrower
• 1955 » Lonnie Smith, American baseball player
• 1955 » Thomas C. Südhof, German-American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1956 » Jane Lighting, English businesswoman

• 1941 » Karel Hašler, Czech actor, director, composer, and screenwriter (b. 1879)
• 1942 » Franz Boas, German-American anthropologist and linguist (b. 1858)
• 1943 » Beatrix Potter, English children's book writer and illustrator (b. 1866)
• 1944 » Harry Langdon, American actor, comedian, and vaudevillian (b. 1884)
• 1950 » Frederick Freake, English polo player (b. 1876)
• 1957 » Frank George Woollard, English engineer (b. 1883)
• 1959 » Gilda Gray, Polish-American actress and dancer (b. 1901)
• 1960 » Ninian Comper, Scottish-English architect (b. 1864)
• 1962 » Ross McLarty, Australian politician, 17th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1891)
• 1965 » Richard Dimbleby, English journalist (b. 1913)

• 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.
• March 19 » Willie Mosconi sets a world record by running 526 consecutive balls without a miss during a straight pool exhibition at East High Billiard Club in Springfield, Ohio, setting a record that remains unbroken.
• 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.
• August 16 » The first issue of Sports Illustrated is published.
• November 19 » Télé Monte Carlo, Europe's oldest private television channel, is launched by Prince Rainier III.
• December 2 » The Sino-American Mutual Defense Treaty, between the United States and Taiwan, is signed in Washington, D.C.

The temperature on December 22, 1954 was between 4.3 °C and 9.3 °C and averaged 6.7 °C. There was 6.8 mm of rain during 6.1 hours. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (9%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.