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• Ernst van der Waarden († 2020)
• Petronella Anna Maria HERMSEN, Zevenaar, Gelderland, Nederland († 2008)
• Antoinette Gerrtidina Maria Olde Bijvank, Lierderholthuis (Heino) († 2012)
• Frederik Lambertus (Frits) Wilbrink, Apeldoorn († 2022)
• Mathias Antonius Gerardus Meijers, Posterholt († 1983)
• Raynerius Bernardus Maria Zwiep, Oldenzaal
• Joel Warren Selken († 1977)
• Marie Christine Van Gheem, Wilrijk († 2006)
• Jo Ann Riggs, Maysville, Mason, Kentucky, United States († 1959)
• Chantal Gervoyse, Brugge († 1998)

• Adriaantje Steehouwer (75), 's-Gravenhage
• Adriaan Berrevoets (68), Noordgouwe
• Adrianus van Gool (79), Tilburg
• Anneke Happé (0)
• Adriana Hoogendijk (52)
• Aaltje Gebert (16), Emmen
• Adries Hermanus Rijnhart (50), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Rintje Van Der Zee (90), Burgwerd
• Adriaan Sonke (85), Fresno, California, Verenigde Staten
• Adriaan Abraham Barentsen (72), Drachten

• 1951 » Anthony Phillips, English guitarist and songwriter
• 1952 » William Kristol, American journalist, publisher, and political activist/pundit
• 1953 » Andres Alver, Estonian architect and academic
• 1953 » Gerrit W. Gong, American religious leader and academic
• 1954 » Raivo Järvi, Estonian radio host and politician († 2012)
• 1955 » Carol Ann Duffy, Scottish poet and playwright
• 1955 » Grace Knight, English-Australian singer-songwriter
• 1956 » Dave Murray, English guitarist and songwriter
• 1956 » Michele Alboreto, Italian race car driver († 2001)
• 1957 » Dan Bigras, Canadian singer-songwriter

• 1948 » Akira Mutō, Japanese general (b. 1883)
• 1948 » Heitarō Kimura, Japanese general (b. 1888)
• 1948 » Hideki Tojo, Japanese general and politician, 40th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1884)
• 1948 » Iwane Matsui, Japanese general (b. 1878)
• 1948 » Kōki Hirota, Japanese diplomat and politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1878)
• 1948 » Kenji Doihara, Japanese general (b. 1883)
• 1948 » Seishirō Itagaki, Japanese general (b. 1885)
• 1950 » Vincenzo Tommasini, Italian composer (b. 1878)
• 1953 » Lavrentiy Beria, Georgian-Russian general and politician, Russian Minister of Internal Affairs (b. 1899)
• 1954 » René Iché, French soldier and sculptor (b. 1897)

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.
• July 21 » First Indochina War: The Geneva Conference partitions Vietnam into North Vietnam and South Vietnam.
• September 3 » The German submarineU-505 begins its move from a specially constructed dock to its site at Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry.
• September 30 » The U.S. Navy submarine USSNautilus is commissioned as the world's first nuclear-powered vessel.
• October 11 » In accord with the 1954 Geneva Conference, French troops complete their withdrawal from North Vietnam.
• October 18 » Texas Instruments announces the first transistor radio.
• November 30 » In Sylacauga, Alabama, United States, the Hodges meteorite crashes through a roof and hits a woman taking an afternoon nap; this is the only documented case in the Western Hemisphere of a human being hit by a rock from space.

The temperature on December 23, 1954 was between 1.4 °C and 10.4 °C and averaged 6.0 °C. There was 11.4 mm of rain during 8.3 hours. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (5%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 7 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.