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• Kristien Andrea Irma Dick, Roeselare († 2016)
• Hans Slot, Hengelo († 2015)
• Juan RICON († 2015)
• Alexander Jan Brenkman, Bunnik († 2016)
• Elizabeth Heystek, Pretoria, Transvaal, R.S.A. († 2017)
• Johan Maria Ghislain (Johan) Langenaken († 1997)
• Gerda Lucia Viereck, Paramaribo, Suriname († 2009)
• Aleida Gesina Berendina Vennegoor, Deurningen († 1984)
• Micheline Descamps, Bully les Mines (F) († 1955)
• John Roger Hine

• Catharina van de Riet (86), Etten-Leur
• Alberdina Geziena Meijer (45), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Albert Meijering (83), Anloo, Drenthe, Nederland
• Barbie Joy GARVELINK (0), Michigan U.S.A
• Birtha Jane Blackketter (86), San Jose, Santa Clara County, California, Verenigde Staten
• Catharina Cornelia Bosman (82), Halsteren, N-Br, NL
• Adriaan Schellekens (78), Oisterwijk
• Arie van Spronsen (74), Zeist
• Bertha van Riek (70), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alberdina Geziena Meijer (45), Groningen (Groningen)

• 1952 » June Anderson, American soprano and actress
• 1953 » Dana Key, American singer, guitarist, and producer († 2010)
• 1953 » Daniel T. Barry, American engineer and astronaut
• 1953 » Graham Vick, English director and producer
• 1953 » Meredith Vieira, American journalist and game show host
• 1954 » Barry Greenstein, American poker player and philanthropist
• 1956 » Ingus Baušķenieks, Latvian singer-songwriter and producer
• 1956 » Patricia Kalember, American actress
• 1956 » Sheryl Lee Ralph, American actress and singer
• 1956 » Suzy Bogguss, American country singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1940 » Childe Wills, American engineer (b. 1878)
• 1941 » El Lissitzky, Russian photographer and architect (b. 1890)
• 1944 » Romain Rolland, French author and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1866)
• 1945 » Song Jin-woo, South Korean journalist and politician (b. 1889)
• 1947 » Alfred North Whitehead, English-American mathematician and philosopher (b. 1861)
• 1947 » Han van Meegeren, Dutch painter (b. 1889)
• 1954 » Archduke Eugen of Austria (b. 1863)
• 1955 » Rex Ingamells, Australian poet and author (b. 1913)
• 1967 » Vincent Massey, Canadian lawyer and politician, 18th Governor General of Canada (b. 1887)
• 1968 » Trygve Lie, Norwegian journalist and politician, 1st Secretary-General of the United Nations (b. 1896)

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 21 » The first nuclear-powered submarine, the USSNautilus, is launched in Groton, Connecticut by Mamie Eisenhower, the First Lady of the United States.
• March 9 » McCarthyism: CBS television broadcasts the See It Now episode, "A Report on Senator Joseph McCarthy", produced by Fred Friendly.
• April 7 » United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower gives his "domino theory" speech during a news conference.
• April 25 » The first practical solar cell is publicly demonstrated by Bell Telephone Laboratories.
• November 13 » Great Britain defeats France to capture the first ever Rugby League World Cup in Paris in front of around 30,000 spectators.
• November 27 » Alger Hiss is released from prison after serving 44 months for perjury.

The temperature on December 30, 1954 was between 0.1 °C and 8.7 °C and averaged 6.5 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.