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• Antonie Filiippes (Toon) Geerts, Breda, Nederland († 2010)
• Geesje Jagersma, Heerenveen, 8448, Nederland († 1995)
• H.J.M. Meyers, Roermond († 1997)
• Annelies Hanssen, Bunde († 2014)
• Henrica Antonia Maria Lepelaars, Duizel († 2010)
• Steven Clint Miller, St Petersburg, Pinellas Cnty, Florida, Verenigde Staten († 2011)
• Dale Edward Haskell († 2005)
• Ingrid van Olffen
• Anna Christina Maria Geerdink, Geesteren († 1959)
• Dorothea Wilhelmina Elizabeth Maria Adriaanse, Oost-West en Middelbeers, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• Antonia Petronella Bertens (52), Tilburg
• Adrianus van den Heuvel (88), Uden
• Antonia Barbara Maria Bots (73), Oegstgeest
• Adriana Oosterwijk (66), Rotterdam
• Antonij van den Ouweland (82), Breda
• Arbena Chandler Chandler (61)
• Anna Wilhelmina van der Linden (68), Utrecht
• Anna A Bertens (52), Tilburg,Noord-Brabant,Nederland
• Aaltje Soetekouw (66), Boven Leeuwen
• Adrianus van den Heuvel (88), Uden

• 1952 » Khaw Boon Wan, Malayan-Singaporean politician, Singaporean Minister of Health
• 1953 » Kim Basinger, American actress
• 1953 » Norman Finkelstein, American author, academic, and activist
• 1953 » Roy Firestone, American sportscaster and journalist
• 1953 » Sam Kinison, American comedian († 1992)
• 1953 » Steve Yates, English footballer
• 1953 » Władysław Kozakiewicz, Lithuanian-Polish pole vaulter and coach
• 1954 » Frits Pirard, Dutch cyclist
• 1954 » Harold Hongju Koh, American lawyer, academic, and politician
• 1955 » Milenko Zablaćanski, Serbian actor, director, and screenwriter († 2008)

• 1938 » Friedrich Glauser, Swiss author (b. 1896)
• 1940 » George Lloyd, English-Canadian bishop and theologian (b. 1861)
• 1942 » Albert Kahn, American architect, Fisher Building, Packard Automotive Plant, Ford River Rouge Complex (b. 1869)
• 1952 » Charles Lightoller, English sailor (b. 1874)
• 1954 » Claude Cahun, French artist, photographer, and writer (b. 1894)
• 1954 » Gladys George, American actress (b. 1904)
• 1954 » Joseph B. Keenan, American lawyer and politician (b. 1888)
• 1958 » Tris Speaker, American baseball player and manager (b. 1888)
• 1963 » Sarit Thanarat, Thai field marshal and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Thailand (b. 1908)
• 1966 » Ward Morehouse, American playwright, author, and critic (b. 1899)

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 10 » U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower warns against United States intervention in Vietnam.
• 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.
• May 17 » The United States Supreme Court hands down a unanimous decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, outlawing racial segregation in public schools.
• July 5 » The BBC broadcasts its first television news bulletin.
• July 20 » Germany: Otto John, head of West Germany's secret service, defects to East Germany.
• 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 8, 1954 was between -1.1 °C and 4.3 °C and averaged 1.0 °C. There was 4.1 mm of rain during 2.4 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south east.