About the day » Thursday December 9, 1954Calender converter

• Bernard O'Connor, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten († 1954)
• Josephus Hendrikus Rutgerus Arntz, Millingen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1979)
• Heida Hreidarsdottir († 2021)
• Trientje van Bergen, Roderwolde, Drenthe, Nederland († 1955)
• Wilhelmus Maria Gerardus Ritzervelt, Mheer († 2018)
• Marinus Petrus Krol († 2016)
• Arend van Blanken, Hoogeveen
• Jannetje Adriana van Schie, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2021)
• Aaltje Mulder, Schuinesloot († 2019)
• Lyse Marie Ghislaine LEPERLIER, L'Étang-Salé,97427,Réunion,Réunion,FRANCE († 1956)

• Anton Smits (79), Dongen
• Alida Johanna Berdina Vos (58)
• Antonie Ignatius Joseph Smits (79), Dongen
• Barendina Aimeé Coelen (83), amsterdam, Nederland
• Anna Maria Timmermans (77), Oud en Nieuw Gastel
• Albert Wilhelm Hillebrandt (74), Soerabaja
• Anna Maria Louisa Jamin (70), Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Agatha van Dalen (79), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Antonius Hendrikus (Antoon) THIJSSEN (38), Kilder (NL)
• ALBERTUS BREEDERVELD (51), VLAARDINGEN

• 1952 » Liaqat Baloch, Pakistani politician
• 1952 » Michael Dorn, American actor and voice artist
• 1953 » Cornelis de Bondt, Dutch composer and educator
• 1953 » John Malkovich, American actor and producer
• 1953 » World B. Free, American basketball player
• 1954 » Henk ten Cate, Dutch footballer and manager
• 1954 » Jean-Claude Juncker, Luxembourger lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Luxembourg
• 1954 » Phil Bryant, American academic and politician, 63rd Governor of Mississippi
• 1955 » Chamras Saewataporn, Thai singer-songwriter
• 1955 » Otis Birdsong, American basketball player and radio host

• 1941 » Dmitry Merezhkovsky, Russian author, poet, and philosopher (b. 1865)
• 1943 » Georges Dufrénoy, French painter (b. 1870)
• 1944 » Laird Cregar, American actor (b. 1913)
• 1945 » Yun Chi-ho, South Korean activist and politician (b. 1864)
• 1957 » Ali İhsan Sâbis, Turkish general (b. 1882)
• 1963 » Daniel O. Fagunwa, Nigerian author and educator (b. 1903)
• 1963 » Perry Miller, American historian, author, and academic (b. 1905)
• 1964 » Edith Sitwell, English poet and critic (b. 1887)
• 1965 » Branch Rickey, American baseball player and manager (b. 1884)
• 1967 » Charles Léon Hammes, Luxembourgian lawyer and judge, 3rd President of the European Court of Justice (b. 1898)

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.
• March 9 » McCarthyism: CBS television broadcasts the See It Now episode, "A Report on Senator Joseph McCarthy", produced by Fred Friendly.
• May 13 » The anti-National Service Riots, by Chinese middle school students in Singapore, take place.
• July 7 » Elvis Presley makes his radio debut when WHBQ Memphis played his first recording for Sun Records, "That's All Right".
• September 3 » The People's Liberation Army begins shelling the Republic of China-controlled islands of Quemoy, starting the First Taiwan Strait Crisis.
• November 22 » The Humane Society of the United States is founded.

The temperature on December 9, 1954 was between 4.3 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 7.2 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the south.