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• Dominique Lemeingre, Roubaix, Frankrijk († 2003)
• Jean Patrick 'Johnny' de CLERCQ
• Wytze Jacobus Pouwels († 2012)
• Diane Kay Ausborn († 1954)
• Willy Jacoba Canrinus, Zaandam († 2023)
• Adriana Wilhelmina van Uden, Schijndel († 2003)
• Reinier Keller († 2001)
• Gerrit Aberson, Nijmegen († 1995)
• Nellie Krabbendam, New Westminster BC Canada († 2016)
• N.n. Potappel, Stavenisse († 1954)

• Albert Alle BOSMAN (76), Oldekerk
• Alida Hendrika Wiegman (60), Delft
• Adriana Maria van Pelt (72), Eindhoven
• Aleida Hoffman (55), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Jacobus van der Voorn (79), Hoogmade,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Alle Jan Bosman (76), Oldekerk
• Alfons Henricus Maria Kools (13), Alphen &, Riel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albertus Kruisbeek (69), Utrecht
• Albert Alle Bosman (76), Oldekerk
• Anna Theresia Sorel (75), Utrecht

• 1952 » Michael McDonald, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player
• 1952 » Simon MacCorkindale, English actor, director, and producer († 2010)
• 1953 » Joanna Kerns, American actress and director
• 1954 » Joseph Jordania, Georgian-Australian musicologist and academic
• 1954 » Phil Zimmermann, American cryptographer and programmer
• 1954 » Tzimis Panousis, Greek comedian, singer, and author († 2018)
• 1955 » Bill Laswell, American bass player and producer
• 1955 » Chet Lemon, American baseball player and coach
• 1956 » Ad Melkert, Dutch lawyer and politician, Dutch Minister of Social Affairs and Employment
• 1956 » Arsenio Hall, American actor and talk show host

• 1942 » Avraham Stern, Polish-Israeli militant leader (b. 1907)
• 1942 » Eugene Esmonde, Irish-English lieutenant and pilot, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1909)
• 1942 » Grant Wood, American painter and academic (b. 1891)
• 1947 » Moses Gomberg, Ukrainian-American chemist and academic (b. 1866)
• 1949 » Hassan al-Banna, Egyptian educator, founded the Muslim Brotherhood (b. 1906)
• 1954 » Dziga Vertov, Polish-Russian director and screenwriter (b. 1896)
• 1958 » Douglas Hartree, English mathematician and physicist (b. 1897)
• 1960 » Oskar Anderson, Bulgarian-German mathematician and academic (b. 1887)
• 1970 » Clare Turlay Newberry, American author and illustrator (b. 1903)
• 1971 » James Cash Penney, American businessman and philanthropist, founded J. C. Penney (b. 1875)

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.
• March 19 » Joey Giardello knocks out Willie Tory in round seven at Madison Square Garden in the first televised prize boxing fight shown in colour.
• August 24 » Getúlio Vargas, president of Brazil, commits suicide and is succeeded by João Café Filho.
• September 30 » The U.S. Navy submarine USSNautilus is commissioned as the world's first nuclear-powered vessel.
• October 18 » Texas Instruments announces the first transistor radio.
• November 7 » In the US, Armistice Day becomes Veterans Day.
• December 2 » The Sino-American Mutual Defense Treaty, between the United States and Taiwan, is signed in Washington, D.C.

The average temperature on February 12, 1954 was 1.7 °C. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.