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• Anna Wilhelmina "Annie" BEUMERS, Grashoek, Limburg, Nederland († 2016)
• Bernardus Eduard van Bunnik, Utrecht
• Pamela Howell
• Johanna Maria Liduina (Annie) Lambers, Schoonebeek († 2002)
• Greetje Krop, Zaandam († 2002)
• Joan Sheryl Temple, Davis, Turner, South Dakota († 2011)
• Li-Hua WANG, Keelung (TAI) († 2002)
• johannes gerardus maria (ger) schaareman, helden-egchel
• Mark Steven Junghans, Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten († 2009)
• Dirk Leendert Vermeulen († 2007)

• "Emmanuel" Charles Joseph Marie van Outryve d'Ydewalle (85), Bruges, Belgique
• Antje Riemers van der Velde (76), Sebaldeburen, Westerkwartier, Groningen, Nederland
• Albertus Wilhelmus Reukers (76), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adolf Leonard van Elten (79), Oosterbeek (gemeente Renkum)
• Adam Hendriksen . (94), Zwolle, Ov, Nederland
• Alida Maria Kohn (78), `s-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Maria van der Zwan (55)
• Andreas van de Kerkhof (64), Beek en Donk, Gemeente Laarbeek, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antje Hidding (71), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Anna Christina Geertruida ten Kleij (77), Amsterdam

• 1951 » Elizabeth Symons, Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean, English politician
• 1951 » José Eduardo González Navas, Spanish politician
• 1951 » Julian Lloyd Webber, English cellist, conductor, and educator
• 1951 » Milija Aleksic, English footballer († 2012)
• 1952 » David Urquhart, Scottish bishop
• 1952 » Kenny Aaronson, American bass player
• 1952 » Mickey O'Sullivan, Irish footballer and manager
• 1954 » Katsuhiro Otomo, Japanese director, screenwriter, and illustrator
• 1954 » Sue Hill, English pathologist and civil servant
• 1956 » Boris Šprem, Croatian lawyer and politician, 8th President of Croatian Parliament († 2012)

• 1938 » Gillis Grafström, Swedish figure skater and architect (b. 1893)
• 1943 » Yakov Dzhugashvili, Georgian-Russian lieutenant (b. 1907)
• 1950 » Ramana Maharshi, Indian guru and philosopher (b. 1879)
• 1951 » Al Christie, Canadian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1881)
• 1962 » M. Visvesvaraya, Indian engineer and scholar (b. 1860)
• 1963 » Rahul Sankrityayan, Indian monk and historian (b. 1893)
• 1964 » Rachel Carson, American biologist and author (b. 1907)
• 1964 » Tatyana Afanasyeva, Russian-Dutch mathematician and theorist (b. 1876)
• 1968 » Al Benton, American baseball player (b. 1911)
• 1969 » Matilde Muñoz Sampedro, Spanish actress (b. 1900)

• 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 5 » Elvis Presley records his first single, "That's All Right", at Sun Records in Memphis, Tennessee.
• August 13 » Radio Pakistan broadcasts the "Qaumī Tarāna", the national anthem of Pakistan for the first time.
• September 17 » The novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding is first published.
• November 22 » The Humane Society of the United States is founded.
• 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.
• December 2 » The Sino-American Mutual Defense Treaty, between the United States and Taiwan, is signed in Washington, D.C.

The temperature on April 14, 1954 was between 4.0 °C and 11.5 °C and averaged 8.8 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 1.5 hours. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (30%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.