About the day » Sunday April 4, 1954Calender converter

• Janneken Wissink, Voorst, Gld, The Netherlands († 2002)
• Trientje Kruize († 2021)
• Willem WESSELS, Onstwedde Groningen Netherlands († 2009)
• Jeanette Yvonne Maria Hulsman, Weesp († 1954)
• Gerda Truyman, Melsele, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium († 1972)
• Jacob (Jappie) BUWALDA, Ee (Oostdongeradeel) Friesland Netherlands († 2007)
• lucia mechtilda antonia maria (luus) broekmans, helden-beringe
• Leonardus Jozef Maria van Hensbergen, Noordwijkerhout († 2001)
• Lawrence L Beekman, Wisconsin, United States († 1997)
• Patrick Nollet, Antwerpen, Antwerpen (B) († 1984)

• Bein Alberts Kamminga (41), Visvliet
• Baafje Luttik (78), Krommenie
• Anna Cornelia Fooij (78), Gilze en Rijen
• * Wilhelmina Heezen (52), Schiedam
• Cornelis BAKKER (79), Zaandam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Carel Fredrik Wensma (81), Den Haag
• Amelie VAN ENDERT (73), Germany
• Aaldrik Pathuis (84), Alteveer, Stadskanaal, Groningen, Netherlands
• Charles Wellingtn York (78), unbekannt
• Alfred Emil Ralf Merton (75), Bad Nauheim, Wetteraukreis, Hessen, Deutschland

• 1952 » Cherie Lunghi, English actress and dancer
• 1952 » Gregg Hansford, Australian race car driver and motorcycle racer († 1995)
• 1952 » Karen Magnussen, Canadian figure skater and coach
• 1952 » Pat Burns, Canadian ice hockey player and coach († 2010)
• 1952 » Rosemarie Ackermann, German high jumper
• 1953 » Chen Yi, Chinese violinist and composer
• 1953 » Henry Fotheringham, South African cricketer
• 1953 » Robert Bertrand, Canadian politician
• 1953 » Sammy Wilson, Northern Irish politician, 31st Lord Mayor of Belfast
• 1953 » Simcha Jacobovici, Canadian director, producer, journalist, and author

• 1941 » Emine Nazikedâ Kadınefendi, the first wife and chief consort of Sultan Mehmed VI (b. 1866)
• 1944 » Morris H. Whitehouse, American architect (b. 1878)
• 1951 » George Albert Smith, American religious leader, 8th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1870)
• 1953 » Carol II of Romania (b. 1893)
• 1957 » E. Herbert Norman, Canadian historian and diplomat (b. 1909)
• 1958 » Johnny Stompanato, American soldier and bodyguard (b. 1925)
• 1961 » Harald Riipalu, Estonian military commander (b. 1912)
• 1961 » Simion Stoilow, Romanian mathematician and academic (b. 1873)
• 1967 » Al Lewis, American songwriter (b. 1901)
• 1967 » Héctor Scarone, Uruguayan footballer and manager (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.
• January 2 » India establishes its highest civilian awards, the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan.
• January 20 » In the United States, the National Negro Network is established with 40 charter member radio stations.
• May 7 » Indochina War: The Battle of Dien Bien Phu ends in a French defeat and a Viet Minh victory (the battle began on March 13).
• June 27 » The FIFA World Cup quarterfinal match between Hungary and Brazil, highly anticipated to be exciting, instead turns violent, with three players ejected and further fighting continuing after the game.
• September 14 » In a top secret nuclear test, a Soviet Tu-4 bomber drops a 40 kiloton atomic weapon just north of Totskoye village.
• 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 April 4, 1954 was between 4.5 °C and 10.8 °C and averaged 8.5 °C. There was 2.8 mm of rain during 4.2 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.