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• Petronella Verstraten, Uden, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1996)
• Marion Maria Adriana Elisabeth Ermens, Breda
• James Kent Sweitzer, Greeley, Weld, Colorado, Verenigde Staten († 1980)
• van Wijck, Delft, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1954)
• Gerrit Nijman († 1993)
• Leijtens, Waalwijk (Noord-Brabant, NLD) († 1954)
• Gerhard Hohmann, Salzburg, Salzburg, Salzburg, Oostenrijk († 2006)
• Marc Ameel, Roeselare († 2012)
• Johannes Adriaan Jan Jasperse († 2013)
• Grietje Hordijk († 2002)

• Amanda Maria VANCRAEYNEST (45)
• Albert Wilhelm Hermann Jacques (69), Den Haag
• Antonius van der Leeden (48), Ammerzoden, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Anne Krikke (63), Heerenveen
• Wijnands, Delft
• Anna Schaap (80)
• Abraham Scharp (87), Enschede
• Adriana van As (57), Rotterdam
• Arie Storm (82), Ter Heijde, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anthonius Gerardus Franciscus Joseph Kroon (1), Zaandam

• 1952 » Kim Lewison, English lawyer and judge
• 1952 » Peter Smith, Malaysian-born English academic and judge
• 1952 » Richard Blundell, English economist and academic
• 1953 » Glen Ballard, American songwriter and producer
• 1954 » Joel Rosenberg, Canadian-American author and activist († 2011)
• 1954 » Ray Parker Jr., American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1955 » Alex Cunningham, Scottish politician
• 1955 » Martin O'Donnell, American composer
• 1955 » Ray Searage, American baseball player and coach
• 1956 » Catherine Frot, French actress

• 1943 » Johan Oscar Smith, Norwegian religious leader, founded the Brunstad Christian Church (b. 1871)
• 1945 » Joseph Goebbels, German lawyer and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1897)
• 1945 » Magda Goebbels, German wife of Joseph Goebbels (b. 1901)
• 1953 » Everett Shinn, American painter and illustrator (b. 1876)
• 1956 » LeRoy Samse, American pole vaulter (b. 1883)
• 1960 » Charles Holden, English architect, designed the Bristol Central Library (b. 1875)
• 1963 » Lope K. Santos, Filipino lawyer and politician (b. 1879)
• 1965 » Spike Jones, American singer and bandleader (b. 1911)
• 1968 » Harold Nicolson, English author and politician (b. 1886)
• 1968 » Jack Adams, Canadian-American ice hockey player, coach, and manager (b. 1895)

• 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 20 » In the United States, the National Negro Network is established with 40 charter member radio stations.
• 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.
• April 1 » United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower authorizes the creation of the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado.
• April 7 » United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower gives his "domino theory" speech during a news conference.
• April 18 » Gamal Abdel Nasser seizes power in Egypt.
• September 14 » In a top secret nuclear test, a Soviet Tu-4 bomber drops a 40 kiloton atomic weapon just north of Totskoye village.

The temperature on May 1, 1954 was between 1.0 °C and 18.5 °C and averaged 10.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 7.5 hours of sunshine (50%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.