About the day » Wednesday May 12, 1954Calender converter

• Jan Lasterie, Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2006)
• Susan Alberta Shea († 1983)
• Janny Klompstra, Nederland († 2014)
• Gaby Maureen den Ronden, ·Äôs-Gravenhage († 1988)
• Peter Cornelis Sterk, Leerbroek († 1974)
• John Russell Davis, Pomona (Los Angeles County) (California) († 2002)
• Piet van Dam, Den Dungen († 1992)
• Kornelis Jan Woltjer, Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland († 1971)
• Cornelis van Duin, Nieuw-Lekkerland,Gemeente Nieuw-Lekkerland,South Holland,Netherlands († 1999)
• Martha Duin, Velsen

• Anthonius Johannes van Winden (77), Pijnacker,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina J. de Wolf (68), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Vink (78), Harderwijk
• Anthonia Maria Pot (76), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Agnes Mary Gariety (48), Ft. Loramie, Ohio, VS
• Alida Hendrika van Koetsveld (33), Lienden, Gelderland, Nederland
• Catharina de Wolf (67), Leiden
• Anna Maria Gerritsdr Verhoeven (74), Amsterdam, Noord Holland
• Antonia Maria Pot (76), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Allen Monroe Chandler Jr. (57), Montross, Westmoreland, Virginia, Verenigde Staten

• 1950 » Bruce Boxleitner, American actor and author
• 1950 » Gabriel Byrne, Irish actor, director, and producer
• 1950 » Helena Kennedy, Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws, Scottish lawyer, academic, and politician
• 1951 » George Karl, American basketball player and coach
• 1955 » Kix Brooks, American country music singer-songwriter and musician
• 1956 » Asad Rauf, Pakistani cricketer and umpire
• 1956 » Bernie Federko, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager
• 1956 » Greg Phillinganes, American keyboardist
• 1956 » Sergio Marchi, Argentinean-Canadian urban planner and politician, 10th Canadian Minister of International Trade
• 1957 » Ziya Onis, Turkish economist and academic

• 1944 » Arthur Quiller-Couch, English author, poet, and critic (b. 1863)
• 1944 » Max Brand, American journalist and author (b. 1892)
• 1956 » Louis Calhern, American actor and singer (b. 1895)
• 1957 » Alfonso de Portago, Spanish bobsledder and race car driver (b. 1928)
• 1957 » Erich von Stroheim, Austrian-American actor, director, and producer (b. 1885)
• 1963 » Richard Girulatis, German footballer and manager (b. 1878)
• 1963 » Robert Kerr, Irish-Canadian sprinter and coach (b. 1882)
• 1964 » Agnes Forbes Blackadder, Scottish medical doctor (b. 1875)
• 1966 » Felix Steiner, Russian-German SS officer (b. 1896)
• 1967 » John Masefield, English poet and author (b. 1878)

• 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 23 » The first mass inoculation of children against polio with the Salk vaccine begins in Pittsburgh.
• March 1 » Armed Puerto Rican nationalists attack the United States Capitol building, injuring five Representatives.
• April 25 » The first practical solar cell is publicly demonstrated by Bell Telephone Laboratories.
• June 27 » The Obninsk Nuclear Power Plant, the Soviet Union's first nuclear power station, opens in Obninsk, near Moscow.
• September 30 » The U.S. Navy submarine USSNautilus is commissioned as the world's first nuclear-powered vessel.
• November 1 » The Front de Libération Nationale fires the first shots of the Algerian War of Independence.

The temperature on May 12, 1954 was between 13.0 °C and 26.5 °C and averaged 19.6 °C. There was 12.6 hours of sunshine (81%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.