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• Walter Norman Paullock Jr, Chico, Butte County, California, United States of America († 2007)
• Sijtske de Boer, Goutum gem. Leeuwarden († 2009)
• Lydie HUBRECHTS, Bilzen, 3740, Bilzen-Hoeselt, Limburg, België († 2022)
• Perry Marc Lack (Sgt.), Kennett, Dunkin Co., Missouri, United States († 1979)
• dirk Kosolosky († 2005)
• Willem_Evert_Lodewijk van Rossum, Wageningen († 2018)
• Alice Buijs, amsterdam, Nederland († 2023)
• Hubert Frey, Stühlingen, Waldshut, Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland († 2002)
• Jacob (Jaap) Roestenburg, 's-Gravenhage (ZH Nederland) († 2016)
• Glenn Reginald Muller, Amsterdam ( N-Holland, Nederland) († 2015)

• Anna Maria Verhulst (68), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Falentein (88), Amsterdam
• Arendina Wilhelmina Frauenfelder (61), Voorburg, Nederland
• Adriana Hazen (59), Huijbergen, Noord Brabant, Nederland
• Aldegonda Beekmans (80), Vlijmen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Alagonda van Lottum (81), Emmen
• Anna Maria Philomena Van Mierlo (69), Peer, Limburg, België
• Adrianus van Noord (48), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alagonda Willems van Lottum (81), Emmer-Compascuum, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adriana Bak (58), Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1952 » David Byrne, Scottish singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
• 1952 » Michael Fallon, Scottish politician, Secretary of State for Defence
• 1952 » Orna Grumberg, Israeli computer scientist and academic
• 1953 » Hywel Williams, Welsh politician
• 1953 » Tom Cochrane, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1955 » Alasdair Fraser, Scottish fiddler
• 1955 » Dennis Martínez, Nicaraguan baseball player and coach
• 1955 » Jens Sparschuh, German author and playwright
• 1955 » Marie Chouinard, Canadian dancer and choreographer
• 1955 » Peter Kirsten, South African cricketer and rugby player

• 1945 » Heber J. Grant, American religious leader, 7th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1856)
• 1945 » Wolfgang Lüth, Latvian-German captain (b. 1913)
• 1953 » Yasuo Kuniyoshi, American painter and photographer (b. 1893)
• 1954 » Heinz Guderian, Prussian-German general (b. 1888)
• 1956 » Joan Malleson, English physician (b. 1889)
• 1957 » Marie Vassilieff, Russian-French painter (b. 1884)
• 1959 » Infanta Maria Antonia of Portugal (b. 1862)
• 1959 » Sidney Bechet, American saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer (b. 1897)
• 1960 » Lucrezia Bori, Spanish soprano and actress (b. 1887)
• 1962 » Florence Auer, American actress and screenwriter (b. 1880)

• 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.
• January 21 » The first nuclear-powered submarine, the USSNautilus, is launched in Groton, Connecticut by Mamie Eisenhower, the First Lady of the United States.
• February 18 » The first Church of Scientology is established in Los Angeles.
• June 18 » Carlos Castillo Armas leads an invasion force across the Guatemalan border, setting in motion the 1954 Guatemalan coup d'état.
• August 16 » The first issue of Sports Illustrated is published.
• September 26 » The Japanese rail ferry Tōya Maru sinks during a typhoon in the Tsugaru Strait, Japan, killing 1,172.

The temperature on May 14, 1954 was between 8.6 °C and 20.3 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 13.7 hours of sunshine (88%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.