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• Vicki CANN, Wynyard, Tasmania, Australia († 1992)
• Quirinus Joseph van den Berg, Hillegom († 1959)
• Maria Anna Galitzine, Brussels,Brabant,Belgium († 2022)
• Lucia Benjamins, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2007)
• KAREL ANTOON HERMAN VAN LEEUWEN, Amsterdam, Nederland († 1973)
• Hans Bloedjes, Limmen († 1955)
• Guido Leemans, Sint-Truiden, België († 2020)
• Derk Snippe († 1992)
• Fokko Bernard Wijmenga, Garijp, Friesland, Nederland († 1976)
• Johnny Lee Wesley [Wk] († 1954)

• Aafje Brandwijk (85), Ter Aar
• Cornelia Koster (49), Terneuzen (Terneuzen), Zeeland, Nederland
• Aafje Brandwijk (85), Ter Aa
• Aaltje ZUIDEMA (73), Groningen Groningen Netherlands
• Casper Gerardus Wilhelmus Ziekman (54), Rotterdam
• Anthonie Johannes van Daalen (75), Utrecht
• Carolina ten Dam (82), Hengelo
• Aaltje Zuidema (73), groningen
• Casparus Dirk Beekman (78), Amsterdam
• Catharina G.W. van der Heijden (64), Leiden

• 1952 » Bert van Marwijk, Dutch footballer, coach, and manager
• 1952 » Charlie Spedding, English runner
• 1953 » Florin Marin, Romanian footballer and manager
• 1953 » Patrick Hodge, Lord Hodge, Scottish lawyer and judge
• 1953 » Shavarsh Karapetyan, Armenian finswimmer
• 1953 » Victoria Wood, English actress, singer, director, and screenwriter († 2016)
• 1954 » Hōchū Ōtsuka, Japanese voice actor
• 1954 » Phil Rudd, Australian-New Zealand drummer
• 1954 » Rick Cerone, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1955 » James Gosling, Canadian-American computer scientist, created Java

• 1939 » Ahmet Ağaoğlu, Azerbaijani-Turkish journalist and publicist (b. 1869)
• 1943 » Kristjan Raud, Estonian painter and illustrator (b. 1865)
• 1945 » Philipp Bouhler, German soldier and politician (b. 1889)
• 1946 » Booth Tarkington, American novelist and dramatist (b. 1869)
• 1950 » Daniel Ciugureanu, Romanian physician and politician, Prime Minister of Moldova (b. 1884)
• 1954 » Charles Ives, American composer and educator (b. 1874)
• 1958 » Archie Scott Brown, Scottish race car driver (b. 1927)
• 1958 » Jadunath Sarkar, Indian historian (b. 1870)
• 1958 » Ronald Colman, English actor (b. 1891)
• 1963 » Walter Russell, American painter, sculptor, and author (b. 1871)

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.
• February 18 » The first Church of Scientology is established in Los Angeles.
• March 1 » Armed Puerto Rican nationalists attack the United States Capitol building, injuring five Representatives.
• March 26 » Nuclear weapons testing: The Romeo shot of Operation Castle is detonated at Bikini Atoll. Yield: 11 megatons.
• May 6 » Roger Bannister becomes the first person to run the mile in under four minutes.
• July 5 » The BBC broadcasts its first television news bulletin.
• September 17 » The novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding is first published.

The temperature on May 19, 1954 was between 7.1 °C and 12.1 °C and averaged 9.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (20%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.