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• Ingrid Maria Antoinette Wijkmans, Arnhem (GEL) († 2011)
• Lodewijk Gieles, Den Helder († 1954)
• Maria Deckers († 1997)
• Johanna Petronella Savelkoul, Obbicht en Papenhoven († 2003)
• Hans J.W. Philipsen, Isensse/Niederstricht († 2008)
• Nn Zwiggelaar, Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland († 1954)
• Bob Rombout († 2004)
• Nellie Peterse, Culemborg (GL) († 1993)
• Michael Gerald Manlove, Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota († 2007)
• Christa, Christina-Maria-Tarcisia) van , overleden te . Welling, Hengelo, Overijssel, Nederland († 1954)

• Annie M Haws (81), Ephrata, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States of America
• Cornelia van Burg (58), Kruiningen
• cornelis vink (78), rotterdam
• Ariena Bouwina Melcherdina de Boer (39)
• Adriana van den Boer (71), Berkel-Enschot
• Antonín Tesař (75), Budišov
• Anna Charlotta Johanna Maria van Dam (81), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anton Radder (60), Hoek van Holland
• Aleida Wilhelmina Klarenaar (87), Emmerich am Rhein, Nordrhein-Westphalen, Duitsland
• Cornelis de Jager (83), Egmond aan Zee

• 1952 » Michael Wills, English politician, British Minister of Justice
• 1952 » Roger Milla, Cameroonian footballer and manager
• 1953 » Robert Doyle, Australian educator and politician, 103rd Lord Mayor of Melbourne
• 1954 » Colin Sutherland, Lord Carloway, Scottish lawyer and judge
• 1954 » David Paterson, American lawyer and politician, 55th Governor of New York
• 1955 » Steve George, American keyboard player and songwriter
• 1955 » Zbigniew Preisner, Polish composer and producer
• 1956 » Douglas Preston, American journalist and author
• 1956 » Gerry Peyton, English born Irish international footballer and coach
• 1956 » Ingvar Ambjørnsen, Norwegian-German author and critic

• 1940 » Verner von Heidenstam, Swedish author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859)
• 1942 » Hector Guimard, French Architect (b. 1867)
• 1946 » Jacob Ellehammer, Danish pilot and engineer (b. 1871)
• 1947 » Georgios Siantos, Greek sergeant and politician (b. 1890)
• 1947 » Philipp Lenard, Slovak-German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
• 1949 » Damaskinos of Athens, Greek archbishop and politician, 137th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1891)
• 1956 » Max Beerbohm, English essayist, parodist, and caricaturist (b. 1872)
• 1956 » Zoltán Halmay, Hungarian swimmer and trainer (b. 1881)
• 1961 » Josef Priller, German colonel and pilot (b. 1915)
• 1964 » Rudy Lewis, American singer (b. 1936)

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 14 » The Hudson Motor Car Company merges with Nash-Kelvinator Corporation forming the American Motors Corporation.
• March 9 » McCarthyism: CBS television broadcasts the See It Now episode, "A Report on Senator Joseph McCarthy", produced by Fred Friendly.
• September 14 » In a top secret nuclear test, a Soviet Tu-4 bomber drops a 40 kiloton atomic weapon just north of Totskoye village.
• September 29 » The convention establishing CERN (the European Organization for Nuclear Research) is signed.
• December 2 » The Sino-American Mutual Defense Treaty, between the United States and Taiwan, is signed in Washington, D.C.
• December 4 » The first Burger King is opened in Miami, Florida.

The temperature on May 20, 1954 was between 6.7 °C and 12.6 °C and averaged 9.4 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (19%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.