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• Robert Medema, Geneseo († 2018)
• Wilhelmus Gerardus Beentjes, Beverwijk († 1958)
• Charles Wayne Reece, Smyrna, Cobb, Georgia, United States († 1993)
• Anne Marie (Annemie) CASTELEIN, Kortrijk († 1998)
• Joris Arsene Charles Baeckelandt, Torhout († 2017)
• NN van Cornelissen, Druten, Druten, Gelderland, Nederland († 1954)
• Eline Maria Johanna Merk, Heerlen
• Dirk Jan Nijborg, Groningen, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Pauline Skenazi († 1972)
• Peter Böhle, Rhede († 1954)

• Arnolda Berm (40), Rotterdam, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Charles de Monchy (53), Amsterdam,Gemeente Amsterdam,North Holland,Netherlands
• Catharina Boots (75), Spierdijk, Koggenland, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adrianus Antonius Vriens (87), Udenhout
• Adrianus Augustinus() Peeraer (70), Turnhout
• Alida Adriana Zonneveld (82), Poortugaal, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Anita Beekman (0), Amsterdam
• Apolonia Cornelia Johanna van Grinsven (71), Den Haag
• Anna Maria Hubertina Vossen (76), Roermond,, Limburg, Nederland
• Catherine Fegan (70), Baltarran Armagh Ireland

• 1951 » John Conteh, English boxer
• 1954 » Jackie Slater, American football player and coach
• 1954 » Pauline Hanson, Australian businesswoman, activist, and politician
• 1955 » Eric Bischoff, American wrestler, manager, and producer
• 1955 » Ian Tracey, English organist and conductor
• 1955 » Richard Schiff, American actor, director, and producer
• 1956 » Cynthia McFadden, American journalist
• 1956 » Giuseppe Tornatore, Italian director and screenwriter
• 1956 » Rosemary Squire, English producer and manager, co-founded Ambassador Theatre Group
• 1957 » Dag Terje Andersen, Norwegian politician, Norwegian Minister of Labour

• 1941 » Ernst Lindemann, German captain (b. 1894)
• 1942 » Muhammed Hamdi Yazır, Turkish theologian, logician, and translator (b. 1878)
• 1943 » Gordon Coates, New Zealand soldier and politician, 21st Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1878)
• 1945 » Enno Lolling, German physician (b. 1888)
• 1947 » Ed Konetchy, American baseball player and manager (b. 1885)
• 1949 » Robert Ripley, American cartoonist, publisher, and businessman, founded Ripley's Believe It or Not! (b. 1890)
• 1953 » Jesse Burkett, American baseball player and manager (b. 1868)
• 1960 » James Montgomery Flagg, American painter and illustrator (b. 1877)
• 1963 » Grigoris Lambrakis, Greek physician and politician (b. 1912)
• 1964 » Jawaharlal Nehru, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of India (b. 1889)

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 21 » The first nuclear-powered submarine, the USSNautilus, is launched in Groton, Connecticut by Mamie Eisenhower, the First Lady of the United States.
• March 13 » The Battle of Điện Biên Phủ begins with an artillery barrage by Viet Minh forces under Võ Nguyên Giáp; Viet Minh victory lead to the end of the First Indochina War and French withdrawal from Vietnam.
• July 5 » Elvis Presley records his first single, "That's All Right", at Sun Records in Memphis, Tennessee.
• July 7 » Elvis Presley makes his radio debut when WHBQ Memphis played his first recording for Sun Records, "That's All Right".
• September 14 » In a top secret nuclear test, a Soviet Tu-4 bomber drops a 40 kiloton atomic weapon just north of Totskoye village.
• November 10 » U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower dedicates the USMC War Memorial (Iwo Jima memorial) in Arlington Ridge Park in Arlington County, Virginia.

The temperature on May 27, 1954 was between 10.9 °C and 29.2 °C and averaged 21.3 °C. There was 11.9 hours of sunshine (73%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.