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• Klaas Veerman († 2016)
• Steven Wayne HALLUIN, Indiana († 1955)
• Margaret Jane RAMSELL, Johnstown, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten († 1954)
• Allen D. Cruce († 1997)
• Franciscus Lambertus Theodorus van Leur, Puiflijk († 1992)
• Luzina G. Mattemaker, Zutphen († 2010)
• Christiaan Cornelis (Chris) Langstraat († 2017)
• Johannes Gerardus Maria Op den Camp, Sittard (Sittard-Geleen), Limburg, Nederland
• Muh-Lan Han († 2008)
• Jantje Heida († 1976)

• Antonius Hermannus Platenkamp (71), Almelo
• Dorothea van Oort (82), Heesch
• Berend Munneke (45), Nieuwe Pekela, Groningen, Nederland
• Anje Siepelinga (90), Siddeburen, Slochteren, Groningen, Nederland
• Eugenia Johanna Frederika Vonck (69)
• Barney Allen
• Aalt van Dijk (74), Kampen
• Cornelia Vreeken (68), Amsterdam
• Anna Maria Smits (75), Nistelrode, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Bernardus Jeursen (78), Utrecht, Utrecht

• 1952 » Leon Wieseltier, American philosopher, journalist, and critic
• 1952 » Pat Summitt, American basketball player and coach († 2016)
• 1952 » Robert Lepikson, Estonian racing driver and politician, Estonian Minister of the Interior († 2006)
• 1953 » Janet Mackey, New Zealand lawyer and politician
• 1954 » Will Patton, American actor
• 1955 » Kirron Kher, Indian theatre, film & television actress, TV talk show host, politician and Member of Parliament
• 1955 » Michael D. Duvall, American businessman and politician
• 1955 » Paul O'Grady, English television host, producer, and drag performer
• 1956 » Fred Funk, American golfer and coach
• 1956 » King Diamond (Kim Bendix Petersen), heavy metal musician

• 1932 » Dorimène Roy Desjardins, Canadian businesswoman, co-founded Desjardins Group (b. 1858)
• 1933 » Justinien de Clary, French target shooter (b. 1860)
• 1936 » G. K. Chesterton, English essayist, poet, playwright, and novelist (b. 1874)
• 1936 » Hans Poelzig, German architect, painter, and designer, designed the IG Farben Building (b. 1869)
• 1946 » John Logie Baird, Scottish-English physicist and engineer (b. 1888)
• 1946 » Jorge Ubico, 21st President of Guatemala (b. 1878)
• 1953 » Tom Cole, Welsh-American racing driver (b. 1922)
• 1968 » Salvatore Quasimodo, Italian novelist and poet, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1901)
• 1972 » Dündar Taşer, Turkish soldier and politician (b. 1925)
• 1977 » Robert Middleton, American actor (b. 1911)

• 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.
• March 1 » Nuclear weapons testing: The Castle Bravo, a 15-megaton hydrogen bomb, is detonated on Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean, resulting in the worst radioactive contamination ever caused by the United States.
• May 13 » The original Broadway production of The Pajama Game opens and runs for another 1,063 performances. Later received three Tony Awards for Best Musical, Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical, and Best Choreography.
• July 5 » The BBC broadcasts its first television news bulletin.
• September 17 » The novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding is first published.
• September 29 » The convention establishing CERN (the European Organization for Nuclear Research) is signed.
• November 30 » In Sylacauga, Alabama, United States, the Hodges meteorite crashes through a roof and hits a woman taking an afternoon nap; this is the only documented case in the Western Hemisphere of a human being hit by a rock from space.

The temperature on June 14, 1954 was between 4.8 °C and 15.0 °C and averaged 11.9 °C. There was 17.7 mm of rain during 6.7 hours. There was 5.5 hours of sunshine (33%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.