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• Johannes Batenburg, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2018)
• Luzina G. Mattemaker, Zutphen († 2010)
• Muh-Lan Han († 2008)
• Jantje Heida († 1976)
• Cornelia Geertruida Groenveld, Opperdoes
• Klaas Veerman († 2016)
• NN Lubbers, Ter-Apel, Groningen, Nederland
• Franciscus Lambertus Theodorus van Leur, Puiflijk († 1992)
• Margaret Jane RAMSELL, Johnstown, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten († 1954)
• Mark William PRINS, Grand Rapids Kent County Michigan U.S.A († 1972)

• Anna Catharina Heps (79)
• Antonius Hermannus Platenkamp (71), Almelo
• Anje Siepelinga (90), Uithuizen, Groningen, Netherlands
• Agnieta Molenaar (37), Vlieland, Friesland, Nederland
• Anton Deeleman (54), Wassenaar, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Dorothea van Oort (82), Heesch
• Amy Selena WILSON (56), Sheffield Cemetery, Tasmania, Australia
• Anthonij Jumelet (77)
• Christianus Verschuren (77), Geldrop
• Anthonie Vermeulen (82), Geldermalsen

• 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)

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 10 » U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower warns against United States intervention in Vietnam.
• February 19 » Transfer of Crimea: The Soviet Politburo of the Soviet Union orders the transfer of the Crimean Oblast from the Russian SFSR to the Ukrainian SSR.
• June 12 » Pope Pius XII canonises Dominic Savio, who was 14 years old at the time of his death, as a saint, making him at the time the youngest unmartyred saint in the Roman Catholic Church. In 2017, Francisco and Jacinta Marto, aged ten and nine at the time of their deaths, are declared saints.
• July 5 » The BBC broadcasts its first television news bulletin.
• September 3 » The People's Liberation Army begins shelling the Republic of China-controlled islands of Quemoy, starting the First Taiwan Strait Crisis.
• 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.