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• Jaap Hennipman († 2017)
• Dignatus Wilhelmus Maria van der Zande, Oud-Vossemeer († 2015)
• William Antonius Manders S08AFN, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada († 2006)
• Baby Boy Wood, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten († 1954)
• Leonardus Antonius Johannes ROES, Gendringen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1987)
• Léon Vandervorst, Luik (Liège), Luik, België († 1954)
• Gary Lee van Sloten, Sioux Center, Sioux County, Iowa († 2019)
• Jenny Rietveld († 2024)
• Charles Lee Watje, Round Lake, Minnesota († 2015)
• Kathryn Marie Bradley († 2019)

• Anna Elizabeth Buursink (72), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Petronella Adams (86), Hooge Mierde
• Berendina Beekhuizen (51), Utrecht
• Catharina Anna Maria van Es (61), Heerlen, Limburg, Nederland
• Catharina van der Vijgh (36), s'Gravenhage
• Adrianus Johannes de Goeij (64), Montfoort, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Charlotte Ann Dunlap (83), Conway, Faulkner, Arkansas, United States
• Antje HARTOG (57), Westzaan, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Stooker (83), Schalkwijk
• alma walfrida berg (45)

• 1953 » Eje Elgh, Swedish racing driver and sportscaster
• 1953 » Marc Brickman, American lighting and production designer
• 1953 » Raphael Wallfisch, English cellist and educator
• 1953 » Vilma Bardauskienė, Lithuanian long jumper
• 1953 » Xi Jinping, Chinese engineer and politician, General Secretary of the Communist Party and President of China
• 1954 » Beverley Whitfield, Australian swimmer († 1996)
• 1954 » Jim Belushi, American actor
• 1954 » Paul Rusesabagina, Rwandan humanitarian
• 1954 » Terri Gibbs, American country music singer and keyboard player
• 1954 » Zdeňka Šilhavá, Czech discus thrower and shot putter

• 1938 » Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, German painter and illustrator (b. 1880)
• 1941 » Evelyn Underhill, English mystic and author (b. 1875)
• 1941 » Otfrid Foerster, German neurologist and physician (b. 1873)
• 1945 » Count Albert von Mensdorff-Pouilly-Dietrichstein, Austrian diplomat
• 1961 » Giulio Cabianca, Italian racing driver (b. 1923)
• 1961 » Peyami Safa, Turkish journalist and author (b. 1899)
• 1962 » Alfred Cortot, Swiss pianist and conductor (b. 1877)
• 1967 » Tatu Kolehmainen, Finnish runner (b. 1885)
• 1968 » Sam Crawford, American baseball player, coach, and umpire (b. 1880)
• 1968 » Wes Montgomery, American guitarist and songwriter (b. 1925)

• 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 » Armed Puerto Rican nationalists attack the United States Capitol building, injuring five Representatives.
• July 21 » First Indochina War: The Geneva Conference partitions Vietnam into North Vietnam and South Vietnam.
• September 8 » The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) is established.
• September 9 » The 6.7 M_w  Chlef earthquake shakes northern Algeria with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme). At least 1,243 people were killed and 5,000 were injured.
• September 29 » The convention establishing CERN (the European Organization for Nuclear Research) is signed.
• November 12 » Ellis Island ceased operations.

The temperature on June 15, 1954 was between 2.9 °C and 18.9 °C and averaged 12.6 °C. There was 13.5 hours of sunshine (81%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.