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• NN Platell, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 1954)
• Leonardus Leendert van der Maarel, Delft,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1999)
• Areke Maria van Hees, Zuilichem, Gelderland, Nederland († 2020)
• Teresinha Vilvert, Vidal Ramos, Santa Catarina, Brasil († 1954)
• Leonardus Leendert van der Maarel († 1999)
• Bart Reuten, Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2016)
• Margaretha Gerarda Cornelia Josephina van der Meij, Haarlem (N-H) († 2003)
• Thijs Konijn, Waarland, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2011)
• Melle Muis, Oldemarkt († 2025)
• N.N. Glaubitz, Ferwarderadeel, Friesland, Netherlands († 1954)

• Coenraad Jacob Mes (72)
• Christina Johanna Theodora ·ÄúKatrien·Äù van den Hurk (20)
• Algernon Cooke Varty (89), Grey's Hospital, Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa
• Albert Sopp (84), aged 84 years, QLD, AU
• Bertha Mae Jolly Hardie [Bu] (55)
• Cornelia Lagendijk (55), Delft
• Adriana Maria van Kester (78), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Maria KESTER,VAN (78), Den Haag,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Camiel René Olivier (80), Ledegem,8880,West-Vlaanderen,België
• Abel Vandewater Sr. (62), Beaumont, Jefferson, Texas, Verenigde Staten

• 1951 » Angelo Falcón, Puerto Rican-American political scientist, activist, and academic, founded the National Institute for Latino Policy
• 1951 » Michèle Mouton, French race car driver and manager
• 1951 » Raj Babbar, Indian actor and politician
• 1953 » Armen Sarkissian, Armenian physicist, politician and current President of Armenia
• 1955 » Glenn Danzig, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1955 » Jean Tigana, French footballer and manager
• 1955 » Pierre Corbeil, Canadian dentist and politician
• 1956 » Daniel J. Drucker, Canadian academic and educator
• 1956 » Randy Jackson, American bass player and producer
• 1956 » Tony Hill, American football player and sportscaster

• 1945 » Giuseppina Tuissi, Italian journalist and activist (b. 1923)
• 1953 » Albert Gleizes, French painter (b. 1881)
• 1954 » Salih Omurtak, Turkish general (b. 1889)
• 1956 » Reinhold Glière, Russian composer and educator (b. 1875)
• 1959 » Boris Vian, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1920)
• 1959 » Hidir Lutfi, Iraqi poet. (b. 1880)
• 1969 » Volmari Iso-Hollo, Finnish runner (b. 1907)
• 1970 » Roscoe Turner, American soldier and pilot (b. 1895)
• 1973 » Gerry Birrell, Scottish race car driver (b. 1944)
• 1980 » Sanjay Gandhi, Indian engineer and politician (b. 1946)

• 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.
• April 26 » The Geneva Conference, an effort to restore peace in Indochina and Korea, begins.
• 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.
• November 7 » In the US, Armistice Day becomes Veterans Day.
• November 22 » The Humane Society of the United States is founded.
• 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 23, 1954 was between 6.6 °C and 18.6 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (19%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.