About the day » Tuesday July 13, 1954Calender converter

• Henrica Wilhelmina Petronella Meijer (100.2.3.2.2.4), Oss, Nederland († 1958)
• Olga Agatha van Dijk, Laren († 2005)
• Antonius de Grundt, Horssen
• Janice K. "Jan" Lemon, Waterloo, Iowa († 2008)
• Coleen Jo Hassing, San Francisco, California († 2017)
• Rhonda M Ruhe, Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, Verenigde Staten († 2002)
• Rodney Lynn Demler, Beaumont, Texas († 2015)
• Murkje van der Galien, Stiens († 2012)
• Anita Ann Dosier († 1954)
• Jacoba Bergkamp, Diemen, Nederland

• Antheunis Hollebrandse (59), Grijpskerke, Walcheren, NL
• Anna Maria Adriana Petronella Sprangers (65), Raamsdonk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Chester Bernard Ahrenholtz (44), Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa
• Barend Willem Hermanus KLANDERMANS (70), Amersfoort
• Cornelis de Waaij (71), Noordgouwe
• Cornelus Moonen (82), Berkel-Enschot
• Anna Paulina Maria Wijle (61), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje van der Meer (85), Koog aan de Zaan
• Aaltje Jantje Foppes Visser (85), Schiermonnikoog, Friesland, Nederland
• van der Werf (0), Assen

• 1950 » George Nelson, American astronomer and astronaut
• 1951 » Didi Conn, American actress and singer
• 1951 » Rob Bishop, American educator and politician
• 1953 » David Thompson, American basketball player
• 1954 » Louise Mandrell, American singer-songwriter and actress
• 1954 » Ray Bright, Australian cricketer
• 1956 » Mark Mendoza, American bass player and songwriter
• 1956 » Michael Spinks, American boxer
• 1957 » Cameron Crowe, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1957 » Thierry Boutsen, Belgian race car driver and businessman

• 1941 » Ilmar Raud, Estonian chess player (b. 1913)
• 1945 » Alla Nazimova, Russian-American actress, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1879)
• 1946 » Alfred Stieglitz, American photographer and curator (b. 1864)
• 1949 » Walt Kuhn, American painter and academic (b. 1877)
• 1951 » Arnold Schoenberg, Austrian-American composer and painter (b. 1874)
• 1954 » Frida Kahlo, Mexican painter and educator (b. 1907)
• 1960 » Joy Davidman, American-English poet and author (b. 1915)
• 1965 » Photis Kontoglou, Greek painter and illustrator (b. 1895)
• 1967 » Tom Simpson, English cyclist (b. 1937)
• 1970 » Leslie Groves, American general and engineer (b. 1896)

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.
• March 9 » McCarthyism: CBS television broadcasts the See It Now episode, "A Report on Senator Joseph McCarthy", produced by Fred Friendly.
• April 25 » The first practical solar cell is publicly demonstrated by Bell Telephone Laboratories.
• May 17 » The United States Supreme Court hands down a unanimous decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, outlawing racial segregation in public schools.
• July 20 » Germany: Otto John, head of West Germany's secret service, defects to East Germany.
• September 8 » The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) is established.
• November 7 » In the US, Armistice Day becomes Veterans Day.

The temperature on July 13, 1954 was between 9.2 °C and 17.0 °C and averaged 13.3 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 2.4 hours. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (15%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.