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• Jaap Anneveld, Arnhem, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Helena│Lenie Kraaijenoord, Katwijk († 2014)
• Marja van Amsterdam († 2010)
• Anthony Allen Hamilton, Wichita, Kansas, Verenigde Staten († 2020)
• Carel Johannes Fredriksz, Cheribon, Jawa Barat (Djawa Barat), Indonesië
• Patricia Ann "Patti" Dockstader, Glendale, Los Angeles, California, Verenigde Staten († 1995)
• David Nelson Lucky Sr, El Paso, Texas († 2004)
• Helena Kraaijenoord, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2014)
• Roderick Gerrit Bijsterbosch, Fort Erie (Canada) († 1966)
• Léon Bejas, Kerkrade, Limburg, Nederland († 2018)

• Aaltje Apol (89), Loppersum (gem. Eemsdelta)
• Adrianus Groeneweg (68), 's-Gravenhage
• Cornelius Adrianus Rombouts (72), Brecht
• Christina van Zitteren (62), Roosendaal en Nispen
• Anna Maria van Vendeloo (73), 's Gravenhage
• Cornelis Lobbezoo (29), Krabbendijke
• Barend van Veenschoten (50), Amersfoort
• Adrianus Groeneweg (68), den haag
• Anna Maria van Vendeloo (73), Den Haag
• Arend (Arem, Edward, Aaron ) Kuipers (67), Michigan, Verenigde Staten

• 1951 » Richard Bennett, American guitarist and producer
• 1953 » Brian Howe, English singer-songwriter
• 1954 » Al Di Meola, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
• 1954 » Ingrid Daubechies, Belgian physicist and mathematician
• 1954 » Lonette McKee, American actress and singer
• 1954 » Steve LaTourette, American lawyer and politician († 2016)
• 1955 » Richard J. Corman, American businessman, founded the R.J. Corman Railroad Group († 2013)
• 1955 » Willem Dafoe, American actor
• 1956 » Mick Pointer, English neo-progressive rock drummer
• 1956 » Scott Sanderson, American baseball player and sportscaster

• 1934 » John Dillinger, American gangster (b. 1903)
• 1937 » Ted McDonald, Australian cricketer and footballer (b. 1891)
• 1940 » Albert Young, American boxer and promoter (b. 1877)
• 1940 » George Fuller, Australian politician, 22nd Premier of New South Wales (b. 1861)
• 1948 » Rūdolfs Jurciņš, Latvian basketball player (b. 1909)
• 1950 » William Lyon Mackenzie King, Canadian economist and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1874)
• 1958 » Mikhail Zoshchenko, Ukrainian-Russian soldier and author (b. 1895)
• 1967 » Carl Sandburg, American poet and historian (b. 1878)
• 1968 » Giovannino Guareschi, Italian journalist and cartoonist (b. 1908)
• 1970 » George Johnston, Australian journalist and author (b. 1912)

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.
• January 10 » BOAC Flight 781, a de Havilland DH.106 Comet 1, explodes and falls into the Tyrrhenian Sea killing 35 people.
• March 19 » Willie Mosconi sets a world record by running 526 consecutive balls without a miss during a straight pool exhibition at East High Billiard Club in Springfield, Ohio, setting a record that remains unbroken.
• March 26 » Nuclear weapons testing: The Romeo shot of Operation Castle is detonated at Bikini Atoll. Yield: 11 megatons.
• 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.
• September 11 » Hurricane Edna hits New England as a Category 2 hurricane, causing significant damage and 29 deaths.
• October 15 » Hurricane Hazel devastates the eastern seaboard of North America, killing 95 and causing massive floods as far north as Toronto.

The temperature on July 22, 1954 was between 8.1 °C and 17.1 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 7.8 hours of sunshine (49%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.