About the day » Thursday July 29, 1954Calender converter

• Jean-Pierre ORLANS, Mechelen,2800,Anvers,Flandre,BELGIQUE († 2000)
• Antonius Albertus Kloet, Oude Pekela († 1995)
• Anna Hermine Lutz, Rotterdam
• - Grooten, Bocholtz († 1954)
• Engelbertus Cornelis Johannes Bakker, Noordwijkerhout († 2019)
• George Alfred Sickler Jr († 2012)
• Jeanne Jacobs, Wouw,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1998)
• Antje Grietje Meijer († 1954)
• Hinderk WOLDENDORP, Beerta, Oldambt, Groningen, Nederland († 1957)
• Frouktje Gerritje Koorn, Wieringen, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1959)

• Anna Amalia Stiebel (94)
• Charles Jackson (Charlie) Tuck (89), Cambridge, Waipa District, Waikato, New Zealand
• Azama Permelia Hand (94), Kansas City, Kansas, Verenigde Staten
• Aaltje van Ooi (72), Voorthuizen, Nederland
• Anna Kuiper (73), Winschoten, Groningen, Netherlands
• Charles Wilkinson (80), Crowlands, Ararat, Victoria, Australia
• Albertus Johannes Hietkamp (79), Bergh, Nederland
• Adrianus Petrus Jutte (54), ,, Delft, Nederland
• Catharina Wilhelmina Grietje Baaij (86), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Beerent Eemsing (83), Wedderveer, Wedde, Groningen, Nederland

• 1952 » Joe Johnson, English snooker player and sportscaster
• 1952 » Norman Blackwell, Baron Blackwell, English businessman and politician
• 1953 » Frank McGuinness, Irish poet and playwright
• 1953 » Geddy Lee, Canadian musician
• 1953 » Ken Burns, American director and producer
• 1953 » Tim Gunn, American television host and actor
• 1954 » Patti Scialfa, American musician
• 1955 » Dave Stevens, American illustrator († 2008)
• 1955 » Jean-Hugues Anglade, French actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1955 » Stephen Timms, English politician, Minister of State for Competitiveness

• 1938 » Nikolai Krylenko, Russian lawyer, jurist, and politician, Prosecutor General of the Russian SFSR (b. 1885)
• 1950 » Joe Fry, English race car driver (b. 1915)
• 1951 » Ali Sami Yen, Turkish footballer and manager, founded Galatasaray S.K. (b. 1886)
• 1954 » Coen de Koning, Dutch speed skater (b. 1879)
• 1960 » Hasan Saka, Turkish politician, 7th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1885)
• 1962 » Leonardo De Lorenzo, Italian-American flute player and educator (b. 1875)
• 1962 » Ronald Fisher, English biologist and statistician (b. 1890)
• 1964 » Vean Gregg, American baseball player (b. 1885)
• 1966 » Adekunle Fajuyi, Nigerian colonel (b. 1926)
• 1966 » Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi, Nigerian general and politician, 2nd Head of State of Nigeria (b. 1924)

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 7 » Georgetown-IBM experiment: The first public demonstration of a machine translation system is held in New York at the head office of IBM.
• March 9 » McCarthyism: CBS television broadcasts the See It Now episode, "A Report on Senator Joseph McCarthy", produced by Fred Friendly.
• March 26 » Nuclear weapons testing: The Romeo shot of Operation Castle is detonated at Bikini Atoll. Yield: 11 megatons.
• April 22 » Red Scare: Witnesses begin testifying and live television coverage of the Army–McCarthy hearings begins.
• June 27 » The FIFA World Cup quarterfinal match between Hungary and Brazil, highly anticipated to be exciting, instead turns violent, with three players ejected and further fighting continuing after the game.
• September 8 » The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) is established.

The temperature on July 29, 1954 was between 12.8 °C and 18.1 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 3.5 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (49%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.