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• Florence Elizabeth Snaphaan, Vlaardingen († 2015)
• Arend Visscher, Zwartsluis, Overijssel, Netherlands († 2004)
• Thomas Nicholas van Wessem, Oegstgeest († 1987)
• Yvonne Elizabeth Janssens, 's Gravenhage den Haag Zuid-Holland Nederland († 2000)
• Hubertina Maria Constanie VROMEN, Schinveld (NL/LI) († 1954)
• Johan Michel Albertina Maria Lagast, Brugge († 2003)
• Kenneth Edward Kittrell <K || Ob USS FgqmpcMemLnKSBu>1 fr 4, Arkansas City, Kansas († 2005)
• Marijke Jacoba Johanna Witte, (Texel), Nederland († 1989)
• Mary Frances VAN WAART, Sioux City, Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 2014)
• Antonius Adrianus Petrus Witteman, Lisse († 2017)

• Antonia Petronella Maria Ketelaars (47), Tilburg
• Anna Gertrudis Leijendekkers (72), Linne,, Limburg, Nederland
• Adrianus van Viegen (89), Amerongen (Ut/NL)
• Beatrix Cornelia Ploeg van der (78), Wassenaar
• Antje Tel (64), Leek
• Alida Jacoba Knijff (65), Zeist, Nederland
• Adrianus Nuijten (74), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albert Raman (26), Laarne
• Beatrix Cornelia van der PLOEG (78), Wassenaar,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Wolsink (72), Zelhem

• 1952 » John Tesh, American pianist, composer, and radio and television host
• 1953 » Margie Gillis, Canadian dancer and choreographer
• 1953 » Thomas Ligotti, American author
• 1954 » Kevin O'Leary, Canadian journalist and businessman
• 1954 » Théophile Abega, Cameroonian footballer and politician († 2012)
• 1955 » Jimmy Smits, American actor and producer
• 1955 » Lindsey Graham, American colonel, lawyer, and politician
• 1955 » Steve Coppell, English footballer and manager
• 1955 » Willie Wilson, American baseball player and manager
• 1956 » Tom Hanks, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

• 1947 » Lucjan Żeligowski, Polish-Lithuanian general and politician (b. 1865)
• 1949 » Fritz Hart, English-Australian composer and conductor (b. 1874)
• 1951 » Harry Heilmann, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1894)
• 1955 » Adolfo de la Huerta, Mexican politician and provisional president, 1920 (b. 1881)
• 1955 » Don Beauman, English race car driver (b. 1928)
• 1959 » Ferenc Talányi, Slovene journalist and painter (b. 1883)
• 1961 » Whittaker Chambers, American spy and witness in Hiss case(b. 1901)
• 1962 » Georges Bataille, French philosopher, novelist, and poet (b. 1897)
• 1967 » Eugen Fischer, German physician and academic (b. 1874)
• 1967 » Fatima Jinnah, Pakistani dentist and politician (b. 1893)

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 13 » The Battle of Điện Biên Phủ begins with an artillery barrage by Viet Minh forces under Võ Nguyên Giáp; Viet Minh victory lead to the end of the First Indochina War and French withdrawal from Vietnam.
• July 5 » Elvis Presley records his first single, "That's All Right", at Sun Records in Memphis, Tennessee.
• July 15 » First flight of the Boeing 367-80, prototype for both the Boeing 707 and C-135 series.
• July 20 » Germany: Otto John, head of West Germany's secret service, defects to East Germany.
• September 26 » The Japanese rail ferry Tōya Maru sinks during a typhoon in the Tsugaru Strait, Japan, killing 1,172.
• December 2 » The Sino-American Mutual Defense Treaty, between the United States and Taiwan, is signed in Washington, D.C.

The temperature on July 9, 1954 was between 8.0 °C and 19.2 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 6.1 hours of sunshine (37%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.