About the day » Wednesday August 11, 1954Calender converter

• Willem Winter, Vollenhove († 2019)
• Stien ROSSEEL, Kuurne,8520,West-Vlaanderen,Wvl, België († 1996)
• Richard James Carlascio, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 2012)
• Sharon Marie Badke, Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten († 2012)
• Victor Jacob Marie Govers, Voorburg, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 2001)
• Jacob Schenkel III, Chicago
• Bernhard de Ruiter († 1977)
• Alexander Jacobus Casper de Haan († 2006)
• Eddy VIAENE († 2012)
• Dirkje Baartman, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2010)

• Areke Keij (79)
• Adriaan van der Jagt (91), Cadillac, Michigan (USA)
• Adriaan de Kraker (62), Middelburg, Zeeland, Netherlands
• Andries van Ommen (77)
• Antje van de Graaff (64), Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Aaltje Breukhoven (72), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bastiaan Wilhelmus Slokkers (71), Steenbergen
• Bastiaan Wilhelmus Slokkers (71), Steenbergen (Noord-Brabant)
• Antonia Johanna Jalink (79), Wesepe (Gemeente Olst)
• Antje Alberts Terpstra (80), Leeuwarden

• 1952 » Reid Blackburn, American photographer († 1980)
• 1953 » Hulk Hogan, American wrestler
• 1953 » Wijda Mazereeuw, Dutch swimmer
• 1954 » Bryan Bassett, American guitarist
• 1954 » Joe Jackson, English singer-songwriter and musician
• 1954 » Tarmo Rüütli, Estonian footballer, coach, and manager
• 1954 » Vance Heafner, American golfer and coach († 2012)
• 1954 » Yashpal Sharma, Indian cricketer and umpire
• 1955 » Marc Bureau, Canadian politician, 16th Mayor of Gatineau
• 1955 » Sylvia Hermon, Northern Irish academic and politician

• 1937 » Edith Wharton, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1862)
• 1939 » Jean Bugatti, German-Italian engineer (b. 1909)
• 1939 » Siegfried Flesch, Austrian fencer (b. 1872)
• 1945 » Stefan Jaracz, Polish actor and theater producer (b. 1883)
• 1953 » Tazio Nuvolari, Italian race car driver and motorcycle racer (b. 1892)
• 1956 » Jackson Pollock, American painter (b. 1912)
• 1961 » Antanas Škėma, Lithuanian-American author, playwright, actor, and director (b. 1910)
• 1963 » Otto Wahle, Austrian-American swimmer and coach (b. 1879)
• 1965 » Bill Woodfull, Australian cricketer and educator (b. 1897)
• 1969 » Miriam Licette, English soprano and educator (b. 1885)

• 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.
• January 14 » The Hudson Motor Car Company merges with Nash-Kelvinator Corporation forming the American Motors Corporation.
• August 24 » Getúlio Vargas, president of Brazil, commits suicide and is succeeded by João Café Filho.
• September 30 » The U.S. Navy submarine USSNautilus is commissioned as the world's first nuclear-powered vessel.
• October 27 » Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. becomes the first African-American general in the United States Air Force.
• December 2 » The Sino-American Mutual Defense Treaty, between the United States and Taiwan, is signed in Washington, D.C.

The temperature on August 11, 1954 was between 11.9 °C and 17.7 °C and averaged 15.0 °C. There was 7.5 mm of rain during 2.0 hours. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (27%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.