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• NN Rook, Heerlen († 1954)
• Alexanderina Johanna Niedekker, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland
• Wilma de Peffer († 2022)
• Maria Antoinetta Snijders Blok, Leiden († 2002)
• N N Bootsma, Oldemarkt († 1954)
• Cornelis Jake Joosse, St. Catharines, Canada († 1954)
• Eric Quet, Gent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Vlaanderen († 1992)
• Jacoba Hartman († 1991)
• H.J. van Putten († 2001)
• Govert T. Ebert († 2012)

• aart van der VEER (49), rotterdam
• (74), DEN HAAG, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anton Hekman (10), Heino, Overijssel, Nederland
• Jacob Harmans Schans (39), Westerbork
• Charles William Carter (71), Grayson County, Kentucky
• Aaltje Joon (84), Oostzaan
• Adriana Maria Petronella Jansen (70), Veghel, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Catharina Adriana van Heck (63), Oss
• Anna Maria Geerkens (63), Walbeck, Deutschland
• Bernardus Henricus van Hirtum (70)

• 1950 » Hasely Crawford, Trinidadian runner
• 1951 » Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, Nigerian businessman and politician, 13th President of Nigeria († 2010)
• 1953 » James "J.T." Taylor, American R&B singer-songwriter
• 1953 » Kathie Lee Gifford, American talk show host, singer, and actress
• 1954 » George Galloway, Scottish-English politician and broadcaster
• 1954 » James Cameron, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1955 » James Reilly, Irish surgeon and politician, Minister for Children and Youth Affairs
• 1956 » Vahan Hovhannisyan, Armenian soldier and politician († 2014)
• 1957 » Laura Innes, American actress and director
• 1957 » R. R. Patil, Indian lawyer and politician, Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra († 2015)

• 1938 » Andrej Hlinka, Slovak priest, journalist, and politician (b. 1864)
• 1945 » Takijirō Ōnishi, Japanese admiral (b. 1891)
• 1948 » Babe Ruth, American baseball player and coach (b. 1895)
• 1949 » Margaret Mitchell, American journalist and author (b. 1900)
• 1952 » Lydia Field Emmet, American painter and academic (b. 1866)
• 1956 » Bela Lugosi, Hungarian-American actor (b. 1882)
• 1957 » Irving Langmuir, American chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1881)
• 1959 » Wanda Landowska, Polish-French harpsichord player (b. 1879)
• 1959 » William Halsey, Jr., American admiral (b. 1882)
• 1961 » Abdul Haq, Pakistani linguist and scholar (b. 1870)

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 2 » India establishes its highest civilian awards, the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan.
• January 10 » BOAC Flight 781, a de Havilland DH.106 Comet 1, explodes and falls into the Tyrrhenian Sea killing 35 people.
• June 14 » U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs a bill into law that places the words "under God" into the United States Pledge of Allegiance.
• August 10 » At Massena, New York, the groundbreaking ceremony for the Saint Lawrence Seaway is held.
• August 15 » Alfredo Stroessner begins his dictatorship in Paraguay.
• November 12 » Ellis Island ceased operations.

The temperature on August 16, 1954 was between 8.6 °C and 17.0 °C and averaged 12.8 °C. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (22%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.