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• Johanna Ernestine CHristiana Heusdens, Steenwijk
• Teunis Arie Bons († 1954)
• Anne-Marie Breemans († 2001)
• Michael Lee Ermel, Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, United States of America († 2015)
• Peter Andreas Schumacher, Immerath, Heinsberg, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland († 1954)
• (l.l.) Steenvoort, Epe (Levenloos geboren) († 1954)
• Rick Olsen Conner, Casper, Wyoming
• Arendje Jannetje Haasnoot, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2010)
• Barbara Kaye Gilligan († 2021)
• Ben Jager, Brunssum († 2017)

• Bartha van de Beek, Zwolle
• Adriana Verburgt (84), Nijmegen
• Antoon Floris van Aggelen (34), Egmond aan Zee
• Charles W. Lange (88), Hemlock, Perry, Ohio, Verenigde Staten
• Clemence Coleta Charlotta Schmidt (80), Berchem
• Catharina Leeuwenstein (70), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Johanna Maria Emerentia van Ginkel (61), Heemskerk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Lubberden (86), Aalsmeer
• Abraham Peeper (52), op zee
• Antoon Floris Aggelen van (34), Egmond aan Zee

• 1951 » Allan Bristow, American basketball player and coach
• 1951 » Mark Hudson, American musician, songwriter, and producer
• 1952 » Georgios Paraschos, Greek footballer and manager
• 1952 » Santillana, Spanish footballer
• 1953 » Bobby G, English singer-songwriter
• 1954 » Charles Busch, American actor and screenwriter
• 1954 » Halimah Yacob, Singaporean unionist and politician, 9th Speaker and 8th President of Singapore
• 1955 » David Learner, British actor
• 1956 » Andreas Floer, German mathematician and academic († 1991)
• 1956 » Valgerd Svarstad Haugland, Norwegian educator and politician, Norwegian Minister of Culture

• 1944 » Abdülmecid II, Ottoman sultan (b. 1868)
• 1944 » Stefan Filipkiewicz, Polish painter and illustrator (b. 1879)
• 1949 » Helen Churchill Candee, American geographer, journalist, and author (b. 1858)
• 1954 » Jaan Sarv, Estonian mathematician and scholar (b. 1877)
• 1960 » Oscar Hammerstein II, American director, producer, and composer (b. 1895)
• 1962 » Hoot Gibson, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1892)
• 1962 » Walter Anderson, Russian-German ethnologist and academic (b. 1885)
• 1964 » Edmond Hogan, Australian politician, 30th Premier of Victoria (b. 1883)
• 1966 » Francis X. Bushman, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1883)
• 1967 » Georges Berger, Belgian race car driver (b. 1918)

• 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.
• April 7 » United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower gives his "domino theory" speech during a news conference.
• July 21 » First Indochina War: The Geneva Conference partitions Vietnam into North Vietnam and South Vietnam.
• September 8 » The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) is established.
• September 29 » The convention establishing CERN (the European Organization for Nuclear Research) is signed.
• October 18 » Texas Instruments announces the first transistor radio.
• November 13 » Great Britain defeats France to capture the first ever Rugby League World Cup in Paris in front of around 30,000 spectators.

The temperature on August 23, 1954 was between 12.7 °C and 14.5 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was 5.4 mm of rain during 5.3 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.