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• Annelies Post, Hedel († 2008)
• Marjo Chorus
• Gusta Maria De Mooij († 1996)
• Lynnette Susan DUTHIE, Hendon, London, England, UK († 2002)
• Lidwina Maria van den Eijnde, Beek en Donk,Noord-Brabant,Nederland († 1954)
• Sandra Maria Moreira, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil († 2015)
• Maria (Miep) Moerland († 1980)
• N Brockman, Coevorden, Drenthe, Nederland († 1954)
• Gusta de Mooij († 1996)
• NN Broekman, Coevorden, Drenthe, Nederland

• Aaltje Wijbenga (79), Enschede
• Aaltje Wybenga (79), Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Maria Hubertina Hamers (87), Maastricht
• Aaltje Pieters Wybenga (79), Enschede, Overijssel, Nederland
• Arnoldus Wilhelmus van der Pas (41), Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Anna Antonia Bakker (54), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Aaltje Pieters Wybenga (79), Enschede
• Catharina GOMMERS (69), Gilze Rijen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana van der Burg (86), Wassenaar, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Adriaantje Boerefijn (77), Woerden

• 1952 » Jacques Chagnon, Canadian educator and politician
• 1952 » Rita Dove, American poet and essayist
• 1952 » Wendelin Wiedeking, German businessman
• 1953 » Ditmar Jakobs, German footballer
• 1953 » Tõnu Kaljuste, Estonian conductor and journalist
• 1954 » George M. Church, American geneticist, chemist, and engineer
• 1954 » John Dorahy, Australian rugby player and coach
• 1954 » Katharine Abraham, American feminist economist
• 1954 » Ravi Kanbur, Indian-English economist and academic
• 1956 » Luis Guzmán, Puerto Rican-American actor and producer

• 1934 » Edgeworth David, Welsh-Australian geologist and explorer (b. 1858)
• 1937 » George Prendergast, Australian politician, 28th Premier of Victoria (b. 1854)
• 1943 » Boris III of Bulgaria (b. 1894)
• 1943 » Georg Hellat, Estonian architect (b. 1870)
• 1955 » Emmett Till, American murder victim (b. 1941)
• 1959 » Bohuslav Martinů, Czech-American composer and educator (b. 1890)
• 1965 » Giulio Racah, Italian-Israeli physicist and mathematician (b. 1909)
• 1968 » Dimitris Pikionis, Greek architect and academic (b. 1887)
• 1971 » Reuvein Margolies, Israeli author and scholar (b. 1889)
• 1972 » Prince William of Gloucester (b. 1941)

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.
• February 23 » The first mass inoculation of children against polio with the Salk vaccine begins in Pittsburgh.
• July 4 » Rationing ends in the United Kingdom.
• September 26 » The Japanese rail ferry Tōya Maru sinks during a typhoon in the Tsugaru Strait, Japan, killing 1,172.
• September 30 » The U.S. Navy submarine USSNautilus is commissioned as the world's first nuclear-powered vessel.
• October 15 » Hurricane Hazel devastates the eastern seaboard of North America, killing 95 and causing massive floods as far north as Toronto.
• October 18 » Texas Instruments announces the first transistor radio.

The temperature on August 28, 1954 was between 9.8 °C and 23.0 °C and averaged 15.8 °C. There was 8.5 hours of sunshine (61%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.