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Born on Tuesday August 31, 1954
Died on Tuesday August 31, 1954

Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from August 31, 1954 at Delpher


Born on August 31

Died on August 31

Names that were popular for boys in 1954
  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
Names that were popular for girls in 1954
  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

Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1954
  • 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 1 » United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower authorizes the creation of the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado.
  • June 9 » Joseph Welch, special counsel for the United States Army, lashes out at Senator Joseph McCarthy during the Army–McCarthy hearings, giving McCarthy the famous rebuke, "You've done enough. Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency?"
  • June 12 » Pope Pius XII canonises Dominic Savio, who was 14 years old at the time of his death, as a saint, making him at the time the youngest unmartyred saint in the Roman Catholic Church. In 2017, Francisco and Jacinta Marto, aged ten and nine at the time of their deaths, are declared saints.
  • August 15 » Alfredo Stroessner begins his dictatorship in Paraguay.
  • September 30 » The U.S. Navy submarine USSNautilus is commissioned as the world's first nuclear-powered vessel.
  • October 11 » In accord with the 1954 Geneva Conference, French troops complete their withdrawal from North Vietnam.
Weather August 31, 1954

The temperature on August 31, 1954 was between 12.9 °C and 22.6 °C and averaged 17.6 °C. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (44%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.

Source: KNMI