About the day » Monday August 9, 1954Calender converter

• Tonny Hoogesteger, Zierikzee († 1994)
• Stefaan Daenen, Watermaal-Bosvoorde († 1955)
• Christiane Van Hout, Balen († 1954)
• Peter Cowell († 2010)
• Joanna Margery MacDaniel (geb. Dunsford), Glossop, UK
• Gerda Jacoba Simons, Heerenveen († 2022)
• Nelly Goossens, Mechelen, Antwerpen, Belgium († 1992)
• Ria Roosen, Sint-Truiden, België († 2012)
• johannes franciscus theodorus (jan) hoebergen, meijel
• Peter Van Haren, Overasselt, Gemeente Heumen, Gelderland, Niederlande († 1954)

• Cornelis Potveer (32), Obdam, Koggenland, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adreana ten Broek (91), Wormer
• Adriana ten Broek (91), Wormer, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adreana Broek, ten (91), Wormer
• Anna Crawford (51)
• Aaltje Wortel (76), Velsen
• Clemence Josephina Helena Ignatia van Hellenberg Hubar (0), Delft
• Adriana Alberta van Veggel (77), Roosendaal
• Anne Catherine Véronique QUERINJEAN (74), Stavelot,4970,Liège,Wallonie,BELGIQUE
• Antje Mook (79), Heemstede

• 1951 » James Naughtie, Scottish journalist and radio host
• 1951 » Steve Swisher, American baseball player and manager
• 1952 » Prateep Ungsongtham Hata, Thai activist and politician
• 1953 » Jean Tirole, French economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1953 » Kay Stenshjemmet, Norwegian speed skater
• 1953 » Roberta Tovey, English actress and singer
• 1954 » Pete Thomas, English drummer
• 1954 » Ray Jennings, South African cricketer and coach
• 1955 » John E. Sweeney, American lawyer and politician
• 1956 » Gordon Singleton, Canadian Olympic Cyclist

• 1942 » Edith Stein, German nun and saint (b. 1891)
• 1943 » Chaim Soutine, Belarusian-French painter and educator (b. 1893)
• 1945 » Harry Hillman, American runner and coach (b. 1881)
• 1945 » Robert Hampton Gray, Canadian lieutenant and pilot, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1917)
• 1946 » Bert Vogler, South African cricketer (b. 1876)
• 1948 » Hugo Boss, German fashion designer, founded Hugo Boss (b. 1885)
• 1949 » Edward Thorndike, American psychologist and academic (b. 1874)
• 1957 » Carl Clauberg, German Nazi physician (b. 1898)
• 1962 » Hermann Hesse, German-born Swiss poet, novelist, and painter, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1877)
• 1963 » Patrick Bouvier Kennedy, American son of John F. Kennedy (b. 1963)

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.
• April 25 » The first practical solar cell is publicly demonstrated by Bell Telephone Laboratories.
• August 24 » Getúlio Vargas, president of Brazil, commits suicide and is succeeded by João Café Filho.
• September 3 » The People's Liberation Army begins shelling the Republic of China-controlled islands of Quemoy, starting the First Taiwan Strait Crisis.
• November 7 » In the US, Armistice Day becomes Veterans Day.
• November 19 » Télé Monte Carlo, Europe's oldest private television channel, is launched by Prince Rainier III.
• December 2 » Cold War: The United States Senate votes 65 to 22 to censure Joseph McCarthy for "conduct that tends to bring the Senate into dishonor and disrepute".

The temperature on August 9, 1954 was between 9.9 °C and 19.4 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 2.3 mm of rain during 3.9 hours. There was 4.2 hours of sunshine (28%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.