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• Willem Wouda, Oudega, Gemeente Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland († 2002)
• Lynette Gaye DACEY, Devonport, Tasmania, Australia († 2015)
• Dulce Maria Yero († 2016)
• Freddy Desnouck, Roeselare († 2022)
• Freddy Desnouck, Roeselare West Vlaanderen België († 2022)
• Cornelis Rumpf († 1959)
• Geertje Catharina Pieters Holtman, Noordhorn († 1955)
• Elisabeth Wijker, Alkmaar († 1954)
• Christine Josepha Hendrika(Christel) Spoor, Noordwijk
• Ans van der Veldt

• Anje Kornelis van Duinen (64), 's Gravenhage
• Antonia Cornelia Udo (58), Beusichem (Buren) (GL)
• Bregje Jiskes de Vries (84), Drachtster Compagnie, Smallingerland, Friesland, Nederland
• Christina Koeveringe (0), Goes, Zeeland, Nederland
• Anje VAN DUINEN (64), Den Haag Zuid-Holland Netherlands
• Adrianus Cuijten (55), Vught, Noord-Brabant, Nl
• Albertus Gerardus Cornelis Hendrik Hoogendam (73), 's-Gravenhage
• Anje van Duinen (64), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bastiaan Slagter (66), Grootebroek, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Carolina Cornelia Sophia van den Brand (71), 's-Gravenhage

• 1952 » Gerry Beckley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1952 » Neil Peart, Canadian drummer, songwriter, and producer († 2020)
• 1953 » Fiona Mactaggart, Scottish educator and politician
• 1953 » Nan Goldin, American photographer
• 1954 » Peeter Volkonski, Estonian singer-songwriter and actor
• 1954 » Robert Gober, American sculptor
• 1954 » Scott Hamilton, American saxophonist
• 1955 » Brian Smith, English footballer († 2013)
• 1956 » Barry Andrews, English singer and keyboard player
• 1956 » Chip Beck, American golfer

• 1942 » Valentine Baker, Welsh co-founder of the Martin-Baker Aircraft Company (b. 1888)
• 1945 » Hajime Sugiyama, Japanese field marshal and politician, 44th Japanese Minister of War (b. 1880)
• 1949 » Erik Adolf von Willebrand, Finnish physician (b. 1870)
• 1953 » Hugo Schmeisser, German engineer (b. 1884)
• 1953 » James Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Abercorn, English politician, Governor of Northern Ireland (b. 1869)
• 1953 » Lewis Stone, American actor (b. 1879)
• 1956 » Sándor Festetics, Hungarian politician, Hungarian Minister of War (b. 1882)
• 1961 » Carl Hermann, German physicist and academic (b. 1898)
• 1962 » Rangeya Raghav, Indian author and playwright (b. 1923)
• 1962 » Spot Poles, American baseball player and soldier (b. 1887)

• 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.
• March 13 » The Battle of Điện Biên Phủ begins with an artillery barrage by Viet Minh forces under Võ Nguyên Giáp; Viet Minh victory lead to the end of the First Indochina War and French withdrawal from Vietnam.
• May 6 » Roger Bannister becomes the first person to run the mile in under four minutes.
• October 10 » The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Sultanate of Muscat, Neil Innes, sends a signal to the Sultanate's forces, accompanied with oil explorers, to penetrate Fahud, marking the beginning of Jebel Akhdar War between the Imamate of Oman and the Sultanate of Muscat.
• October 11 » In accord with the 1954 Geneva Conference, French troops complete their withdrawal from North Vietnam.
• November 27 » Alger Hiss is released from prison after serving 44 months for perjury.
• November 30 » In Sylacauga, Alabama, United States, the Hodges meteorite crashes through a roof and hits a woman taking an afternoon nap; this is the only documented case in the Western Hemisphere of a human being hit by a rock from space.

The temperature on September 12, 1954 was between 11.9 °C and 17.1 °C and averaged 13.7 °C. There was 2.1 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (34%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.