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• N.N. van der Boom, Tilburg († 1954)
• Willem Cornelis Brommers, Koudekerk aan den Rijn († 1972)
• Linda B Booy († 1982)
• Gerrit Jan Zomer († 1954)
• Hendrik Wilhelmus Groeneveld, Rotterdam († 1954)
• Jacob Krijn Beekenkamp, Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1955)
• Jaap van der Plas, Oegstgeest, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2014)
• Marius Josephius Maria (Marius) Schaeffer, Rotterdam († 2013)
• Anje Martje van der Kooi, Groningen († 2005)
• Jacobus Cornelis (Sjakie) Oudshoorn († 1954)

• Anna Schmidt (91), Buffalo Center, Winnebago County, Iowa
• Cornelia de Groot (74), Goes
• Adriana Verhage (70), Meliskerke, Zeeland, NL
• Adriana de Haan (88), Waspik, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Christina Lauwers (85), Hulst, Zeeland, Nederland
• Christina Zuur (77), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Antje (Ann) WESTENDORP (48), Canada 3
• Antje Vellekoop (88), Amsterdam
• Aaltje Rutgers (61), Vlissingen
• Anna Elisabeth Dassen (51), Stein, Limburg, Nederland

• 1952 » Harold Solomon, American tennis player and coach
• 1953 » Altaf Hussain, Pakistani-English soldier and politician
• 1953 » Luís Amado, Portuguese politician, former minister of Minister of Foreign Affairs
• 1953 » Rita Rudner, American actress, comedian, and screenwriter
• 1953 » Tamasin Day-Lewis, English chef and author
• 1954 » Bill Irwin, American wrestler
• 1954 » Joël-François Durand, French pianist and composer
• 1955 » Charles Martinet, American actor
• 1955 » Mike Parson, American politician, 57th Governor of Missouri
• 1955 » Scott Simpson, American golfer

• 1938 » Bruno Jasieński, Polish poet and author (b. 1901)
• 1943 » Friedrich Zickwolff, German general (b. 1893)
• 1948 » Folke Bernadotte, Swedish soldier and diplomat (b. 1895)
• 1948 » Ruth Benedict, American anthropologist and academic (b. 1887)
• 1951 » Jimmy Yancey, American pianist and composer (b. 1898)
• 1953 » David Munson, American runner (b. 1884)
• 1953 » Hans Feige, German general (Wehrmacht) (b. 1880)
• 1961 » Adnan Menderes, Turkish lawyer and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1899)
• 1965 » Alejandro Casona, Spanish poet and playwright (b. 1903)
• 1966 » Fritz Wunderlich, German tenor and actor (b. 1930)

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 8 » A Royal Canadian Air Force Canadair Harvard collides with a Trans-Canada Airlines Canadair North Star over Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, killing 37 people.
• April 8 » South African Airways Flight 201 A de Havilland DH.106 Comet 1 crashes into the sea during night killing 21 people.
• May 7 » Indochina War: The Battle of Dien Bien Phu ends in a French defeat and a Viet Minh victory (the battle began on March 13).
• September 3 » The German submarineU-505 begins its move from a specially constructed dock to its site at Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry.
• September 11 » Hurricane Edna hits New England as a Category 2 hurricane, causing significant damage and 29 deaths.
• October 15 » Hurricane Hazel devastates the eastern seaboard of North America, killing 95 and causing massive floods as far north as Toronto.

The temperature on September 17, 1954 was between 10.2 °C and 16.3 °C and averaged 13.4 °C. There was 5.6 hours of sunshine (44%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.