About the day » Friday September 24, 1954Calender converter

• Francine Alphonsine Degrave, Roeselare, West-Vlaanderen, België († 2017)
• Aart van Asselt, Ede († 2010)
• Russell Lowell Chapman († 2021)
• Petrus van der Pols, Heemstede, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands († 2016)
• Marcel Eduard Maria Thys, Itegem, Antwerpen, Belgium († 1962)
• Coby Broekema, Krommenie († 2015)
• A. (Appie, Ap) van Olst († 2018)
• Hendrikus Jannes Bremer († 2008)
• Roelofje Post, Meppel († 1995)
• Francine Alphonsine Degrave, Roeselare († 2017)

• Arnolda Dullemond (66), Ruwiel, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Satijn (64), Maastricht
• Arnolda Catharina van Eijl (30), Berkel en Rodenrijs
• Annigje de Jonge (21), Beilen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Adriana Woerden, van (87), 's Gravenhage
• Christiaan Mengels (88), Kanne, Riemst (B)
• Anna Catharina Bos (60), Rotterdam
• Anna Catharina Satijn (64), Gronsveld
• Adrianus van de Goorbergh (62), Breda
• Axel Esger JUEL (62), Copenhagen Denmark

• 1950 » Mohinder Amarnath, Indian cricketer, coach, and sportscaster
• 1951 » Douglas Kmiec, American scholar and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Malta
• 1952 » Dieter Hochheimer, German footballer and manager
• 1952 » Mark Sandman, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer († 1999)
• 1953 » Peter Halley, American painter and educator
• 1954 » Marco Tardelli, Italian footballer and coach
• 1955 » Riccardo Illy, Italian businessman and politician, President of Friuli Venezia Giulia
• 1956 » Hubie Brooks, American baseball player
• 1957 » Brad Bird, American director, screenwriter, animator, producer and actor
• 1957 » Wolfgang Wolf, German footballer and manager

• 1936 » József Klekl, Slovene priest and journalist (b. 1879)
• 1938 » Lev Schnirelmann, Belarusian-Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1900)
• 1939 » Carl Laemmle, German-American film producer, founded Universal Studios (b. 1867)
• 1939 » Charles Tatham, American fencer (b. 1854)
• 1945 » Hans Geiger, German physicist and academic, co-invented the Geiger counter (b. 1882)
• 1947 » Andrew C. McLaughlin, American historian and author (b. 1861)
• 1948 » Warren William, American actor (b. 1894)
• 1950 » Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine (b. 1863)
• 1962 » Charles Reisner, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1887)
• 1973 » August Kippasto, Estonian-Australian wrestler and poet (b. 1887)

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.
• March 1 » Nuclear weapons testing: The Castle Bravo, a 15-megaton hydrogen bomb, is detonated on Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean, resulting in the worst radioactive contamination ever caused by the United States.
• 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.
• July 4 » Rationing ends in the United Kingdom.
• August 10 » At Massena, New York, the groundbreaking ceremony for the Saint Lawrence Seaway is held.
• October 18 » Texas Instruments announces the first transistor radio.
• November 1 » The Front de Libération Nationale fires the first shots of the Algerian War of Independence.

The temperature on September 24, 1954 was between 8.7 °C and 17.4 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was 3.3 mm of rain during 1.7 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south.