About the day » Friday September 3, 1954Calender converter

• Johan Pieter Veelders, Rotterdam († 1987)
• René Poppelaars, Breda, Nederland († 1955)
• Rien SNIJDERS, Zeeland († 2015)
• Barbara Antoinette Johanna Maria van den Brink, Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2004)
• Vera Schokker († 2010)
• Bernardus Henderikus (Henk) Scheven († 2004)
• Abraham van Haren, Rotterdam
• van Zwieten, Rotterdam († 1954)
• Helena Hendrika Berendsen, Zutphen
• Ervin Dean Gunnink, Pipestone, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten († 2013)

• Arnoldus Joannes de Bont (79), Tilburg
• Aalt Loedeman (75), Nunspeet (gem. Ermelo)
• Adrianus Koenraad Quartel (0), Sint Nicolaasga, Friesland, Nederland, Nederland
• Alexander Gerrit Jalink (79), Den Haag
• Annabella "Anna" Doogan (69), Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland
• Arnoldus Joannes de Bont (79), Tilburg, Nederland
• Carolus Bullens (59), Rotterdam
• Anna Maria van den Berg (72), Aarle-Rixtel
• Anna Catharina Egelmeers (68), Veldhoven, North Brabant, Netherlands
• Anna Maria Verhoeckx (78), Den Haag

• 1951 » Denys Hobson, South African cricketer
• 1953 » George Peponis, Greek-Australian rugby league player and physician
• 1953 » Jean-Pierre Jeunet, French director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1954 » Jaak Uudmäe, Estonian triple jumper and coach
• 1955 » Steve Jones, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1956 » Jishu Dasgupta, Indian actor and director († 2012)
• 1956 » Pat McGeown, Irish republican activist († 1996)
• 1956 » Stephen Woolley, English director and producer
• 1957 » Earl Cureton, American basketball player and coach
• 1957 » Garth Ancier, American businessman

• 1942 » Séraphine Louis, French painter (b. 1864)
• 1942 » Will James, Canadian-American author and illustrator (b. 1892)
• 1944 » John Lumsden, Irish physician, founded the St. John Ambulance Brigade of Ireland (b. 1869)
• 1948 » Edvard Beneš, Czech academic and politician, 2nd President of Czechoslovakia (b. 1884)
• 1954 » Marika Kotopouli, Greek actress (b. 1887)
• 1961 » Robert E. Gross, American businessman (b. 1897)
• 1962 » E. E. Cummings, American poet and playwright (b. 1894)
• 1963 » Louis MacNeice, Irish poet and playwright (b. 1907)
• 1967 » Francis Ouimet, American golfer and banker (b. 1893)
• 1969 » John Lester, American cricketer and soccer player (b. 1871)

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 » Armed Puerto Rican nationalists attack the United States Capitol building, injuring five Representatives.
• March 19 » Joey Giardello knocks out Willie Tory in round seven at Madison Square Garden in the first televised prize boxing fight shown in colour.
• April 7 » United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower gives his "domino theory" speech during a news conference.
• June 27 » The FIFA World Cup quarterfinal match between Hungary and Brazil, highly anticipated to be exciting, instead turns violent, with three players ejected and further fighting continuing after the game.
• September 9 » The 6.7 M_w  Chlef earthquake shakes northern Algeria with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme). At least 1,243 people were killed and 5,000 were injured.
• November 1 » The Front de Libération Nationale fires the first shots of the Algerian War of Independence.

The temperature on September 3, 1954 was between 14.1 °C and 23.5 °C and averaged 18.5 °C. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (9%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.