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Birthday May 26, 1954

• The temperature on May 26, 1954 was between 11.0 °C and 28.1 °C and averaged 19.6 °C. There was 13.7 hours of sunshine (85%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
• 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.
• In the year 1954: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.6 million citizens.
  • 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.
  • July 15 » First flight of the Boeing 367-80, prototype for both the Boeing 707 and C-135 series.
  • November 13 » Great Britain defeats France to capture the first ever Rugby League World Cup in Paris in front of around 30,000 spectators.
  • 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.
  • December 4 » The first Burger King is opened in Miami, Florida.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1953 » Dan Roundfield, American basketball player († 2012)
• 1953 » Don McAllister, English footballer and manager
• 1953 » Kay Hagan, American lawyer and politician († 2019)
• 1953 » Michael Portillo, English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Defence
• 1954 » Alan Hollinghurst, English novelist, poet, short story writer, and translator
• 1954 » Denis Lebel, Canadian businessman and politician, 29th Canadian Minister of Transport