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• peter verstappen, nunhem
• Peter Landman, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2021)
• Kathy Gail Hopkins, Greenville, Greenville County, South Carolina, United States of America († 2019)
• Ineke Beljaars, Zevenbergen († 1996)
• N.N. Nieuwenhuize, Vlissingen
• Wim Jansens, Turnhout (B), België († 1989)
• Johanna Josepha van Berkel, Aalsmeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1954)
• Norman "Fletch" SMITH, Scottsdale, Tasmania, Australia († 2016)
• Cornelis Wilhelmus (Cor) van Wijk, Mijdrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 2020)
• Géza Lakatos († 2003)

• Arend Arends (22), Amsterdam, Noord Holland, Netherlands
• Antonius Nicolaas Theodorus Hageraats (65), Rotterdam
• Albert Charles Wechter (62), Ohio, Verenigde Staten
• Alida Emerentia Rooijakkers (64), Wassenaar
• Antonius Hermanus Bresser (86), Arnhem
• Berend Huernink (78), Apeldoorn
• Alida Emerentia Rooijakkers (64), Wassenaar
• Christina Bastiana Burgers (95), Dinteloord en Prinsenland, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Christina Kirchholtes (53), Landkreis Düsseldorf, Unterrath, Rheinland, Deutschland
• Arthur Frank Kaldenberg (83), Iowa, United States

• 1950 » Julius Erving, American basketball player and sportscaster
• 1950 » Lenny Kuhr, Dutch singer-songwriter
• 1950 » Miou-Miou, French actress
• 1951 » Ellen Greene, American singer and actress
• 1952 » Bill Frist, American physician and politician
• 1952 » Joaquim Pina Moura, Portuguese Minister of Economy and Treasury and MP († 2020)
• 1953 » Nigel Planer, English actor and screenwriter
• 1955 » David Axelrod, American journalist and political adviser
• 1955 » Tim Young, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1957 » Willie Smits, Dutch microbiologist and engineer

• 1942 » Stefan Zweig, Austrian journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1881)
• 1943 » Christoph Probst, German activist (b. 1919)
• 1943 » Hans Scholl, German activist (b. 1918)
• 1943 » Sophie Scholl, German activist (b. 1921)
• 1944 » Kasturba Gandhi, Indian activist (b. 1869)
• 1945 » Osip Brik, Russian avant garde writer and literary critic (b. 1888)
• 1958 » Abul Kalam Azad, Indian scholar and politician, Indian Minister of Education (b. 1888)
• 1960 » Paul-Émile Borduas, Canadian-French painter and critic (b. 1905)
• 1961 » Nick LaRocca, American trumpet player and composer (b. 1889)
• 1965 » Felix Frankfurter, Austrian-American lawyer and jurist (b. 1882)

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.
• January 7 » Georgetown-IBM experiment: The first public demonstration of a machine translation system is held in New York at the head office of IBM.
• February 23 » The first mass inoculation of children against polio with the Salk vaccine begins in Pittsburgh.
• April 25 » The first practical solar cell is publicly demonstrated by Bell Telephone Laboratories.
• June 24 » First Indochina War: Battle of Mang Yang Pass: Viet Minh troops belonging to the 803rd Regiment ambush G.M.100 of France in An Khê.
• October 11 » In accord with the 1954 Geneva Conference, French troops complete their withdrawal from North Vietnam.
• December 4 » The first Burger King is opened in Miami, Florida.

The temperature on February 22, 1954 was between -0.9 °C and 5.3 °C and averaged 2.8 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain during 2.1 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.