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• H.J.P.M. Akkermans, Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Magdalena Marlene (Magda) Blokland, Suriname († 2009)
• Geerlof Slootweg, Wageningen
• Calvin Lee Young († 1955)
• Dirk Everhard Suringar, Hoogeveen († 1987)
• Klazina Theodora Hogervorst, Leiderdorp († 2016)
• Brian Gerard McKee, Motherwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland († 2000)
• Cornelis van Dijk († 1995)
• Johannes Jan ter Horst († 2014)
• Barbara Jean Zink († 2021)

• (65), Gilze-Rijen, North Brabant, Netherlands
• Cornelis Leonardus Vreugdenburg (63), Maastricht
• Alois Vopenka (51), Leiden, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Bernard Dubuisson (22)
• Anna (Anni) Juppi (41), Ilomantsi
• Annetje Vis (46), Ermelo-Nunspeet, Gelderland, Nederland
• Cornelia Catherine Gideon (73), Bloomington, McLean County, Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• Arie Hoegee (79), Rhoon
• Aukje Oenses Piekstra (68)
• Aukje Oenzes Piekstra (68), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland

• 1951 » William Clarke, American harmonica player († 1996)
• 1952 » John Hendricks, American businessman, founded Discovery Communications
• 1952 » Rainer Bonhof, German footballer
• 1952 » Russell Fairfax, Australian rugby player and coach
• 1952 » Teófilo Stevenson, Cuban boxer and engineer († 2012)
• 1953 » Tõnis Palts, Estonian politician, 39th Mayor of Tallinn
• 1955 » Brendan Gleeson, Irish actor
• 1955 » Earl Campbell, American football player
• 1955 » Marina Sirtis, British-American actress
• 1956 » Patty Donahue, American singer († 1996)

• 1937 » Karol Szymanowski, Polish pianist and composer (b. 1882)
• 1940 » Alexander Obolensky, Russian-English rugby player and soldier (b. 1916)
• 1948 » Harry Price, English parapsychologist and author (b. 1881)
• 1957 » Joyce Cary, Anglo-Irish novelist (b. 1888)
• 1959 » Barthélemy Boganda, African priest and politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Central African Republic (b. 1910)
• 1963 » August Rei, Estonian soldier, journalist, and politician, 12th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1886)
• 1963 » Gaspard Fauteux, Canadian dentist and politician, 19th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1898)
• 1970 » Anna Louise Strong, American journalist and author (b. 1885)
• 1971 » Dhirendranath Datta, Pakistani lawyer and politician (b. 1886)
• 1972 » J. Arthur Rank, English businessman, founded Rank Organisation (b. 1888)

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. Mary

• 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.
• 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 18 » Gamal Abdel Nasser seizes power in Egypt.
• July 5 » The BBC broadcasts its first television news bulletin.
• August 24 » The Communist Control Act goes into effect, outlawing the American Communist Party.
• 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.

The temperature on March 29, 1954 was between 6.9 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 8.3 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 3.0 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.