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• Hermanus Bernardus Fredericus BERENDSEN, Arnhem(Geld) († 2023)
• Rob Duurland, Velsen († 2011)
• Elisabeth Hubertina Maria Daphne Sijben, Klimmen, Limburg, Nederland
• Martin VEERMAN, Volendam,, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2013)
• Anna M. Elisabeth Hubertina (Annelies) VROOMEN, Lived Tilburg (NL/NB) († 2020)
• Kornelis Soepboer, Tietjerksteradeel († 2002)
• Randy A Sutton, St Louis, Missouri, Verenigde Staten († 2012)
• Koos Droog, Waarland († 2007)
• Rinus van den Heuvel, Goirle († 2000)
• Adrianus Leendert van Maurik, Vlaardingen

• Alma Bailey (65)
• Aaltje Kornelis BUITER (81), Wildervank Groningen Netherlands
• Albertus Vincentius Vorgers (54), Enschede
• Arij van Wassenaar (70), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Anna Wilhelmina Kortland (71), Rotterdam
• Cloyd Raymond Webb (43), Lima, Allen Co.Ohio
• Antonia Hendriks (68), Goirle
• Alberta Beumer (77), Deventer,Gemeente Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland
• Blanche Quinlen Boyd [12] (74)
• Aaltje Buiter (81), Wildervank, Veendam, Groningen, Nederland

• 1950 » Alexander Korzhakov, Russian general and bodyguard
• 1950 » Denise Fleming, American author and illustrator
• 1950 » Janice Rebibo, American-Israeli author and poet († 2015)
• 1951 » Harry Wayne Casey, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
• 1954 » Adrian Vandenberg, Dutch guitarist and songwriter
• 1954 » Faoud Bacchus, Guyanese cricketer
• 1955 » Virginia Ruzici, Romanian tennis player and manager
• 1956 » Guido van Rossum, Dutch programmer, creator of the Python programming language
• 1956 » John Lydon, English singer-songwriter
• 1957 » Shirley Babashoff, American swimmer

• 1942 » Henry Larkin, American baseball player and manager (b. 1860)
• 1944 » Jean Giraudoux, French author and playwright (b. 1882)
• 1954 » Edwin Howard Armstrong, American engineer, invented FM radio (b. 1890)
• 1954 » Vivian Woodward, English captain and footballer (b. 1879)
• 1955 » John Mott, American activist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)
• 1956 » A. A. Milne, English author, poet, and playwright, created Winnie-the-Pooh (b. 1882)
• 1958 » Karl Selter, Estonian politician, 14th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1898)
• 1960 » Auguste Herbin, French painter (b. 1882)
• 1961 » Krishna Singh, Indian politician, 1st Chief Minister of Bihar (b. 1887)
• 1966 » Arthur Percival, English general (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. 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.
• March 9 » McCarthyism: CBS television broadcasts the See It Now episode, "A Report on Senator Joseph McCarthy", produced by Fred Friendly.
• March 13 » The Battle of Điện Biên Phủ begins with an artillery barrage by Viet Minh forces under Võ Nguyên Giáp; Viet Minh victory lead to the end of the First Indochina War and French withdrawal from Vietnam.
• March 26 » Nuclear weapons testing: The Romeo shot of Operation Castle is detonated at Bikini Atoll. Yield: 11 megatons.
• April 7 » United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower gives his "domino theory" speech during a news conference.
• October 18 » Texas Instruments announces the first transistor radio.
• November 7 » In the US, Armistice Day becomes Veterans Day.

The temperature on January 31, 1954 was between -12.1 °C and -4.3 °C and averaged -8.6 °C. There was 7.4 hours of sunshine (82%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.