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• Marion Windhouwer († 2006)
• Henriette Caroline Riemens, Vlissingen, Walcheren, NL
• Nicolaas Thomas van der Marel († 2004)
• Otto Francis van Ort, Albany, New York († 1998)
• John Edward BOVIS, Chatham, Medway, Kent († 2012)
• Dawn Rebecca Korver, Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 1957)
• Judy Rae Chapman Smith, Effingham, Effingham, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 2009)
• Jeroen Karel Maria van Erve, Tilburg
• Anne Varwijk († 1959)
• Nicolaas Thomas van der Marel, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2004)

• Anna Elisabeth Gaaff (84), Utrecht
• Adrianus Monshouwer, Wieringen
• Anje Kamphuis (52), Groningen, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Alberdina Smit (68), Zuidbroek, Nederland
• Aaldrik Klok (91), Veendam
• Antje Pieters Wijma (80), Nes
• Aaltien Talens (84), Tolbert
• Aafke SCHRIPSEMA (82), Oldekerk Groningen Netherlands
• Ammo Delden van (81), Rijswijk, ZH, Nederland
• Anna Geertruida Busger op Vollenbroek (78), Hengelo

• 1951 » Debbie Friedman, American singer-songwriter of Jewish melodies († 2011)
• 1951 » Eddie Dibbs, American tennis player
• 1952 » Brad Whitford, American guitarist and songwriter
• 1953 » Kenny Bee, Hong Kong singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
• 1953 » Satoru Nakajima, Japanese race car driver
• 1954 » Rajini Thiranagama, Sri Lankan physician and academic († 1989)
• 1954 » Viktor Yushchenko, Ukrainian captain and politician, 3rd President of Ukraine
• 1955 » Flip Saunders, American basketball player and coach († 2015)
• 1955 » Howard Jones, English singer-songwriter
• 1956 » Sandra Osborne, Scottish politician

• 1934 » Edward Elgar, English composer and academic (b. 1857)
• 1944 » Leo Baekeland, Belgian-American chemist and engineer (b. 1863)
• 1946 » Tomoyuki Yamashita, Japanese general (b. 1885)
• 1948 » John Robert Gregg, Irish-American publisher and educator (b. 1866)
• 1955 » Paul Claudel, French poet and playwright (b. 1868)
• 1965 » Stan Laurel, English actor and comedian (b. 1890)
• 1969 » Madhubala, Indian actress and producer (b. 1933)
• 1969 » Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, 2nd King of Saudi Arabia (b. 1902)
• 1973 » Dickinson W. Richards, American physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1895)
• 1974 » Harry Ruby, American composer and screenwriter (b. 1895)

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.
• February 18 » The first Church of Scientology is established in Los Angeles.
• May 13 » The anti-National Service Riots, by Chinese middle school students in Singapore, take place.
• June 27 » The Obninsk Nuclear Power Plant, the Soviet Union's first nuclear power station, opens in Obninsk, near Moscow.
• July 21 » First Indochina War: The Geneva Conference partitions Vietnam into North Vietnam and South Vietnam.
• September 11 » Hurricane Edna hits New England as a Category 2 hurricane, causing significant damage and 29 deaths.
• October 11 » In accord with the 1954 Geneva Conference, French troops complete their withdrawal from North Vietnam.

The temperature on February 23, 1954 was between 2.4 °C and 8.0 °C and averaged 5.2 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.