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• Eddy Adrien Beernaert, Torhout,8820,West-Vlaanderen,België
• Pater, Veendam, Groningen, Nederland († 1954)
• Jeanne Linssen, Maasbree († 2020)
• Gerhard Werner Ortwin Rave, Schwäbisch Hall
• Julle de Vries, Groningen
• Jarmila Hochmanová, Praha († 2020)
• NN Wubbels, Nieuw Schoonebeek, Drenthe, Nederland († 1954)
• Hadewy Hetty Wemelsfelder († 2020)
• Wilhelmus Petrus Ignatius van de Wiel, Beers († 1954)
• Jon Paul Clark, Batesville, Independence County, Arkansas († 1954)

• Aart Wijburg (73), Hilversum
• Arent Jan Lensink (52)
• Ernestine Henriette Sophia Regina Goslings (70), Wassenaar
• Adriana Helena Hulsbus (66)
• Chris Jan Reuvekamp (58), Hengelo
• Anna Margaretha Gerving (82), Glen Ullin, Morton, North Dakota, United States
• Andrew Bluett Culpepper [sKsFgmctMSBu] (71), Lauderdale County, Mississippi
• Pater (0), Veendam, Groningen, Nederland
• Arentje de Best (73), Katwijk
• Arnoldus Johannes Antonius IJsseldijk (83), Heiloo

• 1953 » Anatoli Kozhemyakin, Soviet footballer († 1974)
• 1954 » Aurora Levins Morales, Puerto Rican Jewish writer and activist
• 1954 » Judith Ortiz Cofer, Puerto Rican American award-winning author († 2016)
• 1954 » Mike Pickering, English DJ and saxophonist
• 1954 » Plastic Bertrand, Belgian singer-songwriter and producer
• 1954 » Sid Meier, Canadian-American game designer and programmer, created the Civilization series
• 1955 » Alain Prost, French race car driver
• 1955 » Eddie Johnson, American basketball player
• 1955 » Steve Jobs, American businessman, co-founded Apple Inc. and Pixar († 2011)
• 1956 » Judith Butler, American philosopher, theorist, and author

• 1929 » André Messager, French pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1853)
• 1930 » Hermann von Ihering, German-Brazilian zoologist (b. 1850)
• 1953 » Gerd von Rundstedt, German field marshal (b. 1875)
• 1953 » Robert La Follette Jr., American politician, senator of Wisconsin (b. 1895)
• 1967 » Mir Osman Ali Khan, Last Nizam of Hyderabad State (b. 1886)
• 1970 » Conrad Nagel, American actor (b. 1897)
• 1974 » Margaret Leech, American historian and author (b. 1895)
• 1975 » Hans Bellmer, German artist (b. 1902)
• 1975 » Nikolai Bulganin, Russian marshal and politician, 6th Premier of the Soviet Union (b. 1895)
• 1978 » Alma Thomas, American painter and educator (b.1891)

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.
• March 1 » Armed Puerto Rican nationalists attack the United States Capitol building, injuring five Representatives.
• April 26 » The Geneva Conference, an effort to restore peace in Indochina and Korea, begins.
• July 7 » Elvis Presley makes his radio debut when WHBQ Memphis played his first recording for Sun Records, "That's All Right".
• September 11 » Hurricane Edna hits New England as a Category 2 hurricane, causing significant damage and 29 deaths.
• September 29 » The convention establishing CERN (the European Organization for Nuclear Research) is signed.

The temperature on February 24, 1954 was between 1.8 °C and 8.3 °C and averaged 4.6 °C. There was 1.7 mm of rain during 4.4 hours. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (28%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.