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• Anna Maria Derksen, Renkum († 1955)
• Gerrit van Dijk, Driebergen-Rijsenburg, Utrecht, Nederland († 1988)
• Barbara Lee Ezinga, Kalamazoo Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 1954)
• Gregory Bryan Swetland († 1994)
• Gert Jan Pieters Flameling, Leeuwarden, Gem. Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland († 1999)
• nn Gijsbers, Aarle Rixtel († 1954)
• Donald Dee Goodrich, Burns, Harney County, Oregon († 1966)
• Jozeph Gerardus Maria Haazer, Rotterdam († 1954)
• theodora andrea maria hunnekens, helden-grashoek
• Jan Mulder, De Krim, Gramsbergen, Overijssel, Nederland († 2019)

• Albert (Albert Hendrik) Watermulder (82), Zuidbroek, Groningen, Nederland
• Catharina Hendriks Benjamins (67), Hoogeveen
• Abram Wagenaar (86), Sint Pancras
• Cecile FREYBURGER (82), Cernay-Sennheim (68700, Haut-Rhin, France)
• Adriana Wilhelmina Tiggelman (44), 's Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Benjamins (67), Hoogeveen nederland
• Abram Wagenaar (86), St-Pancras
• Bartholomeus Hoogkamer (76), Leiden
• Adolf van den ANCKER (79), Vinkenveen
• Clasina Alkemade (74), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1952 » Keith Ashfield, Canadian politician († 2018)
• 1952 » Tony Brise, English race car driver († 1975)
• 1953 » Melchior Ndadaye, Burundian banker and politician, 4th President of Burundi († 1993)
• 1953 » Rosemary Ashe, British actress and singer
• 1954 » Donald Brown, American pianist and educator
• 1955 » John Alderdice, Baron Alderdice, Northern Irish psychiatrist and politician, 1st Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly
• 1955 » Reba McEntire, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
• 1956 » Susan Ershler, American mountaineer and author
• 1957 » Harvey Glance, American sprinter and coach
• 1958 » Edesio Alejandro, Cuban composer

• 1943 » Sergei Rachmaninoff, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1873)
• 1944 » Stephen Leacock, English-Canadian political scientist and author (b. 1869)
• 1947 » Karol Świerczewski, Polish general (b. 1897)
• 1949 » Grigoraș Dinicu, Romanian violinist and composer (b. 1889)
• 1953 » Jim Thorpe, American football player and coach (b. 1887)
• 1958 » W. C. Handy, American trumpet player and composer (b. 1873)
• 1962 » Hugo Wast, Argentinian author and screenwriter (b. 1883)
• 1963 » Antonius Bouwens, Dutch target shooter (b. 1876)
• 1965 » Clemence Dane, English author and playwright (b. 1888)
• 1965 » Jack Hoxie, American actor (b. 1885)

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 14 » The Hudson Motor Car Company merges with Nash-Kelvinator Corporation forming the American Motors Corporation.
• March 9 » McCarthyism: CBS television broadcasts the See It Now episode, "A Report on Senator Joseph McCarthy", produced by Fred Friendly.
• 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 8 » South African Airways Flight 201 A de Havilland DH.106 Comet 1 crashes into the sea during night killing 21 people.
• August 15 » Alfredo Stroessner begins his dictatorship in Paraguay.
• December 2 » The Sino-American Mutual Defense Treaty, between the United States and Taiwan, is signed in Washington, D.C.

The average temperature on March 28, 1954 was 6.6 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain during 4.9 hours. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (24%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.