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• Herman Jozef Johannes Froklage, Wateringen († 1975)
• Timothy Jenkins, Fort Knox, Hardin, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten († 1982)
• Koenraad Wieringa, Vries, Drenthe, Nederland († 2013)
• Margaretha Poot, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2013)
• N.N. van de Maat, Wierden, Overijssel, Nederland († 1954)
• Antje Wind, Musselkanaal, Onstwedde († 2004)
• van de Maat, Wierden († 1954)
• Anna Catharina Kuiters, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1954)
• William Addams Reitwiesner, Havre de Grace, Maryland, Verenigde Staten († 2010)
• Hendrika Wijntje (henny) Hol, Rotterdam, Nederland († 2005)

• Anthonie Edel (56), Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Aaltje de Graaf (79), Bussum
• Alida Maria van der Weide (78), 's-Gravenhage
• Bildina Spa (76)
• Aaltje (Alida) de Graaf (79), Bussum
• Onnes willem rost vd pol (71), santos
• * Maria Louisa Francina Biemont (69), 's Gravenhage
• Daniel den Hamer (90), Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, VS
• Arie Nijgh (0), Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Andrew Stewart Gregg (77)

• 1951 » Dianne Walker, American tap dancer
• 1951 » Phil Edmonds, Zambian-English cricketer and businessman
• 1952 » George Allen, American lawyer and politician, 67th Governor of Virginia
• 1953 » Jim Rice, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster
• 1954 » David Wilkie, Sri Lankan-Scottish swimmer
• 1954 » Steve James, American documentary filmmaker
• 1956 » David Malpass, American economist and government official
• 1956 » Laurie Cunningham, English footballer († 1989)
• 1957 » Clive Burr, English rock drummer († 2013)
• 1957 » William Edward Childs, American pianist and composer

• 1935 » Hachikō, Japanese dog (b. 1923)
• 1937 » Howie Morenz, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1902)
• 1941 » Sherwood Anderson, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1876)
• 1942 » José Raúl Capablanca, Cuban chess player and theoretician (b. 1888)
• 1944 » Fredy Hirsch, German Jewish athlete who helped thousands of Jewish children in the Holocaust (b. 1916)
• 1945 » Frederick Bligh Bond, English archaeologist and architect (b. 1864)
• 1948 » Hulusi Behçet, Turkish dermatologist and scientist (b. 1889)
• 1957 » Othmar Schoeck, Swiss composer and conductor (b. 1886)
• 1961 » Thomas Beecham, English conductor and composer (b. 1879)
• 1971 » Harold Lloyd, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1893)

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.
• February 23 » The first mass inoculation of children against polio with the Salk vaccine begins in Pittsburgh.
• April 1 » United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower authorizes the creation of the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado.
• August 15 » Alfredo Stroessner begins his dictatorship in Paraguay.
• August 24 » Getúlio Vargas, president of Brazil, commits suicide and is succeeded by João Café Filho.
• October 10 » The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Sultanate of Muscat, Neil Innes, sends a signal to the Sultanate's forces, accompanied with oil explorers, to penetrate Fahud, marking the beginning of Jebel Akhdar War between the Imamate of Oman and the Sultanate of Muscat.
• December 2 » The Sino-American Mutual Defense Treaty, between the United States and Taiwan, is signed in Washington, D.C.

The temperature on March 8, 1954 was between 6.5 °C and 8.8 °C and averaged 7.5 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain during 6.4 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.