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• Peter Theodorus Leurink, Apeldoorn (Gld Nederland († 2011)
• Leo Zonneveld, Castricum († 2003)
• PIET LEURINK, Apeldoorn († 2011)
• Mary Martha Goode († 1978)
• Marja Hendrika van Nisius, 's Gravenhage, Zuid Holland, Nederland († 1997)
• N.N. Weijmer, Nijenrode, Stichtse Vecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1954)
• Teresa Ann Hoyle († 1996)
• Arie Hessel Nooij van der Kolff, 's-Gravenhage († 2013)
• Hennie Lambers, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2001)
• Marc Pauwels, Temse († 1982)

• Adrianus Johannes Cas (78), Breda
• Annechien Kluiter (66), Winschoten
• Albertus Dirk Es van (57), Wassenaar, ZH, Nederland
• Clyde Elmer Whisenhunt (49), Ventura County, CA
• Apolonia, Maria, Antonia Anker van den (85), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelia Varekamp (83)
• Apolonia Maria Antonia van den Anker (85), Rotterdam
• Alberdina van GROOTVELD (27), Dordrecht
• Glas (70), Alkmaar, North Holland, Netherlands
• Adriana Haneveer (64), Breda

• 1953 » Dany Laferrière, Haitian-Canadian journalist and author
• 1953 » Stephen Byers, English politician
• 1954 » Barbara Roche, English lawyer and politician
• 1954 » Jimmy Destri, American keyboard player and songwriter
• 1954 » Niels Olsen, Danish singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1955 » Louis Johnson, American bass player and producer († 2015)
• 1955 » Lupe Pintor, Mexican boxer
• 1955 » Muwenda Mutebi II, current King of Buganda Kingdom
• 1955 » Ole von Beust, German lawyer and politician, 1st Mayor of Hamburg
• 1955 » Steve Camp, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1942 » Anton Uesson, Estonian engineer and politician, 17th Mayor of Tallinn (b. 1879)
• 1942 » Henk Sneevliet, Dutch politician (b. 1883)
• 1944 » Cécile Chaminade, French pianist and composer (b. 1857)
• 1945 » Ernst Cassirer, Polish-American philosopher and academic (b. 1874)
• 1954 » Angus Lewis Macdonald, Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th Premier of Nova Scotia (b. 1890)
• 1954 » Samuel Jones, American high jumper (b. 1880)
• 1956 » Emil Nolde, Danish-German painter and educator (b. 1867)
• 1959 » Eduard van Beinum, Dutch pianist, violinist, and conductor (b. 1901)
• 1961 » John A. Bennett, American soldier (b. 1935)
• 1962 » Culbert Olson, American lawyer and politician, 29th Governor of California (b. 1876)

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 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 19 » Joey Giardello knocks out Willie Tory in round seven at Madison Square Garden in the first televised prize boxing fight shown in colour.
• June 18 » Carlos Castillo Armas leads an invasion force across the Guatemalan border, setting in motion the 1954 Guatemalan coup d'état.
• July 5 » The BBC broadcasts its first television news bulletin.
• July 21 » First Indochina War: The Geneva Conference partitions Vietnam into North Vietnam and South Vietnam.
• November 10 » U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower dedicates the USMC War Memorial (Iwo Jima memorial) in Arlington Ridge Park in Arlington County, Virginia.

The temperature on April 13, 1954 was between 2.2 °C and 11.1 °C and averaged 7.1 °C. There was 7.0 hours of sunshine (51%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest.