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• Lee Murchison Todd, Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, Verenigde Staten († 1954)
• NN Laponder, Wijk bij Duurstede
• Jacob Willem Adrianus Verhoef († 2009)
• Larry Dean Buyert, Sioux, Iowa (USA) († 2021)
• Jannes Pieter Vos, Wageningen († 2015)
• Els Olsthoorn († 1986)
• Trijntje van der Marel, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2014)
• mathieu theodorus marie (matje) naus, helden-beringe
• Agnes Maria Eggenhuizen, Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands († 2004)
• Aaltje Romkes, Urk († 1954)

• Anna Jaskier (55), Hoensbroek, Limburg, Nederland
• Bartha Louise Maria Noordraven (75), Leiden
• Cornelis Hubertus van Puijenbroek (85), Arendonk (België)
• Elizabeth H (Betty) WENDELL (34), Troy, Rensselaer, New York, Verenigde Staten
• Cornelis Theodorus van de Water (71), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alice Odile Maria CAMERLYNCK (77), Passendale,8980,West Vlaanderen,Vlaams Gewest,Belgie,Belgie
• Elisabeth Maria Hubertina SCHUFFELERS (68), Berg en Terblijt (Limburg) (NL)
• Clementina Sylvia Deplancke (67), Oostende, West-Vlaanderen, België
• Adrianus Meesters (67), Kerkrade
• Berend Bolt (74), Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan

• 1952 » Alexis Argüello, Nicaraguan boxer and politician († 2009)
• 1952 » Michael Trend, English journalist and politician
• 1952 » Tony Plana, Cuban-American actor and director
• 1953 » Rod Morgenstein, American drummer
• 1953 » Ruby Wax, British-based American comedian, actress, and screenwriter
• 1953 » Sara Simeoni, Italian high jumper
• 1954 » Bob Rock, Canadian guitarist, songwriter, and producer
• 1954 » Trevor Francis, English footballer and manager
• 1956 » Randy Carlyle, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1956 » Sue Barker, English tennis player and journalist

• 1937 » Martin Conway, 1st Baron Conway of Allington, English cartographer and politician (b. 1856)
• 1937 » William Morton Wheeler, American entomologist and zoologist (b. 1865)
• 1941 » Johanna Müller-Hermann, Austrian composer (b. 1878)
• 1949 » Ulrich Salchow, Danish-Swedish figure skater (b. 1877)
• 1950 » Ernst Robert Curtius, French-German philologist and scholar (b. 1886)
• 1955 » Jim Corbett, British-Indian colonel, hunter, and author (b. 1875)
• 1960 » Beardsley Ruml, American economist and statistician (b. 1894)
• 1961 » Max Hainle, German swimmer (b. 1882)
• 1967 » Konrad Adenauer, German politician, 1st Chancellor of Germany (b. 1876)
• 1971 » Luigi Piotti, Italian race car driver (b. 1913)

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.
• January 2 » India establishes its highest civilian awards, the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan.
• February 15 » Canada and the United States agree to construct the Distant Early Warning Line, a system of radar stations in the far northern Arctic regions of Canada and Alaska.
• June 14 » U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs a bill into law that places the words "under God" into the United States Pledge of Allegiance.
• August 23 » First flight of the Lockheed C-130 multi-role aircraft.
• September 8 » The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) is established.
• November 7 » In the US, Armistice Day becomes Veterans Day.

The temperature on April 19, 1954 was between 2.7 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 5.5 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 7.3 hours of sunshine (52%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.