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• Ulbe Lolke Maria (Ulbe) Dijkstra († 2010)
• Margaretha Uil, Groningen
• Jacobus Drost, Utrecht († 2009)
• Angela Maria Koster, Zaandam († 2021)
• Rick Duivenvoorde, Noordwijkerhout
• Rudie Westervoorde, Enschede, Overijssel, Netherlands († 1999)
• Mary Lou Steger († 2015)
• Franciscus Waltherus Johannes BEIJAERTS († 2006)
• N.N. Smits, Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 1954)
• Franciscus Waltherus Johannes Beijaerts († 2006)

• Antonius Petrus Josephus Nissen (42), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Antonius Josephus van Ruth (41), Amsterdam
• Albertina Troost (86), Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adolph Jan Neander Nijman (70), Den Haag
• Anne Iebeles de Vos (70), Hoornsterzwaag, Schoterland, Friesland, Nederland
• Augustinus Aloijsius Donders (56), Tilburg (Tilburg) (Noord-Brabant)
• Adrianus Eland (63), Dordrecht, Zuid Holland, The Netherlands
• Anna Petronella Brouwers (21), Tilburg
• Aaltje Hoeve (85), Orange City, Sioux County, Iowa
• Adrianus Antonius Hubertus SEGERS (79), Tilburg,,Noord Brabant,PAYS BAS

• 1951 » Louise Jameson, English actress
• 1952 » Božidar Maljković, Serbian basketball player and coach
• 1952 » Eric Pickles, English politician, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
• 1952 » Louka Katseli, Greek economist and politician
• 1953 » Sebastian Faulks, English journalist and author
• 1955 » Donald Pettit, American engineer and astronaut
• 1956 » Beatrice Ask, Swedish politician, Swedish Minister for Justice
• 1956 » Georgie Glen, Scottish actress
• 1956 » Kakha Bendukidze, Georgian economist and politician
• 1956 » Peter Chelsom, English film director, writer, and actor

• 1942 » Jüri Jaakson, Estonian businessman and politician, 6th State Elder of Estonia (b. 1870)
• 1944 » Elmer Gedeon, American baseball player and pilot (b. 1917)
• 1945 » Erwin Bumke, Polish-German jurist and politician (b. 1874)
• 1946 » Mae Busch, Australian actress (b. 1891)
• 1947 » Christian X of Denmark (b. 1870)
• 1951 » Ivanoe Bonomi, Italian politician, 25th Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1873)
• 1961 » Ado Vabbe, Estonian painter (b. 1892)
• 1967 » Léo-Paul Desrosiers, Canadian journalist and author (b. 1896)
• 1968 » Rudolph Dirks, German-American illustrator (b. 1877)
• 1969 » Vjekoslav Luburić, Croatian Ustaše official and concentration camp administrator (b. 1914)

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. Margaretha
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.
• April 18 » Gamal Abdel Nasser seizes power in Egypt.
• April 25 » The first practical solar cell is publicly demonstrated by Bell Telephone Laboratories.
• May 7 » Indochina War: The Battle of Dien Bien Phu ends in a French defeat and a Viet Minh victory (the battle began on March 13).
• July 5 » The BBC broadcasts its first television news bulletin.
• July 15 » First flight of the Boeing 367-80, prototype for both the Boeing 707 and C-135 series.
• August 23 » First flight of the Lockheed C-130 multi-role aircraft.

The temperature on April 20, 1954 was between 1.2 °C and 10.6 °C and averaged 6.7 °C. There was 5.7 hours of sunshine (40%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.