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• Gerrit Dijkhuizen, Scheveningen († 2006)
• Ardell Joann Gruis († 2003)
• Jennifer Ann Moore († 2016)
• Janny Charlotte Christine Hooghuis, Eindhoven († 2009)
• Froukje Guyt, Velsen († 1998)
• Klaasje Margaretha Kronenberg, Zwartsluis († 2007)
• Véronique Myriam Jacqueline Pascale Legrand, Sieburg, Allemagne († 1994)
• Willebrordus M.W.A. Haring, Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Lloyd D. Nysse († 1999)
• Luc Crevits, Roeselare,West-Vlaanderen,België († 2008)

• Albertus Niebeek (58), Nunspeet
• Aagje Aleman (69), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Cornelia Van den Berg (36)
• Anna Maria Vrijnsen (72), Deurne en Liessel
• Aldegondis Carolina MERTENS (84), Dessel,, Antwerpen, België
• Anna Maria Josephina van Best (66), Kaatsheuvel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arie KARDOLUS (89), Delft
• Anna Catharina Hubertina Dings (80), Venlo, Gemeente Venlo, Limburg, Netherlands
• Abraham Willem (Bram) van der Pauwert, Soest
• Anna Maria Loomans (86), tilburg

• 1951 » Martin Bayerle, American treasure hunter
• 1952 » Narada Michael Walden, American singer-songwriter, drummer, and producer
• 1953 » James Russo, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1954 » Michael Moore, American director, producer, and activist
• 1954 » Stephen Dalton, English air marshal
• 1955 » Judy Davis, Australian actress
• 1955 » Tony Miles, English chess player († 2001)
• 1955 » Urmas Ott, Estonian journalist and author († 2008)
• 1957 » Jan Hooks, American actress and comedian († 2014)
• 1957 » Neville Brody, English graphic designer, typographer, and art director

• 1936 » Teresa de la Parra, French-Venezuelan author (b. 1889)
• 1951 » Charles G. Dawes, American banker and politician, 30th Vice President of the United States, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (b. 1865)
• 1951 » Jules Berry, French actor and director (b. 1883)
• 1959 » Bak Jungyang, Korean politician
• 1965 » George Adamski, Polish-American ufologist and author (b. 1891)
• 1966 » George Ohsawa, Japanese founder of the Macrobiotic diet (b. 1893)
• 1981 » Josep Pla, Catalan journalist and author (b. 1897)
• 1983 » Buster Crabbe, American swimmer and actor (b. 1908)
• 1984 » Red Garland, American pianist (b. 1923)
• 1985 » Sam Ervin, American lawyer and politician (b. 1896)

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 28 » The first color television sets using the NTSC standard are offered for sale to the general public.
• 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.
• May 17 » The United States Supreme Court hands down a unanimous decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, outlawing racial segregation in public schools.
• 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.
• November 30 » In Sylacauga, Alabama, United States, the Hodges meteorite crashes through a roof and hits a woman taking an afternoon nap; this is the only documented case in the Western Hemisphere of a human being hit by a rock from space.
• December 4 » The first Burger King is opened in Miami, Florida.

The temperature on April 23, 1954 was between 3.3 °C and 13.6 °C and averaged 7.4 °C. There was 7.8 hours of sunshine (54%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.