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• Uilkje Everharda Wilhelmina Roosen, Amerongen († 1955)
• Andrea Van Der Loop, Zeeland († 1993)
• N N Wever, Vlissingen, Zeeland, Nederland
• Alie Karregat († 2017)
• Gilles BERTON († 1981)
• Hindrik Plomp, Amsterdam,Amsterdam,Noord-Holland,Nederland († 2010)
• Marc De Beucker, Nijlen, Antwerpen, Belgium († 2005)
• Gertruda Elizabeth Hubadina Maria van Oudheusden († 2005)
• Nancy ROBBINS, Huntsville, AL
• Daniel Felix Miller, Bismarck, Burleigh, North Dakota, Verenigde Staten († 1975)

• Arie Coodée (65), Delft
• Abel BOUSEMA (80), Gorningen
• Cornelia Petronella Hooijmaijers (73), Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Celina DENAIJER (80), Halle, Vlaams-Brabant, België
• Cleveland Johnson (73), Appling, Georgia
• Catharina Adriana Withagen (63), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Auguste van Tiggelt (49), Antwerpen
• Albertus van Leijen (74), Zwollerkerspel (Zwolle)
• Abel Bousema (80), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Andreas WELKENHUYSEN (15), Hasselt, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie

• 1952 » David Baulcombe, English geneticist and academic
• 1952 » Dennis Hayden, American actor
• 1952 » Gilles Valiquette, Canadian actor, singer, and producer
• 1952 » Jane Frederick, American hurdler and heptathlete
• 1953 » Douglas Kell, English biochemist and academic
• 1953 » Santa Barraza, American mixed media artist
• 1954 » Jackie Chan, Hong Kong martial artist, actor, stuntman, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1954 » Tony Dorsett, American football player
• 1955 » Gregg Jarrett, American lawyer and journalist
• 1955 » Tim Cochran, American mathematician and academic († 2014)

• 1943 » Alexandre Millerand, French lawyer and politician, 12th President of France (b. 1859)
• 1943 » Jovan Dučić, Serbian-American poet and diplomat (b. 1871)
• 1947 » Henry Ford, American engineer and businessman, founded the Ford Motor Company (b. 1863)
• 1949 » John Gourlay, Canadian soccer player (b. 1872)
• 1950 » Walter Huston, Canadian-American actor and singer (b. 1883)
• 1955 » Theda Bara, American actress (b. 1885)
• 1956 » Fred Appleby, English runner (b. 1879)
• 1960 » Henri Guisan, Swiss general (b. 1874)
• 1965 » Roger Leger, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1919)
• 1966 » Walt Hansgen, American race car driver (b. 1919)

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.
• March 26 » Nuclear weapons testing: The Romeo shot of Operation Castle is detonated at Bikini Atoll. Yield: 11 megatons.
• April 25 » The first practical solar cell is publicly demonstrated by Bell Telephone Laboratories.
• May 6 » Roger Bannister becomes the first person to run the mile in under four minutes.
• August 15 » Alfredo Stroessner begins his dictatorship in Paraguay.
• August 24 » The Communist Control Act goes into effect, outlawing the American Communist Party.
• September 29 » The convention establishing CERN (the European Organization for Nuclear Research) is signed.

The temperature on April 7, 1954 was between 1.9 °C and 9.7 °C and averaged 5.3 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 9.5 hours of sunshine (71%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.