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• Wayne Everett TeKrony, Clear Lake, South Dakota († 2019)
• Jeltje van den Bosch, Drachtster Compagnie († 2011)
• Henri Johannes Maria Dhooge, Amsterdam († 1997)
• Anne-Louise Th G van der Poel († 2013)
• Alfred James (Fred) Fruitman, Amsterdam († 2010)
• Werner Löesink, Doetinchem († 1998)
• Peke Hendrik Bangma, Oosterzee, Friesland, Nederland († 1971)
• Jeffrey Culler Tyler († 1985)
• Martina Dülsner († 2020)
• Voeten († 1991)

• Antonia Sneeuw (75), Tilburg, Nederland
• Andries Boogaard (67), Hoedekenskerke, Zeeland, Nederland
• Bonne Jacobs Meinsma (77), kortezwaag
• Adriana van Grinsven (83), Boxtel
• Antonia Fintelman (88), Elst
• Bettje Prummel (81), Veendam
• Anna Sophia Dorothea Noordanus (93), Jutphaas
• Aaldrik Baalmans (76), Wedde (gem. Westerwolde)
• Arthur Ernest Hester (84), Marlow, Buckinghamshire
• Albert Hartsuiker (74), Assen

• 1953 » Robyn Hitchcock, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1953 » Zico, Brazilian footballer and coach
• 1954 » Édouard Lock, Moroccan-Canadian dancer and choreographer
• 1954 » John Lilley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1954 » Keith Fergus, American golfer
• 1955 » Darnell Williams, English-American actor and director
• 1956 » John Fulton Reid, New Zealand cricketer
• 1956 » Zbigniew Boniek, Polish footballer and manager
• 1957 » Stephen Budiansky, American historian, journalist, and author
• 1957 » Thom Hoffman, Dutch actor and photographer

• 1929 » Katharine Wright, American educator (b. 1874)
• 1932 » Eugen d'Albert, Scottish-German pianist and composer (b. 1864)
• 1943 » George Thompson, English cricketer and umpire (b. 1877)
• 1959 » Lou Costello, American actor and comedian (b. 1906)
• 1961 » Paul Wittgenstein, Austrian-American pianist (b. 1887)
• 1966 » Alice Pearce, American actress (b. 1917)
• 1966 » Joseph Fields, American playwright, director, and producer (b. 1895)
• 1966 » William Frawley, American actor and vaudevillian (b. 1887)
• 1981 » Rebecca Lancefield, American microbiologist and researcher (b. 1895)
• 1982 » Firaq Gorakhpuri, Indian poet and critic (b. 1896)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Peter
7. Robert
8. Pieter
9. John
10. Petrus
11. Gerrit
12. Dirk
13. David
14. Adrianus
15. Johan
16. Gerardus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Elisabeth
5. Cornelia
6. Wilhelmina
7. Catharina
8. Adriana
9. Hendrika
10. Yvonne
11. Petronella
12. Marianne
13. Margaretha
14. Gerda
15. Marie
16. Helena

• 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 10.7 million citizens.
• February 8 » The Government of Sindh, Pakistan, abolishes the Jagirdari system in the province. One million acres (4000km) of land thus acquired is to be distributed among the landless peasants.
• April 18 » Twenty-nine nations meet at Bandung, Indonesia, for the first Asian-African Conference.
• June 16 » In a futile effort to topple Argentine President Juan Perón, rogue aircraft pilots of the Argentine Navy drop several bombs upon an unarmed crowd demonstrating in favor of Perón in Buenos Aires, killing 364 and injuring at least 800. At the same time on the ground, some soldiers attempt to stage a coup but are suppressed by loyal forces.
• October 1 » The Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region is established.
• December 5 » E. D. Nixon and Rosa Parks lead the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
• December 31 » General Motors becomes the first U.S. corporation to make over US$1 billion in a year.

The temperature on March 3, 1955 was between -4.9 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 1.4 °C. There was 9.2 hours of sunshine (84%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.