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• Janice Ann "Jan" Morehead, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, Verenigde Staten († 2016)
• Charlotte Martijn
• Anna Maria ("Anneke") Stolk, Bergen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Francis Ramaekers, Hasselt, België († 2014)
• Hendrica Gerarda van der Slot, Leiden,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1953)
• Geertruida (Truusje) KAMMINGA, Woodstock Ontario Canada († 1993)
• Johannes de Wolf, Ede († 2001)
• Jos M. van der Gulik, Waarland, Gem.Harenkarspel, Noord Holland, Nederla († 2016)
• Egbert (Bert) Rorije, Apeldoorn, Nederland († 2023)
• Johannes Gerardus Maria Haarmeijer († 2007)

• Antonia Gommeren (82), Prinsenbeek, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Lamberta Tinholt (70), Renkum
• Alice Bull Trexel (78), somewhere in WA
• Caroline Maria Leendertz (54), Heemstede, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aleida Antonia Oosterom (89), Arnhem Gelderland Nederland
• Benjamin Boyd Wylie [Wl 8 DR DNA] "Ben" (77), Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, South Carolina
• Anna Maria Nievelstein (74), Chevremont, Kerkrade
• Aleida Johanna Lenselink (85), Gorssel
• Albertus de Vries (85), Niekerk, gem. Oldekerk, Groningen, Nederland
• Antje Broere (84), 's Gravenhage,Zuid Holland,Nederland

• 1951 » Bill Cratty, American dancer and choreographer († 1998)
• 1951 » Debora Green, American physician convicted of murder
• 1953 » Ingo Hoffmann, Brazilian race car driver
• 1953 » Paul Krugman, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1953 » Ricky Steamboat, American wrestler, referee, and trainer
• 1954 » Brian Billick, American football player, coach, and sportscaster
• 1955 » Adrian Dantley, American basketball player and coach
• 1955 » Gilbert Gottfried, American comedian, actor, and singer
• 1956 » Guy Maddin, Canadian director, screenwriter, and cinematographer
• 1956 » Terry Leahy, English businessman

• 1932 » Guillaume Bigourdan, French astronomer and academic (b. 1851)
• 1935 » Chiquinha Gonzaga, Brazilian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1847)
• 1936 » Charles Nicolle, French biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1866)
• 1941 » Alfonso XIII of Spain (b. 1886)
• 1942 » Karel Doorman, Dutch admiral (b. 1889)
• 1959 » Maxwell Anderson, American journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1888)
• 1963 » Rajendra Prasad, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st President of India (b. 1884)
• 1966 » Charles Bassett, American captain, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1931)
• 1966 » Elliot See, American commander, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1927)
• 1967 » Henry Luce, American publisher, co-founded Time Magazine (b. 1898)

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

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Hendrika
8. Catharina
9. Adriana
10. Margaretha
11. Yvonne
12. Petronella
13. Geertruida
14. Linda
15. Alida
16. Jacoba

• 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 10.4 million citizens.
• January 13 » An article appears in Pravda accusing some of the most prestigious and prominent doctors, mostly Jews, in the Soviet Union of taking part in a vast plot to poison members of the top Soviet political and military leadership.
• March 18 » An earthquake hits western Turkey, killing 265 people.
• April 25 » Francis Crick and James Watson publish "Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids: A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid" describing the double helix structure of DNA.
• June 8 » An F5 tornado hits Beecher, Michigan, killing 116, injuring 844, and destroying 340 homes.
• June 9 » The Flint–Worcester tornado outbreak sequence kills 94 people in Massachusetts.
• July 27 » Cessation of hostilities is achieved in the Korean War when the United States, China, and North Korea sign an armistice agreement. Syngman Rhee, President of South Korea, refuses to sign but pledges to observe the armistice.

The temperature on February 28, 1953 was between -0.1 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 2.9 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (37%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.