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• Harry Woudhuizen, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2021)
• Ria de Peuter († 1974)
• Erwin van Gulck, Kruibeke (België) († 2013)
• N.N. Zeijlmans, Dongen († 1953)
• Linda elizabeth Van der knaap, Rotterdam († 2001)
• René Johannes Blokland, Amsterdam († 2014)
• Anna Catharina Helena - Annemieke Brouwers, Goirle, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2018)
• Cornelis van Ekelenburg, Salt Lake City, UT (USA) († 2007)
• Peggy Jane Duncan († 1970)
• Lydia Aper, Sint-Agatha-Berchem († 1968)

• Albert Joseph Brisson (49)
• Antonia van Wees (62), Oploo, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Annigje van de Streek (88), Oldebroek, Gld, NL
• Anna Ouwerkerk (82), Leiden
• August Simon Hendrik Anton Begemann (74), Enschede
• Barend Donkervoort (76), Hellendoorn
• Andreas Antonius Debets (76), Twello (Voorst)
• Auke van der Helm (84), Amsterdam
• Andreas Antonius Debets (76), Voorst
• Annegje van de Streek (88), Zalk, Overijssel, Nederland

• 1950 » Kamal Ahmed Majumder, Bangladeshi politician
• 1951 » Andy Murray, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1951 » Heizō Takenaka, Japanese economist and politician
• 1952 » Rudy Fernandez, Filipino actor and producer († 2008)
• 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

• 1927 » J. G. Parry-Thomas, Welsh race car driver and engineer (b. 1884)
• 1927 » Mikhail Artsybashev, Ukrainian author and playwright (b. 1878)
• 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)

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. Yvonne
11. Margaretha
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.
• February 28 » James Watson and Francis Crick announce to friends that they have determined the chemical structure of DNA; the formal announcement takes place on April 25 following publication in April's Nature (pub. April 2).
• April 13 » CIA director Allen Dulles launches the mind-control program Project MKUltra.
• May 25 » Nuclear weapons testing: At the Nevada Test Site, the United States conducts its first and only nuclear artillery test.
• 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.
• August 22 » The penal colony on Devil's Island is permanently closed.
• October 29 » BCPA Flight 304 DC-6 crashes near San Francisco.

The temperature on March 3, 1953 was between -2.5 °C and 6.4 °C and averaged 2.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (18%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.