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• Pieter van Druenen, Nuland, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2005)
• Klaas Okkes Medema († 1956)
• Charlotte Martijn
• José Alberico Momm, Santo Amaro da Imperatriz, Santa Catarina, Brasil († 1953)
• Kenneth Desmond Richards (Twin) († 2017)
• Francis Ramaekers, Hasselt, België († 2014)
• Egbert (Bert) Rorije, Apeldoorn, Nederland († 2023)
• Anna Johanna Hoogenboom, Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2009)
• Fokke Grasman, Oranjewoud († 2008)
• Ria Veenstra († 2016)

• Albertus de Vries (85), Niekerk, gem. Oldekerk, Groningen, Nederland
• Antonia Gommeren (83), Prinsenbeek
• Bernardus Oude Aarninkhof (81), Hasselo, 7558, Nederland
• Anna Catherine Lippert (86), Canton, Stark Co., Ohio, US
• Caroline Maria Leendertz (54), Heemstede, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Charles Louis Vercaigne (74), Passendale, West Flanders, Belgium
• Anna Josephine Bakx (74), Hilversum
• Cornelia Maria Van Rinssum (63), Wageningen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Hubertina Bouten (57), Baarlo
• Berendina Maria Meiberg (67), Zwolle, Gelderland, 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. John
14. Dirk
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 31 » A North Sea flood causes over 1,800 deaths in the Netherlands and over 300 in the United Kingdom.
• February 11 » Cold War: U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower denies all appeals for clemency for Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.
• May 29 » Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay become the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest, on Tenzing Norgay's (adopted) 39th birthday.
• June 8 » The United States Supreme Court rules in District of Columbia v. John R. Thompson Co. that restaurants in Washington, D.C., cannot refuse to serve black patrons.
• July 26 » Arizona Governor John Howard Pyle orders an anti-polygamy law enforcement crackdown on residents of Short Creek, Arizona, which becomes known as the Short Creek raid.
• September 26 » Rationing of sugar in the United Kingdom ends

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.