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• Wilhelmus Frederikus Koopman, Hilversum († 2009)
• Richard Alan Hames († 2003)
• Marie Kok, Volendam, Nederland († 1953)
• Ludwina Maria Gerarda Josepha Kortekaas, Leiden,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2009)
• Bruce Wayne Wood († 1969)
• Marcel Meurs, Wageningen († 2002)
• Richard Lee Harken, Schoitz Memorial Hospital, Waterloo, Blackhawk County, Iowa († 1953)
• Marinus Cornelis Bolsenbroek, Bloemendaal († 2005)
• Arend Willem den Hartog († 2017)
• Sytske Swaving, Onnen († 1957)

• Bernardina Johanna Klein Breteler (83), Haaksbergen
• Cornelia Horsten (87), Dongen
• Arend van Rijn (25), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Charles Sarolea (82), Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
• Cornelis van den Breul (64), Driebergen-Rijsenburg
• Alphonsus Josephus Geudens (76), Lichtaart
• Cornelia Bijleveld (85), Hengelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Cornelia Geziena Kok (79), Klarenbeek
• Chane Resa LEVINE (90), Montréal, Montréal (Urban Agglomeration), Quebec, Canada
• Andreas Frederik Hubertus Ververgaard (79), Tegelen, Limburg, Nederland

• 1951 » Andres Metspalu, Estonian geneticist and academic
• 1951 » Dominique Sanda, French model and actress
• 1952 » Douglas Adams, English author and playwright († 2001)
• 1953 » Bernie LaBarge, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1953 » Derek Daly, Irish-American race car driver and sportscaster
• 1953 » Jimmy Iovine, American record producer and businessman, co-founded Interscope Records and Beats Electronics
• 1953 » László Bölöni, Romanian-Hungarian footballer and manager
• 1954 » David Newman, American composer and conductor
• 1954 » Gale Norton, American lawyer and politician, 48th United States Secretary of the Interior
• 1955 » Leslie Cliff, Canadian swimmer

• 1944 » Hendrik Willem van Loon, Dutch-American journalist and historian (b. 1882)
• 1949 » Anastasios Charalambis, Greek general and politician, 109th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1862)
• 1949 » Henri Giraud, French general and politician (b. 1879)
• 1952 » Pierre Renoir, French actor and director (b. 1885)
• 1955 » Alexander Fleming, Scottish biologist, pharmacologist, and botanist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1881)
• 1955 » Oscar F. Mayer, German-American businessman, founded Oscar Mayer (b. 1859)
• 1957 » Richard E. Byrd, American admiral and explorer (b. 1888)
• 1958 » Ole Kirk Christiansen, Danish businessman, founded The Lego Group (b. 1891)
• 1959 » Lester Dent, American author (b. 1904)
• 1960 » Roy Chapman Andrews, American paleontologist and explorer (b. 1884)

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.
• March 1 » Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin suffers a stroke and collapses; he dies four days later.
• March 18 » An earthquake hits western Turkey, killing 265 people.
• May 25 » Nuclear weapons testing: At the Nevada Test Site, the United States conducts its first and only nuclear artillery test.
• June 9 » The Flint–Worcester tornado outbreak sequence kills 94 people in Massachusetts.
• June 30 » The first Chevrolet Corvette rolls off the assembly line in Flint, Michigan.
• November 9 » Cambodia gains independence from France.

The temperature on March 11, 1953 was between 2.1 °C and 6.7 °C and averaged 5.2 °C. There was 2.7 mm of rain during 4.5 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the north.