About the day » Wednesday March 3, 1954Calender converter

• NN Pol, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Stillborn Schlepers-, Zwolle, Nederland († 1954)
• Herman Egbert Rodenboog, Rotterdam († 1975)
• Leo Sterkens († 1980)
• Ronald Henricus Maria Weijgertse, Sittard, Netherlands († 2010)
• Lydia van den Berg, Amersfoort, Nederland († 2007)
• Annemie Jeurissen, Haaren († 2014)
• Marloes Omloo († 1989)
• Jantje Jakoba Harmanna (Janny) Wieringa, Leermens ( "t Zandt ) († 1977)
• Monique Rasper († 1991)

• Adriana Catharina Elve (85), Vlissingen
• Alfred August del MARMOL (77), Ixelles (Bruxelles-Capitale),Brussels Capital Region,Belgi
• Anna Kock Kok (85), Oranjestad, Aruba
• Alberdina Hendrika van der Kolk (49), Zwollerkerspel (Windesheim),, Overijssel, Nederland
• Metje Bijlsma (71), Berlikum
• Adrianus Baars (81), Kudelstaart, Gem. Aalsmeer, Noord-Holland, NL
• Antonius Mari Muurlink (67), Oldemarkt
• Antonio Pereira da Silva (66), San Diego, San Diego, California, Verenigde Staten
• Arie Versnel (71), Rotterdam, Nederland
• Alfredo Augusto da Matta (83), Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

• 1951 » Andy Murray, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 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
• 1956 » John Fulton Reid, New Zealand cricketer
• 1956 » Zbigniew Boniek, Polish footballer and manager

• 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. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Peter
7. Robert
8. Pieter
9. Gerrit
10. Petrus
11. John
12. Jacobus
13. Gerardus
14. Adrianus
15. Jacob
16. Dirk

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Elisabeth
5. Cornelia
6. Wilhelmina
7. Adriana
8. Catharina
9. Hendrika
10. Petronella
11. Marianne
12. Yvonne
13. Marie
14. Linda
15. Margaretha
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 10.6 million citizens.
• April 26 » The Geneva Conference, an effort to restore peace in Indochina and Korea, begins.
• August 23 » First flight of the Lockheed C-130 multi-role aircraft.
• September 14 » In a top secret nuclear test, a Soviet Tu-4 bomber drops a 40 kiloton atomic weapon just north of Totskoye village.
• October 10 » The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Sultanate of Muscat, Neil Innes, sends a signal to the Sultanate's forces, accompanied with oil explorers, to penetrate Fahud, marking the beginning of Jebel Akhdar War between the Imamate of Oman and the Sultanate of Muscat.
• October 18 » Texas Instruments announces the first transistor radio.
• December 2 » Cold War: The United States Senate votes 65 to 22 to censure Joseph McCarthy for "conduct that tends to bring the Senate into dishonor and disrepute".

The temperature on March 3, 1954 was between -0.8 °C and 5.8 °C and averaged 3.5 °C. There was 6.7 mm of rain during 11.9 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south.