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• Henrica Duurland, Hilversum († 2004)
• N.N. Smilde, Dordrecht, Gemeente Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1954)
• Darwin Dean Hartkopp, Iowa Falls, Hardin County, Iowa († 1995)
• Maria; Johanna Beukers, Emmen († 1959)
• Adrianus Mattheus van Oudheusden, Rotterdam († 2015)
• Adrianus Smits, De Lier, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1954)
• Theodorus Adrianus Petrus Kortekaas († 2022)
• levenloos geboren kind († 1954)
• Inez Jean Stuckless, Twillingate, Newfoundland († 2012)
• Effie Irene McMurphy, Moultrie, Colquitt County, Georgia, Verenigde Staten († 2012)

• Alberta Steen (87), Hengelo
• Adriana Kaljee (40), Amersfoort
• Beatrice Blanche HINDES (77)
• Cornelis VAN GROEN (69), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antoine de Montgolfier (70), Annonay, Ardèche, France
• Achiel, Frederic ALGOET (44), Roeselare,8800,West-Vlaanderen,Wvl, België
• Cornelia van de Werken (81), Rotterdam Zuid-Holland Nederland
• Alphonse Servaas Rozenhout (68), Eijsden
• Alkien Bennink (77), Groningen, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Avis# Hardin (61)

• 1953 » Emilio Estefan, Cuban-American drummer and producer
• 1953 » John Edwards, Australian director and producer
• 1953 » Paweł Janas, Polish footballer and manager
• 1953 » Ray Price, Australian rugby player and sportscaster
• 1954 » Catherine O'Hara, Canadian-American actress and comedian
• 1954 » François Fillon, French lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of France
• 1954 » Irina Ratushinskaya, Russian poet and author († 2017)
• 1954 » Peter Jacobsen, American golfer and sportscaster
• 1954 » Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, Korean American author († 1982)
• 1954 » Timur Apakidze, Russian general and pilot († 2001)

• 1944 » Fannie Barrier Williams, American educator and activist (b. 1855)
• 1944 » Louis Buchalter, American mob boss (b. 1897)
• 1945 » Lucille La Verne, American actress (b. 1872)
• 1945 » Mark Sandrich, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1900)
• 1948 » Antonin Artaud, French actor and director (b. 1896)
• 1949 » Clarence Kingsbury, English cyclist (b. 1882)
• 1952 » Charles Scott Sherrington, English neurophysiologist and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1857)
• 1954 » Noel Gay, English composer and songwriter (b. 1898)
• 1960 » Herbert O'Conor, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 51st Governor of Maryland (b. 1896)
• 1963 » William Carlos Williams, American poet, short story writer, and essayist (b. 1883)

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. Helena
16. Mary

• 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.
• June 9 » Joseph Welch, special counsel for the United States Army, lashes out at Senator Joseph McCarthy during the Army–McCarthy hearings, giving McCarthy the famous rebuke, "You've done enough. Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency?"
• June 14 » U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs a bill into law that places the words "under God" into the United States Pledge of Allegiance.
• July 7 » Elvis Presley makes his radio debut when WHBQ Memphis played his first recording for Sun Records, "That's All Right".
• August 24 » Getúlio Vargas, president of Brazil, commits suicide and is succeeded by João Café Filho.
• November 22 » The Humane Society of the United States is founded.

The temperature on March 4, 1954 was between 1.0 °C and 6.7 °C and averaged 3.9 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 1.6 hours. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (8%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.