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• Antonia Maria Honcoop, Breda († 1995)
• Wilfried Vrijens, Ougrée, Luik (B) († 1959)
• Kenney Bruce Kittrell <K TxBIFbPq-f>3, Bailey County, Texas
• Eduardo Fonseca Rocha, Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil († 2005)
• Anna Johanna Spijkers († 2016)
• Annie Deglin, Sint-Truiden, België († 2008)
• Hilly van Wermeskerken, Amsterdam († 1993)
• Erik Wim Jonkman († 1993)
• Rita Laura Anna Vastmans, Ardooie, Provincie West-Vlaanderen, België († 2013)
• Johanna Antonia Maria HONCOOP, Chaam, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1994)

• Angela Isabella Clara Eugenie Overling (82), Doetinchem, Gelderland, Nederland
• Dirkje van Egmond (81), rijnsburg
• Dirkje Jans van Egmond│Vermae (81), Rijnsburg
• ABRAHAM THEODORUS DE NAS (78), UTRECHT
• Antonio van der Linden (65), Oranjestad, Aruba
• ALIDA SCHELLEVIS (46), SCHIEDAM
• Dirkje van Egmond (81), Rijnsburg
• Alida Schellevis (46), Schiedam
• Adrianus Marinus van Stiphout (53), Mierlo, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• AALTJE LOOIJE (83), 'S-GRAVENHAGE

• 1952 » Francesco Clemente, Italian painter and illustrator
• 1952 » Kent Lambert, New Zealand rugby player
• 1952 » Kim Stanley Robinson, American author
• 1953 » Bo Díaz, Venezuelan baseball player († 1990)
• 1953 » Chaka Khan, American singer-songwriter
• 1953 » Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Indian zoologist and businesswoman
• 1954 » Geno Auriemma, Italian-American basketball player and coach
• 1954 » Kenneth Cole, American fashion designer, founded Kenneth Cole Productions
• 1954 » Paul Price, English born, Welsh international footballer, defender and manager
• 1955 » Moses Malone, American basketball player and sportscaster († 2015)

• 1953 » Oskar Luts, Estonian author and playwright (b. 1887)
• 1953 » Raoul Dufy, French painter and illustrator (b. 1877)
• 1955 » Arthur Bernardes, Brazilian politician, 12th President of Brazil (b. 1875)
• 1960 » Franklin Pierce Adams, American journalist and author (b. 1881)
• 1960 » Said Nursî, Turkish theologian and scholar (b. 1878)
• 1961 » Albert Bloch, American painter and educator (b. 1882)
• 1961 » Jack Russell, English cricketer (b. 1887)
• 1963 » Thoralf Skolem, Norwegian mathematician and logician (b. 1887)
• 1964 » Peter Lorre, American actor (b. 1904)
• 1965 » Mae Murray, American actress, dancer, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1885)

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. Margaretha

• 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.
• March 1 » Armed Puerto Rican nationalists attack the United States Capitol building, injuring five Representatives.
• March 13 » The Battle of Điện Biên Phủ begins with an artillery barrage by Viet Minh forces under Võ Nguyên Giáp; Viet Minh victory lead to the end of the First Indochina War and French withdrawal from Vietnam.
• July 7 » Elvis Presley makes his radio debut when WHBQ Memphis played his first recording for Sun Records, "That's All Right".
• July 15 » First flight of the Boeing 367-80, prototype for both the Boeing 707 and C-135 series.
• November 12 » Ellis Island ceased operations.
• November 13 » Great Britain defeats France to capture the first ever Rugby League World Cup in Paris in front of around 30,000 spectators.

The temperature on March 23, 1954 was between 7.7 °C and 15.9 °C and averaged 11.6 °C. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (30%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.