About the day » Wednesday March 24, 1954Calender converter

• Kevin Arthur Stubleski, Ohio, United States († 2007)
• Jan Geert Hoekstra, Oldeberkoop († 2005)
• N.N. Bakkers, Gilze en Rijen († 1954)
• Norvel Raymond Willink, USA
• Kees Veerman († 1989)
• Antonius van der Lans († 1954)
• Jan Geert Hoekstra, Oldeberkoop († 2005)
• James Calvin Geus, Ohio, Verenigde Staten († 1996)
• Levenloos Geboren Adelerhof, Hoogeveen, DR, Nederland († 1954)
• Patricia Langfield

• Cornelis van ETTEN (75), Kruisland, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Christiaan Berger (73), Utrecht
• Casparus Spiers (85), Kampen, Overijssel, Nederland
• Cornelia Adrianus de Groot (42), Hazerswoude, Rijnwoude, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albertje Slijm (69)
• Berendina Henderika van de Belt (80), Avereest {OV}
• Antonia Huberta LAMBERTS (60), Eindhoven (NL/NB)
• Bernardus Antonius Franciscus (Ben) Zom (49), Zevenbergen
• Arlette Elaine Friesenborg (21), Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa
• Catharina van Ojik (75), Ede

• 1951 » Pat Bradley, American golfer
• 1951 » Peter Boyle, Scottish-Australian footballer and manager († 2013)
• 1951 » Tommy Hilfiger, American fashion designer, founded the Tommy Hilfiger Corporation
• 1952 » Greg McCrary, American football player († 2013)
• 1953 » Anita L. Allen, African-American lawyer, philosopher, and academic
• 1953 » Louie Anderson, American actor and comedian
• 1955 » Doug Jarvis, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1955 » Pat Price, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1956 » Steve Ballmer, American businessman
• 1956 » Bill Wray, American cartoonist and painter

• 1940 » Édouard Branly, French physicist and academic (b. 1844)
• 1944 » Orde Wingate, Indian-English general (b. 1903)
• 1946 » Alexander Alekhine, Russian chess player (b. 1892)
• 1946 » Carl Schuhmann, German gymnast, shot putter, and jumper (b. 1869)
• 1948 » Sigrid Hjertén, Swedish painter and illustrator (b. 1885)
• 1950 » James Rudolph Garfield, American lawyer and politician, 23rd United States Secretary of the Interior (b. 1865)
• 1951 » Lorna Hodgkinson, Australian educator and educational psychologist (b. 1887)
• 1953 » Mary of Teck (b. 1867)
• 1962 » Auguste Piccard, Swiss physicist and explorer (b. 1884)
• 1962 » Jean Goldkette, French-American pianist and bandleader (b. 1899)

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.
• February 15 » Canada and the United States agree to construct the Distant Early Warning Line, a system of radar stations in the far northern Arctic regions of Canada and Alaska.
• August 10 » At Massena, New York, the groundbreaking ceremony for the Saint Lawrence Seaway is held.
• August 16 » The first issue of Sports Illustrated is published.
• 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.
• 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 24, 1954 was between 4.2 °C and 11.2 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.