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• Roel Zonneveld, Haarlem († 1998)
• Brian Gerard McKee, Motherwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland († 2000)
• Berend Bruggenkamp († 1983)
• NN Donkers, Uden, Nederland († 1954)
• Johannes Cornelis Geijteman, St. Pancras († 2015)
• Albert Leon Joseph Buto, Sint-Truiden, België († 1994)
• Ina Luichies, deventer
• Dirk Everhard Suringar, Hoogeveen († 1987)
• Ina Luichies, Deventer
• Cornelis van Asselt, Elspeet (Ermelo) († 1974)

• Aukje Oenzes Piekstra (68), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Adrianus Hollenberg (59), Akersloot, Castricum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Clasina Slootmaker (68), Sint-Annaland
• Bernard Dubuisson (22)
• Alois Vopenka (51), Leiden, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Albert Ezinga (69), Enschede
• Annetje Vis (46), Ermelo-Nunspeet, Gelderland, Nederland
• Caroline Carow (88), Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Verenigde Staten
• Antoinetta Frederike Elisabeth Arenberg Peeters (71), Losser
• Annetje Hendriks Vis (46), Ermelo

• 1951 » William Clarke, American harmonica player († 1996)
• 1952 » John Hendricks, American businessman, founded Discovery Communications
• 1952 » Rainer Bonhof, German footballer
• 1952 » Russell Fairfax, Australian rugby player and coach
• 1952 » Teófilo Stevenson, Cuban boxer and engineer († 2012)
• 1953 » Tõnis Palts, Estonian politician, 39th Mayor of Tallinn
• 1955 » Brendan Gleeson, Irish actor
• 1955 » Earl Campbell, American football player
• 1955 » Marina Sirtis, British-American actress
• 1956 » Patty Donahue, American singer († 1996)

• 1937 » Karol Szymanowski, Polish pianist and composer (b. 1882)
• 1940 » Alexander Obolensky, Russian-English rugby player and soldier (b. 1916)
• 1948 » Harry Price, English parapsychologist and author (b. 1881)
• 1957 » Joyce Cary, Anglo-Irish novelist (b. 1888)
• 1959 » Barthélemy Boganda, African priest and politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Central African Republic (b. 1910)
• 1963 » August Rei, Estonian soldier, journalist, and politician, 12th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1886)
• 1963 » Gaspard Fauteux, Canadian dentist and politician, 19th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1898)
• 1970 » Anna Louise Strong, American journalist and author (b. 1885)
• 1971 » Dhirendranath Datta, Pakistani lawyer and politician (b. 1886)
• 1972 » J. Arthur Rank, English businessman, founded Rank Organisation (b. 1888)

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.
• January 21 » The first nuclear-powered submarine, the USSNautilus, is launched in Groton, Connecticut by Mamie Eisenhower, the First Lady of the United States.
• March 1 » Armed Puerto Rican nationalists attack the United States Capitol building, injuring five Representatives.
• May 6 » Roger Bannister becomes the first person to run the mile in under four minutes.
• June 27 » The Obninsk Nuclear Power Plant, the Soviet Union's first nuclear power station, opens in Obninsk, near Moscow.
• September 3 » The People's Liberation Army begins shelling the Republic of China-controlled islands of Quemoy, starting the First Taiwan Strait Crisis.
• 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 29, 1954 was between 6.9 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 8.3 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 3.0 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.