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• Pieter Klazes Yntema († 2005)
• Paul van Woggelum, Schomburg (Canada) († 2004)
• Johanna Hendrica Gerits, Nuth, Limburg, Nederland († 2008)
• LEN MOSTERT († 2018)
• Henrietta Carolina Verkouteren, Vlissingen († 2012)
• Wilma Blok, Ijmuiden, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arie Dijkhuizen, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1954)
• Luc Jozef Marie Cornelia Soenen, Beselare († 2015)
• Jan Herman (Jan) ROBBEMONT, 's-Gravendeel (NL) († 2017)
• Jacquelyn A. Clingan, unbekannt († 2002)

• Anthonia Maria Helena ROSENMÖLLER (74), Haarlem, 4599, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aleida Konijnenberg (72), Zutphen
• Annabel Jarves
• Adriaan Jansz Hoogstraten (79), Sassenheim
• Albert Oldenbeuving (81), Sleen,Drenthe,Niederlande
• Alijda Duven (82), Edgerton, Pipestone County, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten
• Abraham Stoeken (73), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anthonia Maria Helena (Anthonie) Rosenmöller (74), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Gertruda Josephina Petronella Coenders (74), Doornenburg,Gemeente Lingewaard,Gelderland,Netherlands
• Antonij Jan Suijkerbuijk (87), Bergen op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1951 » Frederic Schwartz, American architect, co-designed Empty Sky († 2014)
• 1951 » John Abizaid, American general
• 1952 » Annette O'Toole, American actress
• 1952 » Bernard Stiegler, French philosopher and academic
• 1953 » Alberto Zaccheroni, Italian footballer and manager
• 1953 » Barry Sonnenfeld, American cinematographer, director, and producer
• 1954 » Jeff Porcaro, American drummer, songwriter, and producer († 1992)
• 1955 » Don Hasselbeck, American football player and sportscaster
• 1955 » Humayun Akhtar Khan, Pakistani politician, 5th Commerce Minister of Pakistan
• 1955 » Terry Nichols, American criminal

• 1946 » Noah Beery, Sr., American actor (b. 1882)
• 1947 » George II, king of Greece (b. 1890)
• 1950 » Charles R. Drew, American physician and surgeon (b. 1904)
• 1950 » Recep Peker, Turkish soldier and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1889)
• 1962 » Jussi Kekkonen, Finnish captain and businessman (b. 1910)
• 1965 » Helena Rubinstein, Polish-American businesswoman (b. 1870)
• 1966 » Brian O'Nolan, Irish author (b. 1911)
• 1968 » Lev Landau, Azerbaijani-Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1908)
• 1976 » Max Ernst, German painter and sculptor (b. 1891)
• 1981 » Eua Sunthornsanan, Thai singer-songwriter and bandleader (b. 1910)

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.
• April 26 » The Geneva Conference, an effort to restore peace in Indochina and Korea, begins.
• November 7 » In the US, Armistice Day becomes Veterans Day.
• November 22 » The Humane Society of the United States is founded.
• December 4 » The first Burger King is opened in Miami, Florida.
• December 23 » First successful kidney transplant is performed by J. Hartwell Harrison and Joseph Murray.

The temperature on April 1, 1954 was between 2.7 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 5.5 °C. There was 1.7 mm of rain during 1.9 hours. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (2%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.