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• Gerardus Petrus Maria Zoet, Den Helder († 2009)
• Annette Kleijn, Rotterdam († 2008)
• Harry Michael Hoff
• James Edward Earl († 1954)
• Maria Josephina Baten († 1997)
• Hendrik Lautenbach, Klazienaveen († 2014)
• Linda Helene de Boer, Sibley, Osceola County, Iowa († 2021)
• martina petronella henrica (petra) gielen, helden-panningen
• TINEKE ANJEMA, HOLWERD, Friesland, Nederland († 2012)
• Harold Wayne ROBINSON, Huntsville, AL

• Anna Cecilia Brentano (81), Groningen
• Blandina dos Santos (57)
• Anna Maria Hubertina Kleijnen (78), Kerkrade
• Arie Jacob van Zelm (56), Utrecht
• Arend Steunenberg (71), Apeldoorn
• Anna Maria Volker (73), Haaksbergen, Nederland
• Aaltje Bredewold (60), Zwolle
• Adriaantje Verschoor (83), 's Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Arne hildeman Aase (33), Hammerfest, Finnmark, Norge
• Antonius Petrus Maria Mikx (42), Oldenzaal, Overijssel, Nederland

• 1949 » Michael Beck, American actor
• 1949 » Rasim Delić, Bosnian general († 2010)
• 1951 » Patrick Bergin, Irish actor
• 1951 » Phil Ehart, American rock drummer and songwriter
• 1952 » Jenny Shipley, New Zealand educator and politician, 36th Prime Minister of New Zealand
• 1952 » Thomas Silverstein, American prisoner, founder and former leader of the Aryan Brotherhood prison gang († 2019)
• 1955 » Mikuláš Dzurinda, Slovak politician, Prime Minister of Slovakia
• 1957 » Don Davis, American composer and conductor
• 1958 » Tomasz Pacyński, Polish journalist and author († 2005)
• 1959 » Christian Schreier, German footballer and manager

• 1933 » Archibald Sayce, English linguist and educator (b. 1846)
• 1940 » Nikolai Yezhov, Russian police officer and politician (b. 1895)
• 1943 » Frank Calder, English-Canadian ice hockey player and journalist (b. 1877)
• 1944 » Arsen Kotsoyev, Russian author and translator (b. 1872)
• 1956 » Savielly Tartakower, Russian-French chess player, journalist, and author (b. 1887)
• 1958 » Henry Kuttner, American author and screenwriter (b. 1915)
• 1959 » Una O'Connor, Irish-American actress (b. 1880)
• 1968 » Neal Cassady, American novelist and poet (b. 1926)
• 1970 » Louise Bogan, American poet and critic (b. 1897)
• 1974 » Satyendra Nath Bose, Indian physicist, mathematician, and academic (b. 1894)

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.
• February 13 » Frank Selvy becomes the only NCAA Division I basketball player ever to score 100 points in a single game.
• 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.
• May 6 » Roger Bannister becomes the first person to run the mile in under four minutes.
• June 18 » Carlos Castillo Armas leads an invasion force across the Guatemalan border, setting in motion the 1954 Guatemalan coup d'état.
• July 20 » Germany: Otto John, head of West Germany's secret service, defects to East Germany.

The temperature on February 4, 1954 was between -11.0 °C and -1.5 °C and averaged -6.7 °C. There was 7.6 hours of sunshine (82%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.