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• Jhonny Goffard († 2023)
• Adriana Booij († 1961)
• Joël Michel Pierre Marie LE CAM, Nantes, 44109, Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire, France († 2011)
• Jan van Asselt, Waarder († 1954)
• Berendina Meijerink, Hardenberg († 2016)
• Cornelis - Cor Tissen, Leuth, Gelderland, Netherlands († 2012)
• Josepha Antonia Wilhelmina van Lieshout, Tilburg († 1976)
• Berendina Meijerink, Ebbenbroek, Overijssel, Nederland, Nederland († 2016)
• Leon LEMMENS, Grotestraat 183,3631 Boorsem, Maasmechelen,Provincie Limburg-Flanders,Belgie († 2017)
• Susan Lone Appleman, Murphysboro, Illinois, United States († 2008)

• Alida van Beelen (81), Katwijk
• Alje (Elbert) (El) BUIKEMA (57), Grand Rapids Kent County Michigan U.S.A
• Anna Barbara van Zelst (79), Vught
• "Marguerite" Anne Marie de Brye (55), Cerdon, Ain, France
• Anna Katharina Husmann (85)
• Adriana van Dreumel (42), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Constant Jacques Mari Milo (70), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Margaretha Maria Doorman (81), 's Gravenhage
• Catharina Elisabeth Antonia van der Hoeven (53), Haarlem
• Berendina Roesink (82), Ambt Delden, Overijssel, Netherlands

• 1953 » Claus Peter Flor, German conductor
• 1953 » Isabelle Huppert, French actress
• 1953 » Rainer Knaak, German chess player
• 1953 » Richard Stallman, American computer scientist and programmer
• 1954 » Dav Whatmore, Sri Lankan-Australian cricketer and coach
• 1954 » David Heath, English politician
• 1954 » Jimmy Nail, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
• 1954 » Nancy Wilson, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actress
• 1954 » Tim O'Brien, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1955 » Svetlana Alexeeva, Russian ice dancer and coach

• 1940 » Selma Lagerlöf, Swedish author and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1858)
• 1945 » Börries von Münchhausen, German poet (b. 1874)
• 1955 » Nicolas de Staël, French-Russian painter and illustrator (b. 1914)
• 1957 » Constantin Brâncuși, Romanian-French sculptor, painter, and photographer (b. 1876)
• 1958 » Leon Cadore, American baseball player (b. 1891)
• 1961 » Chen Geng, Chinese general and politician (b. 1903)
• 1961 » Václav Talich, Czech violinist and conductor (b. 1883)
• 1963 » Laura Adams Armer, American author and photographer (b. 1874)
• 1965 » Alice Herz, German activist (b. 1882)
• 1967 » Thomas MacGreevy, Irish poet (b. 1893)

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.
• April 26 » The Geneva Conference, an effort to restore peace in Indochina and Korea, begins.
• May 6 » Roger Bannister becomes the first person to run the mile in under four minutes.
• August 13 » Radio Pakistan broadcasts the "Qaumī Tarāna", the national anthem of Pakistan for the first time.
• September 30 » The U.S. Navy submarine USSNautilus is commissioned as the world's first nuclear-powered vessel.
• October 18 » Texas Instruments announces the first transistor radio.

The temperature on March 16, 1954 was between -1.0 °C and 4.5 °C and averaged 2.0 °C. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.