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• Elisabeth Maria PLAT, Purmerend, Purmerend, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2008)
• Johannes Hendricus van Berkel, Vlaardingen († 2019)
• Verlyn Joyce Meyer
• Ans van den Berg, Hoenkoop († 2016)
• Andreas Daniël Jacobus Maria Eras, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1959)
• Jacquelina Janssen, Horst, Limburg, Netherlands († 1987)
• Peter de Hoogh, Tilburg († 2010)
• Tom Stuivenvolt († 1993)
• Anna Jozina Schot, St Maartensdijk (Z) († 1962)
• Jacobus Cornelis Gerardus Johannes de Jong († 2002)

• Beulah E Paschall (32)
• Antonius Theodorus van de Mortel (68), 's Hertogenbosch
• Alida Tromp (86), Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Elisabeth KONINCKX (69), Kortenaken,Provincie Vlaams-Brabant,Flanders,Belgi
• Anthony GRESLEY (50)
• Adrianus Rekelhof (66), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina BLANKERTZ (79), Rheydt, Mönchengladbach, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland
• Anna Cornelia Meers (86), Zoeterwoude
• Adriana Catharina van Brakel (65), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antony GRESLEY (50)

• 1951 » Scott Gorham, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1952 » Barry Horne, English activist († 2001)
• 1953 » Chuck Muncie, American football player († 2013)
• 1953 » Filemon Lagman, Filipino activist († 2001)
• 1954 » Lesley-Anne Down, English actress
• 1955 » Cynthia McKinney, American activist and politician
• 1955 » Gary Sinise, American actor, director, and bass player
• 1955 » Paul Overstreet, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1956 » Patrick McDonnell, American author and illustrator
• 1956 » Rory McGrath, British comedian, television personality, and writer

• 1940 » Philomène Belliveau, Canadian artist (b. 1854)
• 1946 » Dai Li, Chinese general (b. 1897)
• 1949 » Aleksandra Ekster, Russian-French painter and set designer (b. 1882)
• 1956 » Fred Allen, American actor, comedian, screenwriter, and author (b. 1894)
• 1956 » Irène Joliot-Curie, French physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897)
• 1957 » Ramon Magsaysay, Filipino captain and politician, 7th President of the Philippines (b. 1907)
• 1958 » Bertha De Vriese, Belgian physician (b. 1877)
• 1958 » John Pius Boland, Irish tennis player and politician (b. 1870)
• 1961 » Susanna M. Salter, American activist and politician (b. 1860)
• 1965 » Amos Alonzo Stagg, American football player and coach (b. 1862)

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.
• March 1 » Armed Puerto Rican nationalists attack the United States Capitol building, injuring five Representatives.
• March 19 » Joey Giardello knocks out Willie Tory in round seven at Madison Square Garden in the first televised prize boxing fight shown in colour.
• May 13 » The original Broadway production of The Pajama Game opens and runs for another 1,063 performances. Later received three Tony Awards for Best Musical, Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical, and Best Choreography.
• June 24 » First Indochina War: Battle of Mang Yang Pass: Viet Minh troops belonging to the 803rd Regiment ambush G.M.100 of France in An Khê.
• July 21 » First Indochina War: The Geneva Conference partitions Vietnam into North Vietnam and South Vietnam.
• October 27 » Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. becomes the first African-American general in the United States Air Force.

The temperature on March 17, 1954 was between -0.4 °C and 8.6 °C and averaged 3.7 °C. There was 4.9 hours of sunshine (41%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.