About the day » Monday March 22, 1954Calender converter

• Dale John Jorgenson, Blue Earth, Faribault Co., MN († 2019)
• N.N. Haneveer, Breda († 1954)
• Catharina Maria van den Berg, Voorhout († 2011)
• Atalanta Mary Margaret Naylor-Leyland († 1972)
• Jos JORDENS, Genk (Limburg) (B) († 2014)
• Robert Johannes Simons, Alkmaar, Nederland († 2007)
• Trijntje Jans Rook, Vollenhove († 1992)
• Hendrikus Jacobus Johannes Héman, Heerlen († 1958)
• Peter Wayne Nieuwsma, Linton (Emmons) (North Dakota) († 1954)
• Rosette Achten, Genk, België († 2005)

• Anna Catharina TERWEY (68), Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas
• Bernardus Willink (74)
• Berendje van Unen (81), IJsselmuiden
• Antonia Christina OTTEN (59), Wisch, Gelderland, NEDERLAND
• Antje Greeuw (91), Heerlen
• Anna Maria van Ooijen (74), Bergen op Zoom
• Austin F. Scoggins (64)
• Antje Schaaphuizen (67), Wilnis
• Berendina Johanna Lammers (70), Gendringen
• Anna Maria Cornelia van Gorp (85), Goirle, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1949 » Brian Hanrahan, English journalist († 2010)
• 1949 » Fanny Ardant, French actress, director, and screenwriter
• 1952 » Des Browne, Scottish lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for Scotland
• 1953 » Kenneth Rogoff, American economist and chess grandmaster
• 1955 » Lena Olin, Swedish actress
• 1955 » Pete Sessions, American politician
• 1955 » Valdis Zatlers, Latvian physician and politician, 7th President of Latvia
• 1956 » Maria Teresa, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (born María Teresa Mestre y Batista)
• 1957 » Jürgen Bucher, German footballer
• 1957 » Stephanie Mills, American actress and singer

• 1942 » Frederick Cuming, English cricketer (b. 1875)
• 1942 » William Donne, English captain and cricketer (b. 1875)
• 1945 » John Hessin Clarke, American lawyer and judge (b. 1857)
• 1952 » D. S. Senanayake, 1st Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (b. 1883)
• 1955 » Ivan Šubašić, Croatian lawyer and politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (b. 1892)
• 1958 » Mike Todd, American film producer (b. 1909)
• 1960 » José Antonio Aguirre, Spanish lawyer and politician, 1st President of the Basque Country (b. 1904)
• 1966 » John Harlin, American mountaineer and pilot (b. 1935)
• 1971 » Johannes Villemson, Estonian-American runner (b. 1893)
• 1971 » Nella Walker, American actress and vaudevillian (b. 1886)

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 26 » Nuclear weapons testing: The Romeo shot of Operation Castle is detonated at Bikini Atoll. Yield: 11 megatons.
• May 7 » Indochina War: The Battle of Dien Bien Phu ends in a French defeat and a Viet Minh victory (the battle began on March 13).
• August 23 » First flight of the Lockheed C-130 multi-role aircraft.
• September 17 » The novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding is first published.
• September 29 » The convention establishing CERN (the European Organization for Nuclear Research) is signed.
• November 7 » In the US, Armistice Day becomes Veterans Day.

The temperature on March 22, 1954 was between 6.6 °C and 17.3 °C and averaged 12.0 °C. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (43%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.