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• Gregory Bryan Swetland († 1994)
• Gerrit van Dijk, Driebergen-Rijsenburg, Utrecht, Nederland († 1988)
• Jozeph Gerardus Maria Haazer, Rotterdam († 1954)
• Gert Jan Pieters Flameling, Leeuwarden, Gem. Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland († 1999)
• Jan Mulder, De Krim, Gramsbergen, Overijssel, Nederland († 2019)
• Robert Leonard Maurice Lejeune, Tilburg († 1961)
• Pieter Jan Vreugdenhil, 's-Gravenzande
• Luc Salaets, Houtvenne, België († 2022)
• Geertruida Petronella Johanna Leenders, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland († 2016)
• Anna Maria Derksen, Renkum († 1955)

• Abram Wagenaar (86), St-Pancras
• Cecile FREYBURGER (82), Cernay-Sennheim (68700, Haut-Rhin, France)
• Antonia Petronella van den Bos (25), Ermelo
• Bartholomeus Hoogkamer (76), Leiden
• Anna Elisabeth de Vries (71), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adolf van den ANCKER (79), Vinkenveen
• Adriana Wilhelmina TIGGELMAN (44), 's-Gravenhage
• Abram Jacobsz Wagenaar (86), Sint Pancras
• Anna Maria Wilhelmina van der Weerden (77), Wormerveer, Nederland
• Anna Maria Tijsd. Witte (61), Den Burg (Texel)

• 1952 » Keith Ashfield, Canadian politician († 2018)
• 1952 » Tony Brise, English race car driver († 1975)
• 1953 » Melchior Ndadaye, Burundian banker and politician, 4th President of Burundi († 1993)
• 1953 » Rosemary Ashe, British actress and singer
• 1954 » Donald Brown, American pianist and educator
• 1955 » John Alderdice, Baron Alderdice, Northern Irish psychiatrist and politician, 1st Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly
• 1955 » Reba McEntire, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
• 1956 » Susan Ershler, American mountaineer and author
• 1957 » Harvey Glance, American sprinter and coach
• 1958 » Edesio Alejandro, Cuban composer

• 1943 » Sergei Rachmaninoff, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1873)
• 1944 » Stephen Leacock, English-Canadian political scientist and author (b. 1869)
• 1947 » Karol Świerczewski, Polish general (b. 1897)
• 1949 » Grigoraș Dinicu, Romanian violinist and composer (b. 1889)
• 1953 » Jim Thorpe, American football player and coach (b. 1887)
• 1958 » W. C. Handy, American trumpet player and composer (b. 1873)
• 1962 » Hugo Wast, Argentinian author and screenwriter (b. 1883)
• 1963 » Antonius Bouwens, Dutch target shooter (b. 1876)
• 1965 » Clemence Dane, English author and playwright (b. 1888)
• 1965 » Jack Hoxie, American actor (b. 1885)

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.
• April 1 » United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower authorizes the creation of the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado.
• April 8 » South African Airways Flight 201 A de Havilland DH.106 Comet 1 crashes into the sea during night killing 21 people.
• May 13 » The anti-National Service Riots, by Chinese middle school students in Singapore, take place.
• July 21 » First Indochina War: The Geneva Conference partitions Vietnam into North Vietnam and South Vietnam.
• November 13 » Great Britain defeats France to capture the first ever Rugby League World Cup in Paris in front of around 30,000 spectators.
• November 19 » Télé Monte Carlo, Europe's oldest private television channel, is launched by Prince Rainier III.

The average temperature on March 28, 1954 was 6.6 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain during 4.9 hours. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (24%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.