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• Leen UYTTENBROECK, Antwerpen († 2011)
• Allan Kuiper († 2023)
• Joseph Hoffman († 1977)
• (l.l.) Post, 's-Gravenhage († 1954)
• Erna Bosman, Pretoria, Gauteng, Zuid-Afrika († 2016)
• Johanna Maria Amelia RIBBENS, Roosendaal († 2006)
• Eldir Maria Tucci Lippelt, Catanduva, São Paulo, Brasil († 2005)
• Pieter Otto Verweij († 1975)
• Luiz Ribeiro Dias, Guaranesia, Minas Gerais, Brasil († 1955)
• Lammert Bonninga († 2005)

• Christina Pieternella Boone (68), Oss
• Adrianus van der Sande (75), Breda
• Adrianus Groenendijk (60), Rotterdam
• Cornelisje VIJN (90), Obdam
• Adhemar Jacob (38), Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil
• Anna Maria van DuijvenbOden (74), Brünn=Brno
• Anton Bloemendal (62), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aagje Jongejan (75), Alkmaar
• (l.l.) Post (0), 's-Gravenhage
• Arthur Lambrecht (74), Wielsbeke, 8710, Tielt, West Vlaanderen

• 1948 » Gary Doer, Canadian politician and diplomat, 20th Premier of Manitoba
• 1949 » Gilles Gilbert, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1950 » András Adorján, Hungarian chess player and author
• 1950 » Ed Marinaro, American football player and actor
• 1950 » Sandra Morgen, American anthropologist and academic († 2016)
• 1953 » Dennis Kamakahi, American guitarist and composer († 2014)
• 1955 » Angus Young, Scottish-Australian guitarist and songwriter
• 1955 » Svetozar Marović, President of Serbia and Montenegro
• 1957 » Alan Duncan, English businessman and politician, former Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
• 1959 » Markus Hediger, Swiss poet and translator

• 1935 » Georges V. Matchabelli, Georgian-American businessman and diplomat, founded Prince Matchabelli perfume (b. 1885)
• 1939 » Ioannis Tsangaridis, Greek general (b. 1887)
• 1944 » Mineichi Koga, Japanese admiral (b. 1885)
• 1945 » Frank Findlay, New Zealand banker and politician (b. 1884)
• 1945 » Hans Fischer, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1881)
• 1950 » Robert Natus, Estonian architect (b. 1890)
• 1952 » Wallace H. White, Jr., American lawyer and politician (b. 1877)
• 1956 » Ralph DePalma, Italian-American race car driver and actor (b. 1884)
• 1968 » Grover Lowdermilk, American baseball player (b. 1885)
• 1970 » Semyon Timoshenko, Soviet Commander during the Winter War and the Eastern Front of World War II (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.
• March 19 » Willie Mosconi sets a world record by running 526 consecutive balls without a miss during a straight pool exhibition at East High Billiard Club in Springfield, Ohio, setting a record that remains unbroken.
• April 8 » South African Airways Flight 201 A de Havilland DH.106 Comet 1 crashes into the sea during night killing 21 people.
• April 25 » The first practical solar cell is publicly demonstrated by Bell Telephone Laboratories.
• July 15 » First flight of the Boeing 367-80, prototype for both the Boeing 707 and C-135 series.
• September 11 » Hurricane Edna hits New England as a Category 2 hurricane, causing significant damage and 29 deaths.
• November 22 » The Humane Society of the United States is founded.

The temperature on March 31, 1954 was between 4.1 °C and 10.6 °C and averaged 7.5 °C. There was 4.3 mm of rain during 1.5 hours. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (6%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.