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• Riet Bredewolt († 2010)
• Medy Liauw, Hollandia/Jayapura, Irian Jaya, Indonesië († 2016)
• Hubert Marie Robert Berger, Eindhoven,Gemeente Eindhoven,North Brabant,Netherlands († 1954)
• Evert Blotenburg († 2015)
• Evert Blotenburg († 2015)
• Jenny LEE († 2019)
• Arend Jacobsz van Duijvenbode, Leiden († 2011)
• Jan Hubers, Oploo-Sint Anthonis en Ledeacker, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands († 1985)
• George Hulst, Amsterdam
• Maria Emarentia Hoogsteder, Den Helder († 2002)

• Cornelis Daniel van den Bos (59), Rotterdam
• Anna M. Elsbernd (72), Washington, Winneshiek, Iowa, Verenigde Staten
• Antje Johannes Wiebinga (84), De Wilp, Marum, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna van der Kroft (83)
• Anne Joseph Javaux (73), Sechery, Redu, Libin, Luxembourg, Belgique
• Adriana Goes (84), Bunnik
• Catharina Maria Cornelia van Schie (66), Mijdrecht, De Ronde Venen, Utrecht, Nederland
• Christof Tenholte (0)
• Catharina Maria Cornelia Schie van (66), Mijdrecht
• Antonius Binkhorst (84), Enschede

• 1952 » Bill Belichick, American football player and coach
• 1952 » Esther Roth-Shahamorov, Israeli sprinter and hurdler
• 1952 » Michel Blanc, French actor and director
• 1953 » Jay O. Sanders, American actor
• 1953 » Peter Garrett, Australian singer-songwriter and politician
• 1954 » Ellen Barkin, American actress
• 1954 » John Bowe, Australian racing driver
• 1954 » Mike Zuke, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1955 » Bruce Bochy, American baseball player and manager
• 1955 » Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg

• 1946 » Arthur Chevrolet, Swiss-American race car driver and engineer (b. 1884)
• 1947 » Rudolf Höss, German SS officer (b. 1900)
• 1950 » Anders Peter Nielsen, Danish target shooter (b. 1867)
• 1950 » Eduard Oja, Estonian composer, conductor, and critic (b. 1905)
• 1955 » David Kirkwood, Scottish engineer and politician (b. 1872)
• 1958 » Rosalind Franklin, English biophysicist and academic (b. 1920)
• 1960 » Mihály Fekete, Hungarian actor, screenwriter and film director (b. 1884)
• 1961 » Carl Hovland, American psychologist and academic (b. 1912)
• 1965 » Francis Balfour, English soldier and colonial administrator (b. 1884)
• 1965 » Sydney Chaplin, English actor, comedian, brother of Charlie Chaplin (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.
• March 1 » Armed Puerto Rican nationalists attack the United States Capitol building, injuring five Representatives.
• 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 5 » The BBC broadcasts its first television news bulletin.
• September 9 » The 6.7 M_w  Chlef earthquake shakes northern Algeria with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme). At least 1,243 people were killed and 5,000 were injured.
• September 14 » In a top secret nuclear test, a Soviet Tu-4 bomber drops a 40 kiloton atomic weapon just north of Totskoye village.
• October 15 » Hurricane Hazel devastates the eastern seaboard of North America, killing 95 and causing massive floods as far north as Toronto.

The temperature on April 16, 1954 was between 3.2 °C and 10.4 °C and averaged 6.5 °C. There was 12.1 hours of sunshine (87%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.