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• Tjeerd Heidbuurt († 1972)
• Hanneke Eveleens, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2004)
• Johannes Doldersum, Hardenberg († 1954)
• Hanneke Eveleens († 2004)
• Teunis,Cornelis de Ruijter, Velsen, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2000)
• Josephus Martinus Franciscus ROOIJAKKERS, Beek en Donk († 1980)
• Wayne Allan van't Hul († 1970)
• Albert (Alwin) Van der Helm († 1989)
• Robert Allen Pisko, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey, Verenigde Staten († 2016)
• Joze Jeanne Mensen, Frankrijk († 1968)

• Constance Lola Heap (35), Feilding, Manawatu District, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand
• Catharina Hazeu (85), Berkel &, Rodenrijs, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Jan Veen (47), Soest, Utrecht, Nederland
• Antonia Ludovica Bracke (80), Gent
• Cornelis Johannes Van Der Kaaij (84), Leiden
• Cornelis RIBBENS (73), Etten
• Aafje Groot (87), Schoorl (Noord-Holland)
• Cornelis Kolle (87), Haarlemmermeer
• Anje Everts Emmelkamp (71), Siddeburen
• Adrianus Willebrordus Schrama (67), Ouder-Amstel, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1951 » Tony Danza, American actor and producer
• 1952 » Cheryl Gillan, British businesswoman and politician, Secretary of State for Wales
• 1952 » Gerald Early, American author and academic
• 1953 » John Brumby, Australian politician, 45th Premier of Victoria
• 1954 » Ebiet G. Ade, Indonesian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1954 » James Morrison, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1955 » Doug Soetaert, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1955 » Murathan Mungan, Turkish author, poet, and playwright
• 1956 » Peter Kosminsky, English director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1956 » Phillip Longman, German-American demographer and journalist

• 1938 » Muhammad Iqbal, Indian-Pakistani philosopher and poet (b. 1877)
• 1941 » Fritz Manteuffel, German gymnast (b. 1875)
• 1945 » Walter Model, German field marshal (b. 1891)
• 1946 » John Maynard Keynes, English economist and philosopher (b. 1883)
• 1948 » Aldo Leopold, American ecologist and author (b. 1887)
• 1952 » Leslie Banks, American actor, director and producer (b. 1890)
• 1954 » Emil Leon Post, Polish-American mathematician and logician (b. 1897)
• 1956 » Charles MacArthur, American playwright and screenwriter (b. 1895)
• 1965 » Edward Victor Appleton, English-Scottish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1892)
• 1971 » François Duvalier, Haitian physician and politician, 40th President of Haiti (b. 1907)

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.
• January 21 » The first nuclear-powered submarine, the USSNautilus, is launched in Groton, Connecticut by Mamie Eisenhower, the First Lady of the United States.
• March 13 » The Battle of Điện Biên Phủ begins with an artillery barrage by Viet Minh forces under Võ Nguyên Giáp; Viet Minh victory lead to the end of the First Indochina War and French withdrawal from Vietnam.
• April 25 » The first practical solar cell is publicly demonstrated by Bell Telephone Laboratories.
• May 17 » The United States Supreme Court hands down a unanimous decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, outlawing racial segregation in public schools.
• July 4 » Rationing ends in the United Kingdom.
• 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 21, 1954 was between 4.6 °C and 13.7 °C and averaged 8.4 °C. There was 8.7 hours of sunshine (61%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.