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• Gerdina Cornelia Bos, Woudenberg († 2014)
• Lloyd D. Nysse († 1999)
• Willebrordus M.W.A. Haring, Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Jennifer Ann Moore († 2016)
• Melvin Thomas ADONIS, Grassy Park, Cape Town, South Africa († 2003)
• Wil Haring, Hoorn († 1993)
• Froukje Guyt, Velsen († 1998)
• Thomas James Gotshall
• Luc Crevits, Roeselare,West-Vlaanderen,België († 2008)
• John William Smith, Cessnock, New South Wales, Australia († 2017)

• Antje Laernoes (68), Vlissingen, Zeeland, Nederland
• Anna Zuurbier (84), Spanbroek, Opmeer, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Akke van Dijken (37), Groningen
• Anna Josephine Damave (88), Vleuten
• Antje Laernoes (68), Vlissingen
• Alphonsus Breugelmans (73), Wuustwezel
• Aldegondis Carolina 'Liene Mut' Mertens (84), Dessel, Antwerpen, Vlaanderen
• Antonius Jacobs (71), Tilburg, Nederland
• Anna Cornelia Schilders (43), Tilburg
• Antonius Dams (70), Nijlen, 2560 ( Antwerpen )

• 1951 » Martin Bayerle, American treasure hunter
• 1952 » Narada Michael Walden, American singer-songwriter, drummer, and producer
• 1953 » James Russo, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1954 » Michael Moore, American director, producer, and activist
• 1954 » Stephen Dalton, English air marshal
• 1955 » Judy Davis, Australian actress
• 1955 » Tony Miles, English chess player († 2001)
• 1955 » Urmas Ott, Estonian journalist and author († 2008)
• 1957 » Jan Hooks, American actress and comedian († 2014)
• 1957 » Neville Brody, English graphic designer, typographer, and art director

• 1936 » Teresa de la Parra, French-Venezuelan author (b. 1889)
• 1951 » Charles G. Dawes, American banker and politician, 30th Vice President of the United States, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (b. 1865)
• 1951 » Jules Berry, French actor and director (b. 1883)
• 1959 » Bak Jungyang, Korean politician
• 1965 » George Adamski, Polish-American ufologist and author (b. 1891)
• 1966 » George Ohsawa, Japanese founder of the Macrobiotic diet (b. 1893)
• 1981 » Josep Pla, Catalan journalist and author (b. 1897)
• 1983 » Buster Crabbe, American swimmer and actor (b. 1908)
• 1984 » Red Garland, American pianist (b. 1923)
• 1985 » Sam Ervin, American lawyer and politician (b. 1896)

• 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 7 » United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower gives his "domino theory" speech during a news conference.
• 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).
• July 15 » First flight of the Boeing 367-80, prototype for both the Boeing 707 and C-135 series.
• September 26 » The Japanese rail ferry Tōya Maru sinks during a typhoon in the Tsugaru Strait, Japan, killing 1,172.
• November 30 » In Sylacauga, Alabama, United States, the Hodges meteorite crashes through a roof and hits a woman taking an afternoon nap; this is the only documented case in the Western Hemisphere of a human being hit by a rock from space.

The temperature on April 23, 1954 was between 3.3 °C and 13.6 °C and averaged 7.4 °C. There was 7.8 hours of sunshine (54%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.