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• Victor Henricus Franciscus (Victor) Klaus, Bussum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2013)
• Hugo REINSTORF († 1954)
• Peter Dhondt († 2022)
• Anita Corbeels, Kampenhout († 1982)
• NN Wessel, Rotterdam († 1954)
• Catrien W. Muskita, Middelburg, Zeeland, Nederland († 2019)
• NN van Riet, Utrecht,Utrecht,Utrecht,Nederland († 1954)
• Christa, De Bilt († 2017)
• Aaltje Meems, Klazienaveen, Emmen († 2017)
• Jacobus (Jaap) Tuijp, Volendam († 1996)

• Anthonie Cornelis Deenik (74), Zeist
• Dirk Smit (92)
• Anna Maria Pieterdr Bood (76), Heiloo, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonia Cornelia van der Velden (79), Nijmegen
• Anna Elisa Peeraer (59), Hoogstraten (B), België
• David Garmon Hughes (49), Chicago,, Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• Annechien van Rossum (63), Gasselte
• Anna Maria Bood (76), Heiloo, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Heinen (71), Bunschoten, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Verhoog (78), Zwartewaal, 3238, Nederland

• 1952 » Bob McClure, American baseball player and coach
• 1952 » David Icke, English footballer and sportscaster
• 1952 » Nora Dunn, American actress and comedian
• 1952 » Rob Nicholson, Canadian lawyer and politician, 11th Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs
• 1952 » Ron Washington, American baseball player and manager
• 1954 » Jake Burton Carpenter, American snowboarder and businessman, founded Burton Snowboards
• 1954 » Jerry Seinfeld, American comedian, actor, and producer
• 1955 » Don McKinnon, Australian rugby league player
• 1955 » Kate Mulgrew, American actress
• 1956 » Karen Barad, American physicist and philosopher

• 1944 » Bernardino Machado, Portuguese academic and politician, 3rd President of Portugal (b. 1851)
• 1945 » Matthias Kleinheisterkamp, German SS officer (b. 1893)
• 1947 » Irving Fisher, American economist and statistician (b. 1867)
• 1951 » Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austrian-English philosopher and academic (b. 1889)
• 1954 » Kathleen Clarice Groom, Australian-English author and screenwriter (b. 1872)
• 1956 » Harold Bride, English soldier and operator (b. 1890)
• 1956 » Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb, German field marshal (b. 1876)
• 1959 » Kenneth Arthur Noel Anderson, India-born English soldier and Governor of Gibraltar (b. 1891)
• 1964 » Rae Johnstone, Australian jockey (b. 1905)
• 1966 » William Eccles, English physicist and engineer (b. 1875)

• 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.
• February 10 » U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower warns against United States intervention in Vietnam.
• March 19 » Joey Giardello knocks out Willie Tory in round seven at Madison Square Garden in the first televised prize boxing fight shown in colour.
• July 5 » The BBC broadcasts its first television news bulletin.
• August 10 » At Massena, New York, the groundbreaking ceremony for the Saint Lawrence Seaway is held.
• October 18 » Texas Instruments announces the first transistor radio.
• December 2 » Cold War: The United States Senate votes 65 to 22 to censure Joseph McCarthy for "conduct that tends to bring the Senate into dishonor and disrepute".

The temperature on April 29, 1954 was between 0.3 °C and 12.8 °C and averaged 6.5 °C. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (49%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.