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• NN Wessel, Rotterdam († 1954)
• Michael G Sandbulte († 1993)
• Franciscus Wilhelmus Maria (Frans) van Wijk († 2002)
• Hugo REINSTORF († 1954)
• Catrien W. Muskita, Middelburg, Zeeland, Nederland († 2019)
• Aaltje (Aly) Meems, winschoten († 2017)
• Tjerk Tichelaar, Amsterdam († 2005)
• N.N. Visser, Harlingen, Friesland, Nederland
• Jan Janse de Bruijn († 1961)
• Johann (Hans) Werder, Eisenerz ( Oostenrijk)

• Elisabeth van Der Heide (77), Amsterdam
• Berend Snoeijink (61), Sibculo
• Barend Hendrik De Harde (57), Amsterdam, N-Holl, NL
• Elisabeth Catharina Hendrikx (54), Heerlen, Limburg, Nederland
• Berent Bosboom (86), Wedde, Groningen, Netherlands
• Elisabeth Scharloo (95), Dubbeldam, Dordrecht
• Annechien van Rossum (63), Gasselte
• David Garmon Hughes (49), Chicago (Illinois, USA)
• Constantius Joannes Bernardus Beerens (64), Tilburg
• Anna Elisabeth Greeff (85), Hilversum

• 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)

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.
• February 10 » U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower warns against United States intervention in Vietnam.
• February 19 » Transfer of Crimea: The Soviet Politburo of the Soviet Union orders the transfer of the Crimean Oblast from the Russian SFSR to the Ukrainian SSR.
• June 14 » U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs a bill into law that places the words "under God" into the United States Pledge of Allegiance.
• July 7 » Elvis Presley makes his radio debut when WHBQ Memphis played his first recording for Sun Records, "That's All Right".
• October 15 » Hurricane Hazel devastates the eastern seaboard of North America, killing 95 and causing massive floods as far north as Toronto.
• November 19 » Télé Monte Carlo, Europe's oldest private television channel, is launched by Prince Rainier III.

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.