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• Sjoukje KEEKSTRA, Engwierum (Oostdongeradeel) Friesland Netherlands († 1963)
• Tonnie Denen, Vortum-Mullem, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1961)
• Marjan Steensma, Leeuwarden († 1990)
• NN Sepers, Leiden († 1955)
• Thomas Kritenbrink († 1999)
• Wilhelmus Nijland, Lathum († 2009)
• Lena Borsboom Borsboom († 2017)
• Susan Torson, Dover, Fayette, Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 2003)
• EVIE VAN ZEIST, Apeldoorn († 2010)
• Sidney Don, Delft († 2015)

• Arend van Brugge (83), Rotterdam
• Antonius Adam Johannes Ooms (52), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Anna Maria Lutjeveld (80), Tilburg
• Charles Alfred Pascoe (91), Cronulla,New South Wales,Australia
• Adriana Helena ZWITZER (77), Amsterdam
• Antonius Marinus Toonen (73), Cuijk en St.Agatha
• Arendina Kiekebeld (86), Dalfsen
• Hendrik Faken (60), Lienden
• Anna Cornelia Maria (Anna) BECX (35), Velp (NL/GE)
• Antonia de Groen (78), Oud en Nieuw Gastel

• 1952 » Morgan Tsvangirai, Zimbabwean politician, Prime Minister of Zimbabwe († 2018)
• 1953 » Paul Haggis, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1955 » Toshio Suzuki, Japanese race car driver
• 1956 » Larry Myricks, American long jumper and sprinter
• 1956 » Robert Llewellyn, English actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1957 » Osama bin Laden, Saudi Arabian terrorist, founded al-Qaeda († 2011)
• 1958 » Garth Crooks, English footballer forward and sportscaster
• 1958 » Sharon Stone, American actress and producer
• 1958 » Steve Howe, American baseball player († 2006)
• 1961 » Laurel Clark, American captain, physician, and astronaut († 2003)

• 1925 » Myer Prinstein, Polish-American jumper (b. 1878)
• 1937 » Yevgeny Zamyatin, Russian journalist and author (b. 1884)
• 1940 » Mikhail Bulgakov, Russian novelist and playwright (b. 1891)
• 1942 » Wilbur Scoville, American pharmacist and chemist (b. 1865)
• 1948 » Jan Masaryk, Czech soldier and politician (b. 1886)
• 1948 » Zelda Fitzgerald, American author, poet, and dancer (b. 1900)
• 1951 » Kijūrō Shidehara, Japanese lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1872)
• 1966 » Frank O'Connor, Irish short story writer, novelist, and poet (b. 1903)
• 1966 » Frits Zernike, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
• 1977 » E. Power Biggs, English-American organist and composer (b. 1906)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Peter
7. Robert
8. Pieter
9. John
10. Petrus
11. Gerrit
12. Dirk
13. David
14. Adrianus
15. Johan
16. Jacobus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Elisabeth
5. Cornelia
6. Wilhelmina
7. Catharina
8. Adriana
9. Hendrika
10. Yvonne
11. Petronella
12. Margaretha
13. Marianne
14. Gerda
15. Marie
16. Helena

• 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 10.7 million citizens.
• April 1 » The EOKA rebellion against the British Empire begins in Cyprus, with the goal of unifying with Greece.
• May 5 » The General Treaty, by which France, Britain and the United States recognize the sovereignty of West Germany, comes into effect.
• June 11 » Eighty-three spectators are killed and at least 100 are injured after an Austin-Healey and a Mercedes-Benz collide at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the deadliest ever accident in motorsports.
• July 27 » El Al Flight 402 is shot down by two fighter jets after straying into Bulgarian air space. All 58 people onboard are killed.
• September 6 » Istanbul's Greek, Jewish, and Armenian minorities are the target of a government-sponsored pogrom; dozens are killed in ensuing riots.
• October 26 » After the last Allied troops have left the country, and following the provisions of the Austrian Independence Treaty, Austria declares that it will never join a military alliance.

The temperature on March 10, 1955 was between -4.6 °C and 1.6 °C and averaged -1.9 °C. There was 9.3 hours of sunshine (81%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.