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• Jan Kapitein, Den Helder († 1991)
• Женик Mamikonyan († 2014)
• Paulette Broek, Orange City, Iowa, VS († 2012)
• Dirk van der Plas, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2018)
• Hilda Henrica Christiana Verellen († 1967)
• NN van der Horst, Rotterdam
• Gijsbertha Francisca van der Plas, Katwijk († 1954)
• Huub Lammersen († 2014)
• Geert Rijnen, Vortum-Mullem, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2012)
• Hans Bovenschen, Rhenen († 2012)

• Ann Eliza (Annie) Brock #4012*10 (90), Llandough, Glamorgan, Wales
• Adriana van Geest (71), Den Haag, Nederland
• Charles Edward Scott (84), Selah, Yakima, Washington
• Aaltje van der Glas (82), Delfzijl, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Melis (66), Geel (België)
• Aaron Goudsmit (75), Eindhoven
• Boukje van Popta (68), Groningen
• Banier (tot 1910 Jippe) De Haan (61), Haarlem
• Antonie Agterberg (76), Amsterdam
• Arie de Vos (63), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands

• 1949 » George Foreman, American boxer, actor, and businessman
• 1949 » Kemal Derviş, Turkish economist and politician, Turkish Minister of Economy
• 1949 » Linda Lovelace, American porn actress and activist († 2002)
• 1950 » Roy Blunt, American academic and politician
• 1952 » Scott Thurston, American guitarist and songwriter
• 1953 » Bobby Rahal, American race car driver
• 1953 » Pat Benatar, American singer-songwriter
• 1955 » Michael Schenker, German guitarist, songwriter, and producer
• 1956 » Antonio Muñoz Molina, Spanish author
• 1956 » Shawn Colvin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1949 » Erich von Drygalski, German geographer and geophysicist (b. 1865)
• 1951 » Sinclair Lewis, American novelist, short-story writer, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1885)
• 1951 » Yoshio Nishina, Japanese physicist and academic (b. 1890)
• 1954 » Chester Wilmot, American journalist and historian (b. 1911)
• 1956 » Zonia Baber, American geographer and geologist (b. 1862)
• 1957 » Gabriela Mistral, Chilean poet and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1889)
• 1957 » Laura Ingalls Wilder, American novelist (b. 1867)
• 1959 » Şükrü Kaya, Turkish jurist and politician, Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1883)
• 1960 » Jack Laviolette, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (b. 1879)
• 1961 » Dashiell Hammett, American detective novelist and screenwriter (b. 1894)

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

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Hendrika
8. Catharina
9. Adriana
10. Margaretha
11. Yvonne
12. Petronella
13. Geertruida
14. Linda
15. Alida
16. Jacoba

• 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 10.4 million citizens.
• February 11 » The Soviet Union breaks off diplomatic relations with Israel.
• March 18 » An earthquake hits western Turkey, killing 265 people.
• April 13 » CIA director Allen Dulles launches the mind-control program Project MKUltra.
• August 12 » The 7.2 M_s  Ionian earthquake shakes the southern Ionian Islands with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). Between 445 and 800 people are killed.
• September 12 » U.S. Senator and future President John Fitzgerald Kennedy marries Jacqueline Lee Bouvier at St. Mary's Church in Newport, Rhode Island.
• November 23 » Pilot Felix Moncla and Lieutenant Robert Wilson disappear while in pursuit of a mysterious craft over Lake Superior.

The temperature on January 10, 1953 was between -0.5 °C and 4.1 °C and averaged 1.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (42%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.