About the day » Thursday January 29, 1953Calender converter

• Philippus Falkena, Koufurderrige, Friesland, Nederland († 2006)
• Henry De Waegeneer, Aalst († 1984)
• Marianne Conrads, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2017)
• Klaziena Grietje Schonewille, Marknesse, Noordoostpolder, Flevoland, Nederland († 2022)
• Ben Howard Hirschy († 1985)
• Gerda Bakker († 1989)
• Luc Constant DE WAELE, Waregem († 2003)
• Christina Helena Porton, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Hubertus Antonius Jacobs, Heumen,, Gelderland, Nederland († 2015)
• Berend OOSTERHUIS, Kupang East Nusa Tenggara Indonesia († 2014)

• Antonius Petrus Graaf de (65), Loon op Zand
• Albert KUIPER (86), Ellsworth, Antrim, Michigan, USA 49729
• Aaltje Mars (85), Zaandijk
• Brigitta Moesen (40), Bilzen
• Anne de Jong (91), Hemrik
• Cornelia Meijer (82), Ermelo, GL
• Anna Bernardina KATTEVILDER (56), Delft
• Antonius Petrus de Graaf (65), Ulvenhout, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Casper Oudendijk (55), Haarlem
• Tensen (16), Andijk, 1619, Nederland

• 1950 » Ann Jillian, American actress and singer
• 1950 » Jody Scheckter, South African race car driver and sportscaster
• 1951 » Andy Roberts, Caribbean cricketer
• 1951 » Fereydoon Forooghi, Iranian singer-songwriter († 2001)
• 1953 » Charlie Wilson, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1953 » Peter Baumann, German keyboard player and songwriter
• 1953 » Teresa Teng, Taiwanese singer († 1995)
• 1954 » Christian Bjelland IV, Norwegian businessman and art collector
• 1954 » Oprah Winfrey, American talk show host, actress, and producer, founded Harpo Productions
• 1954 » Terry Kinney, American actor and director

• 1944 » William Allen White, American journalist and author (b. 1868)
• 1946 » Harry Hopkins, American businessman and politician, 8th United States Secretary of Commerce (b. 1890)
• 1948 » Prince Aimone, Duke of Aosta (b. 1900)
• 1950 » Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti ruler (b. 1885)
• 1951 » Frank Tarrant, Australian cricketer and umpire (b. 1880)
• 1956 » H. L. Mencken, American journalist and critic (b. 1880)
• 1959 » Winifred Brunton, South African painter and illustrator (b. 1880)
• 1962 » Fritz Kreisler, Austrian-American violinist and composer (b. 1875)
• 1963 » Robert Frost, American poet and playwright (b. 1874)
• 1964 » Alan Ladd, American actor (b. 1913)

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.
• January 19 » Almost 72 percent of all television sets in the United States are tuned into I Love Lucy to watch Lucy give birth.
• February 11 » The Soviet Union breaks off diplomatic relations with Israel.
• February 19 » Book censorship in the United States: The Georgia Literature Commission is established.
• June 9 » The Flint–Worcester tornado outbreak sequence kills 94 people in Massachusetts.
• June 19 » Cold War: Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are executed at Sing Sing, in New York.
• August 10 » First Indochina War: The French Union withdraws its forces from Operation Camargue against the Viet Minh in central Vietnam.

The temperature on January 29, 1953 was between 7.8 °C and 10.0 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.