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• Maarten Boon, Texel († 2015)
• Patricia Louise Clapp, McCook, Red Willow County, Nebraska († 1953)
• Gerrit Aufderhaar, Ommen († 2020)
• René VAN DE HAAR († 2011)
• Frank Petrus De Keijzer, Clinge (NL)
• Antje Agatha Littooij, Utrecht († 2011)
• Gilberto Antonio Bröring († 1997)
• Randy Spencer († 2017)
• Rob Veltmeijer, Amsterdam († 1987)
• Hendrik Waterham, Velsen († 1981)

• Clarence Edward Rivett (54), Saginaw, Michigan (USA)
• Antonius Johannes (Toon) Barlag (70), Amsterdam, Nederland
• Anna Haft (73)
• Berendina Hegeman (88), Deventer, Overijssel, Nederland
• Anna Mary Reinhart (74), Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• Christina van Eersel (86), Haren
• adriana TIMMERS (91), Vught
• Christianus van den Noort (75), Vught,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aagje Boekel (84), Alkmaar
• Berendina Hegeman (89), Deventer

• 1952 » Allen Hoey, American poet and author
• 1952 » Brent Mydland, German-American keyboard player († 1990)
• 1952 » Patti Davis, American actress and author
• 1953 » Charlotte Caffey, American guitarist and songwriter
• 1953 » Eric Faulkner, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1953 » Keith Green, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and minister († 1982)
• 1953 » Marc Johnson, American bassist, composer, and bandleader
• 1953 » Peter Mandelson, English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
• 1954 » Brian Tobin, Canadian journalist and politician, 6th Premier of Newfoundland
• 1955 » Dick DeVos, American businessman

• 1938 » Dorothy Hale, American actress (b. 1905)
• 1940 » William G. Conley, American journalist, lawyer, and politician, 18th Governor of West Virginia (b. 1866)
• 1941 » Alexander Greenlaw Hamilton, Australian biologist (b. 1852)
• 1944 » Alois Kayser, German-French missionary (b. 1877)
• 1952 » Hans Merensky, South African geologist and philanthropist (b. 1871)
• 1963 » Józef Franczak, Polish sergeant (b. 1918)
• 1965 » Bill Black, American bass player and bandleader (b. 1926)
• 1969 » Jack Kerouac, American novelist and poet (b. 1922)
• 1969 » Wacław Sierpiński, Polish mathematician and academic (b. 1882)
• 1970 » Li Linsi, Chinese educator and diplomat (b. 1896)

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.
• March 18 » An earthquake hits western Turkey, killing 265 people.
• July 26 » Soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment repel a number of Chinese assaults against a key position known as The Hook during the Battle of the Samichon River, just hours before the Armistice Agreement is signed, ending the Korean War.
• August 22 » The penal colony on Devil's Island is permanently closed.
• November 9 » Cambodia gains independence from France.
• November 23 » Pilot Felix Moncla and Lieutenant Robert Wilson disappear while in pursuit of a mysterious craft over Lake Superior.
• December 24 » Tangiwai disaster: In New Zealand's North Island, at Tangiwai, a railway bridge is damaged by a lahar and collapses beneath a passenger train, killing 151 people.

The temperature on October 21, 1953 was between 12.3 °C and 14.2 °C and averaged 13.0 °C. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.