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• Larry M. Miller, Westmont, Du Page, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 2008)
• N.N. Jonker, Bussum, Gooise Meren, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1953)
• Anna Maria (Mieke) Waas († 2021)
• Susan K Lustgraaf, Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, Iowa († 2020)
• Jan Antonius, Hooge Mierde, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1990)
• Reginald Bishop Taylor, Denver, Denver County, Colorado († 1994)
• James Adrian Wouters, Fort Pierce, St. Lucie, Florida, VS († 1987)
• Ria Steffens, Hengelo
• Jan Willem Schermer, Wormerveer († 2021)
• Louise Maria Stavenuiter, Haarlem, NL († 1953)

• * Teuntje Boxman (84), Rhenen
• (80), Middelkerke
• Angenes Joustra, Alkmaar
• Carel Jacobus Ploeg (79), 's-Gravenhage
• Adrianus Snoeren (81), Berkel-Enschot
• Catharina Sierag (60), Leiden
• Charles Minet Bright (70), St.Anthony, Fremont, Idaho
• Arien Hof (62), Alkmaar, Gemeente Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Bernardus van de Klundert (30), Wassenaar
• Arnoldus van Berlo (46), Gemert

• 1949 » Stiv Bators, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor († 1990)
• 1950 » Donald Ramotar, Guyanese politician, 8th President of Guyana
• 1952 » Greg Hawkes, American musician
• 1952 » Jeff Goldblum, American actor and producer
• 1952 » Julie Dash, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1953 » René Arce Islas, Mexican politician
• 1954 » Graham Joyce, English author and educator († 2014)
• 1956 » Alejandro Kuropatwa, Argentine photographer († 2003)
• 1956 » Frank DiPino, American baseball player and coach
• 1956 » John Adam, Australian rugby league player

• 1935 » Edward Carson, Irish-English lawyer and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales (b. 1854)
• 1935 » Ettore Marchiafava, Italian physician (b. 1847)
• 1941 » Guy Môquet, French militant (b. 1924)
• 1952 » Ernst Rüdin, Swiss psychiatrist, geneticist, and eugenicist (b. 1874)
• 1954 » Jibanananda Das, Bangladeshi-Indian author and poet (b. 1899)
• 1956 » Hannah Mitchell, English activist (b. 1872)
• 1959 » George Bouzianis, Greek painter and educator (b. 1885)
• 1959 » Joseph Cahill, Australian politician, 29th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1891)
• 1965 » Muriel George, English singer and actress (b. 1883)
• 1969 » Tommy Edwards, American singer-songwriter (b. 1922)

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 6 » Georgy Malenkov succeeds Joseph Stalin as Premier of the Soviet Union and First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
• May 25 » The first public television station in the United States officially begins broadcasting as KUHT from the campus of the University of Houston.
• June 18 » The Egyptian revolution of 1952 ends with the overthrow of the Muhammad Ali dynasty and the declaration of the Republic of Egypt.
• June 30 » The first Chevrolet Corvette rolls off the assembly line in Flint, Michigan.
• August 12 » The first testing of a real thermonuclear weapon (not test devices): The Soviet atomic bomb project continues with the detonation of "RDS-6s" (Joe 4), the first Soviet thermonuclear bomb.
• November 30 » Edward Mutesa II, the kabaka (king) of Buganda is deposed and exiled to London by Sir Andrew Cohen, Governor of Uganda.

The temperature on October 22, 1953 was between 10.7 °C and 13.0 °C and averaged 11.6 °C. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.