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• Marrianne Kooiman, Andijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Akke van Zuiden († 1998)
• Robert van der Tak, Amsterdam († 2018)
• Paulus Quirinus van der Zande, Den Haag († 2009)
• Peter van der Sijde, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2021)
• Peter Molleman († 2011)
• Theresia Jacoba Maria Verbeek, Poeldijk († 2009)
• Frans Raaijmakers († 1954)
• Onbenoemd Alting, Groningen, Groningen, Groningen, Nederland († 1953)
• Wietske Cnossen, Sneek († 2008)

• Pieter Moolenaar (79), Sassenheim
• Antonius Cornelis Franciscus van Belkom (77), Gilze en Rijen, Gemeente Gilze en Rijen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aaltje Willemsd van Berkum (86), Breda
• Antoinette Petronella Ida SONIUS (64), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Huisman (63), Nijmegen, Nederland
• Benedikt van Britsom (62), Temse (B)
• Alwine Melchior (of Malchior) (81), Zeist
• Arthur Thomas Flanigan (70), Los Angeles, California
• Arie Vermaat (69), Rijswijk
• Angelina Angela Fisco (65), Brooklyn, Kings, New York, Verenigde Staten

• 1950 » Bob Gilder, American golfer
• 1950 » Inge Helten, German sprinter
• 1950 » Phil Blakeway, Welsh-English rugby player
• 1951 » Kenny Roberts, American motorcycle racer
• 1951 » Tom Hamilton, American bass player and songwriter
• 1952 » Jean-Pierre Rives, French rugby player, painter, and sculptor
• 1952 » Vaughan Jones, New Zealand mathematician and academic
• 1953 » Jane Badler, American actress
• 1954 » Alex Salmond, Scottish economist and politician, 4th First Minister of Scotland
• 1954 » Hermann Tilke, German racing driver, architect and engineer

• 1948 » Malcolm Campbell, English racing driver and journalist (b. 1885)
• 1949 » Rıza Tevfik Bölükbaşı, Turkish philosopher, poet, and politician (b. 1869)
• 1949 » Raimond Valgre, Estonian pianist and composer (b. 1913)
• 1950 » Charles Koechlin, French composer and educator (b. 1867)
• 1951 » Murtaza Hasan Chandpuri, Indian Muslim scholar (b. 1868)
• 1953 » Albert Plesman, Dutch businessman, founded KLM (b. 1889)
• 1964 » Ólafur Thors, Icelandic lawyer and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Iceland (b. 1892)
• 1964 » Bobby Byrne, American baseball and soccer player (b. 1884)
• 1964 » Henry Maitland Wilson, English field marshal (b. 1881)
• 1968 » George Lewis, American clarinet player and composer (b. 1900)

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.
• April 8 » Mau Mau leader Jomo Kenyatta is convicted by British Kenya's rulers.
• April 29 » The first U.S. experimental 3D television broadcast showed an episode of Space Patrol on Los Angeles ABC affiliate KECA-TV.
• June 18 » The Egyptian revolution of 1952 ends with the overthrow of the Muhammad Ali dynasty and the declaration of the Republic of Egypt.
• July 17 » The largest number of United States midshipman casualties in a single event results from an aircraft crash in Florida, killing 44.
• July 26 » Arizona Governor John Howard Pyle orders an anti-polygamy law enforcement crackdown on residents of Short Creek, Arizona, which becomes known as the Short Creek raid.
• December 9 » Red Scare: General Electric announces that all communist employees will be discharged from the company.

The temperature on December 31, 1953 was between -3.8 °C and -1.2 °C and averaged -2.4 °C. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.