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• Jan Drok, Vollenhove († 2022)
• Tony Edward Oscar DEVERELL, Burnie, Tasmania, Australia († 1998)
• Claire Préal, Sint-Truiden, België († 2021)
• Norbert Lagansky, Pinneberg
• Barry Lawrence PAYNE, England († 1988)
• Michelle Lynn Bolt, Grand Rapids Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 1974)
• Kind van der Horst, Roosendaal en Nispen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1953)
• Simon Egbert Stork († 2005)
• Jannigje van Middelkoop, Tienhoven, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1954)
• Marinus van Steenis († 2006)

• Antje Elings (65), Herveld
• Aart Aartsz Veerman (54), Huizen
• Arie Mulder (67)
• Alfons De Schrijver (51), Aalst, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgie
• Antje Elings (65), Herveld
• Anna Maria Claes (55), St. Pieters Lille (België)
• Albert Greving, Anloo,Drenthe,Niederlande
• Alice F. Westover (76), Binghamton, Broome, New York, Verenigde Staten
• Berendina Meerbeek (70), Zelhem
• Alfons [politieagent] Stalpaert (51), Aalst, OVld, Be

• 1951 » Chris Frantz, American drummer and producer
• 1951 » Mike D'Antoni, American basketball player and coach
• 1951 » Philip Bailey, American singer-songwriter, drummer, and actor
• 1952 » Peter McNab, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
• 1953 » Alex Van Halen, Dutch-American drummer
• 1953 » Billy Burnette, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
• 1954 » David Keith, American actor and director
• 1954 » John Michael Talbot, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1954 » Pam Arciero, American puppeteer and voice actress
• 1955 » Stephen Furst, American actor and director († 2017)

• 1945 » Bernhard Rust, German lieutenant and politician (b. 1883)
• 1945 » Frank Bourne, British soldier, last survivor of the Battle of Rorke's Drift (b. 1854)
• 1945 » Josef Terboven, German lieutenant and politician (b. 1898)
• 1945 » Wilhelm Rediess, German SS officer (b. 1900)
• 1947 » Harry Gordon Selfridge, American-English businessman, founded Selfridges (b. 1858)
• 1948 » U Saw, Burmese politician, Prime Minister of Burma (b. 1900)
• 1950 » Vital Brazil, Brazilian physician and immunologist (b. 1865)
• 1952 » William Fox, Austrian businessman, founded Fox Theatres (b. 1879)
• 1959 » John Fraser, Canadian soccer player (b. 1881)
• 1960 » J. H. C. Whitehead, Indian-English mathematician and academic (b. 1904)

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 25 » Francis Crick and James Watson publish "Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids: A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid" describing the double helix structure of DNA.
• June 17 » Cold War: East Germany Workers Uprising: In East Germany, the Soviet Union orders a division of troops into East Berlin to quell a rebellion.
• July 17 » The largest number of United States midshipman casualties in a single event results from an aircraft crash in Florida, killing 44.
• September 13 » Nikita Khrushchev is appointed General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
• September 21 » Lieutenant No Kum-sok, a North Korean pilot, defects to South Korea with his jet fighter.
• November 23 » Pilot Felix Moncla and Lieutenant Robert Wilson disappear while in pursuit of a mysterious craft over Lake Superior.

The temperature on May 8, 1953 was between 4.2 °C and 11.3 °C and averaged 8.1 °C. There was 5.8 hours of sunshine (38%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.