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• Siebe Sybe Donga, Hallum, Ferweradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 2023)
• N.N. Moesker, Winschoten († 1955)
• Dimphie Broosus († 2018)
• Anna Cornelia Visser
• Liesje Vos, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• NN Ernest († 1955)
• Francisca Apon, Palembang († 2003)
• Yvonne Wolvers, Delft († 1956)
• Janna IJmker, Beilen, Drenthe, Nederland († 2007)
• Thea Froukje Visser, Brunssum († 1955)

• Damen (85), Breda, Nederland
• Anna Kruimelaar (57), Holten, Overijssel, Nederland
• Antonia Gerarda ( Antje ) Demon- (38), Huissen, Nederland
• Amadeu Ricardo Dias (64), Lins, São Paulo, Brasil
• Aaltje Nap (85), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan Vermerris (82), Middelburg, Zeeland, Netherlands
• Anna Elisabeth Bollen (73), Eksel
• Adam Gerard van Wersch (27), Kerkrade,, Limburg, Nederland
• Anna Kruimelaar (57), Holten, Overijssel, Nederland
• August Willem Wouters (50), Kerkrade (L

• 1949 » Amin Maalouf, Lebanese-French journalist and author
• 1950 » Francisco Fernández Ochoa, Spanish skier; 1972 Olympic slalom champion († 2006)
• 1950 » Néstor Kirchner, Argentinian politician; 51st President of Argentina, 2003–2007 († 2010)
• 1950 » Neil Jordan, Irish film director, screenwriter and author
• 1951 » Don Quarrie, Jamaican sprinter and coach; four Olympic medals and two world records
• 1952 » Joey Dunlop, Northern Irish motorcycle road racing champion; holds record for most wins (26) at the Isle of Man TT († 2000)
• 1953 » José María Aznar, Spanish politician; Prime Minister of Spain, 1996–2004
• 1957 » Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Singapore politician; 5th Senior Minister of Singapore
• 1958 » Kurt Rambis, American basketball player and coach; four-time NBA Finals champion
• 1962 » Birgit Fischer, German kayaker; winner of eight Olympic gold medals

• 1945 » Mário de Andrade, Brazilian author, poet, and photographer (b. 1893)
• 1950 » George Minot, American physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1885)
• 1953 » Sergei Winogradsky, Ukrainian-Russian microbiologist and ecologist (b. 1856)
• 1957 » Bugs Moran, American mob boss (b. 1893)
• 1957 » Mark Aldanov, Russian author and critic (b. 1888)
• 1963 » Melville J. Herskovits, American anthropologist and academic (b. 1895)
• 1964 » Alexander Archipenko, Ukrainian sculptor and illustrator (b. 1887)
• 1964 » Grace Metalious, American author (b. 1924)
• 1970 » Mark Rothko, Latvian-American painter and academic (b. 1903)
• 1971 » Theodor Svedberg, Swedish chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1884)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Peter
7. Robert
8. Pieter
9. John
10. Petrus
11. Gerrit
12. Dirk
13. David
14. Adrianus
15. Johan
16. Gerardus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Elisabeth
5. Cornelia
6. Wilhelmina
7. Catharina
8. Adriana
9. Hendrika
10. Yvonne
11. Petronella
12. Marianne
13. Margaretha
14. Marie
15. Helena
16. Gerda

• 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 10.7 million citizens.
• February 13 » Israel obtains four of the seven Dead Sea Scrolls.
• April 7 » Winston Churchill resigns as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom amid indications of failing health.
• April 15 » McDonald's restaurant dates its founding to the opening of a franchised restaurant by Ray Kroc, in Des Plaines, Illinois.
• April 18 » Twenty-nine nations meet at Bandung, Indonesia, for the first Asian-African Conference.
• November 19 » National Review publishes its first issue.
• December 1 » American Civil Rights Movement: In Montgomery, Alabama, seamstress Rosa Parks refuses to give up her bus seat to a white man and is arrested for violating the city's racial segregation laws, an incident which leads to that city's bus boycott.

The temperature on February 25, 1955 was between -5.0 °C and 0.1 °C and averaged -3.2 °C. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.