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• Peter Tuinier, Utrecht (NL) († 1955)
• Johannes Jacobus Meeuwenoord, Noordwijkerhout († 2019)
• Franciscus Bernardus Janssen, Bergh († 1998)
• Hermanus Josephus Maria (Hermy) van Rheden, Arnhem († 2006)
• Edward Lodewijk "Eddie" Halen, van, Nijmegen († 2020)
• Edward Lodewijk (Eddie) van Halen, Amsterdam, Nederland († 2020)
• Jorge Luiz Rodrigues da Fonseca, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil († 2009)
• Albert Wijnands, Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2014)
• Beatrijs Maria Suzanna Jozef Redee, Brugge († 1984)
• Rocky Lyle Tate, Tarrant County, Texas († 1999)

• Arnoldus Jacobus Hermanus van Wingerde (64), Delft,-
• Bertha Anna Reinders (78), Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland
• Adela Sarah Ann Metzger (73), Berks Co.Pennsylvania
• Adrianus Wilhelmus Nootenboom (61), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna GUIRAUD (78), Vauvert,30600,Gard,Languedoc-Roussillon,FRANCE
• Cornelia Antonia de Weerd (48), Vleuten/De Meern
• Aaltje Koning (82), Baarn
• Célia Caldas Kerr (47), São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil
• Anthony Antonie Sintnicolaas Sintniklaas (88), 's-Gravendeel, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bertha Anna Reinders (78), Denekamp

• 1951 » Andy Hummel, American singer-songwriter and bass player († 2010)
• 1951 » David Briggs, Australian guitarist, songwriter, and producer
• 1953 » Alik L. Alik, Micronesian politician, 7th Vice President of the Federated States of Micronesia
• 1953 » Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Danish politician and diplomat, 39th Prime Minister of Denmark
• 1953 » Lucinda Williams, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1954 » Kim Hughes, Australian cricketer
• 1955 » Eddie Van Halen, Dutch-American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
• 1957 » Road Warrior Hawk, American wrestler († 2003)
• 1958 » Anita Baker, American singer-songwriter
• 1958 » Ellen DeGeneres, American comedian, actress, and talk show host

• 1946 » Adriaan van Maanen, Dutch-American astronomer and academic (b. 1884)
• 1946 » Oskar Kallas, Estonian linguist and diplomat (b. 1868)
• 1947 » Grace Moore, American soprano and actress (b. 1898)
• 1948 » Fred Conrad Koch, American biochemist and endocrinologist (born 1876)
• 1948 » John Lomax, American musicologist and academic (b. 1867)
• 1948 » Kâzım Karabekir, Turkish general and politician, 5th Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (b. 1882)
• 1952 » Khorloogiin Choibalsan, Mongolian general and politician, 12th Prime Minister of Mongolia (b. 1895)
• 1953 » Athanase David, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1882)
• 1957 » Helene Costello, American actress (b. 1906)
• 1962 » Lucky Luciano, Italian-American mob boss (b. 1897)

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. Jacobus

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. Gerda
16. Helena

• 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.
• April 24 » The Bandung Conference ends: Twenty-nine non-aligned nations of Asia and Africa finish a meeting that condemns colonialism, racism, and the Cold War.
• May 9 » Cold War: West Germany joins NATO.
• July 15 » Eighteen Nobel laureates sign the Mainau Declaration against nuclear weapons, later co-signed by thirty-four others.
• November 5 » After being destroyed in World War II, the rebuilt Vienna State Opera reopens with a performance of Beethoven's Fidelio.
• December 5 » The American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations merge and form the AFL–CIO.
• December 31 » General Motors becomes the first U.S. corporation to make over US$1 billion in a year.

The temperature on January 26, 1955 was between -1.8 °C and 1.6 °C and averaged -0.2 °C. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.