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• Aaltje Pastink († 2023)
• Arianne de Jong, Katwijk († 1993)
• Levenloos van Luijn, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1955)
• Curtis Lee Murphy, Moultrie, Colquitt County, Georgia, United States of America († 2013)
• John Rust († 2002)
• Gerardus Antonius Peter van Rooij, Zwolle, Gelderland, Nederland
• Henricus JOhannes Robertus Paul SPRONKEN, Maastricht († 2014)
• Marcellius Wilhelmus Maria van Eck, 's-Hertogenbosch († 1974)
• Mat van Houdt († 2022)
• José Mommers, Heerlen,, Limburg, Nederland († 1995)

• Cornelia Schipper (90)
• Catharina Lefel Stevens (41), 's-Gravenhage
• Cornelia van Beelen (40), Scheveningen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Noordegraaf (46), Rotterdam
• Amalia Scherhaufer (69), Sheboygan, WI
• Adrianus Vloet (88), St. Hubert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Aloysius Olijve (47), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Annes Beetsma (94), leeuwarden
• Bartholomeus Dominicus Wijsman (69), Den Haag,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Berend Kwint (60), Emmen

• 1952 » Pierre Moerlen, French drummer (Gong) († 2005)
• 1953 » Joaquín Lavín, Chilean politician and economist
• 1953 » Taner Akçam, Turkish sociologist and historian
• 1954 » Ang Lee, Taiwanese-American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1956 » Adam Nawałka, Polish football player and manager
• 1956 » Darrell Pace, American archer
• 1956 » Dianne Reeves, American singer
• 1956 » Dwight Yoakam, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
• 1957 » Graham Rix, English footballer and coach
• 1957 » Paul Kagame, Rwandan soldier and politician, 6th President of Rwanda

• 1939 » Zane Grey, American dentist and author (b. 1872)
• 1942 » Ralph Rainger, American pianist and composer (b. 1901)
• 1943 » Wakashima Gonshirō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 21st Yokozuna (b. 1876)
• 1944 » Charles Glover Barkla, English-Scottish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1877)
• 1944 » Hana Brady, Czech holocaust victim (b. 1931)
• 1950 » Al Jolson, Lithuanian-American actor and singer (b. 1886)
• 1953 » Adrien de Noailles, French son of Jules Charles Victurnien de Noailles (b. 1869)
• 1959 » George Bouzianis, Greek painter (b. 1885)
• 1959 » Gerda Lundequist, Swedish actress (b. 1871)
• 1964 » Frank Luther Mott, American historian and journalist (b. 1886)

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.
• June 2 » The USSR and Yugoslavia sign the Belgrade declaration and thus normalize relations between both countries, discontinued since 1948.
• July 27 » El Al Flight 402 is shot down by two fighter jets after straying into Bulgarian air space. All 58 people onboard are killed.
• August 20 » Battle of Philippeville: In Morocco, a force of Berbers from the Atlas Mountains region of Algeria raid two rural settlements and kill 77 French nationals.
• September 25 » The Royal Jordanian Air Force is founded.
• October 26 » After the last Allied troops have left the country, and following the provisions of the Austrian Independence Treaty, Austria declares that it will never join a military alliance.

The temperature on October 23, 1955 was between 6.6 °C and 10.3 °C and averaged 8.2 °C. There was 2.7 mm of rain during 7.0 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.