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• Louise Erica van Eeghen, Heemstede
• Henk Hessel Simons († 2005)
• Anita Keesman, Winkel
• Hesseltje Alles de Jong, Arum, Wonseradeel, Friesland, Nederland († 1978)
• Paul Duane Brummel, Zeeland,Mi († 1955)
• Frank Scholte († 1955)
• Rex Wayne Marshall († 2010)
• Martinus Haring, Westwoud, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• N N van Dieren, Hilversum († 1955)
• Geertruida Maria Cunera van de Linden († 2017)

• Albertus du Pree (26), Leusden
• Anna Maria Schulte (76), Zaandam
• Alida Smits, Doorn
• Effie Lee Tatum Alexander (75), Beaumont, Jefferson, Texas, Verenigde Staten
• Adrianus Sebastianus van der Lans (18)
• Cornelis TEEKEN (74), Utrecht
• Edward Wallace (66)
• Anna Versteeg (81), Rock Valley, Sioux County, Iowa
• Cornelius Josephus Laureij (72), Tilburg
• Beertje de Jonge (49), Hardenberg

• 1952 » Delroy Lindo, English actor and director
• 1952 » Peter Beattie, Australian lawyer and politician, 36th Premier of Queensland
• 1953 » Alan Moore, English author and illustrator
• 1953 » Jan Kuehnemund, American rock guitarist († 2013)
• 1953 » Kevin Nealon, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter
• 1955 » Carter Burwell, American composer and conductor
• 1956 » Jim Weirich, American computer scientist, developed Rake Software († 2014)
• 1956 » Noel Brotherston, Irish-English footballer and painter († 1995)
• 1956 » Warren Moon, American football player and sportscaster
• 1957 » Tony Bunn, American bassist, composer, producer, and writer

• 1940 » Ivane Javakhishvili, Georgian historian and academic (b. 1876)
• 1941 » Émile Nelligan, Canadian poet and author (b. 1879)
• 1941 » Chris Watson, Chilean-Australian journalist and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1867)
• 1941 » Walther Nernst, German chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1864)
• 1952 » Paul Éluard, French poet and author (b. 1895)
• 1962 » Niels Bohr, Danish footballer, physicist, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1885)
• 1965 » Henry A. Wallace, American agronomist and bureaucrat, 33rd Vice President of the United States, 11th US Secretary of Agriculture (b. 1888)
• 1969 » Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., American businessman and diplomat, 44th United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom (b. 1888)
• 1969 » Ted Heath, English trombonist and bandleader (b. 1902)
• 1972 » Danny Whitten, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Crazy Horse) (b. 1943)

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. Margaretha
13. Marianne
14. Gerda
15. Marie
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.
• January 7 » Contralto Marian Anderson becomes the first person of color to perform at the Metropolitan Opera in Giuseppe Verdi's Un ballo in maschera.
• April 15 » McDonald's restaurant dates its founding to the opening of a franchised restaurant by Ray Kroc, in Des Plaines, Illinois.
• June 26 » The South African Congress Alliance adopts the Freedom Charter at the Congress of the People in Kliptown.
• October 29 » The Soviet battleshipNovorossiysk strikes a World War II mine in the harbor at Sevastopol.
• November 1 » The Vietnam War begins.
• November 19 » National Review publishes its first issue.

The temperature on November 18, 1955 was between -0.5 °C and 4.6 °C and averaged 2.4 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.