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• Hariette Schellekens, Hapert († 2013)
• MARIA ALLEGONDA MOERMAN, VLAARDINGEN († 2001)
• Maria Martha Johanna Bouman, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Rene WIJNANTS, Tongeren (B) († 2014)
• Harriette Schellekens, Hoogeloon, Hapert en Casteren († 2013)
• N.N. van de Beek
• Franciscus Wilhelmus Prevos, Hoensbroek, Heerlen († 1955)
• Dale L Abeln, Mitchell, Davison County, South Dakota, Verenigde Staten († 1997)
• dorothea henrica silvera maria (doret) beumers, helden-panningen
• Jaap Muller, Uithuizen, Uithuizen, Groningen, Nederland

• Abraham Hartman (82), 's-Gravenhage
• Adriaantje Neeltje van den Hoek (20), Spijkenisse, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aagje Klaasd Wink (57), Hoofddorp, nh.nld
• Antonia Anna Margreta Scheepmaker (73), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Bierma (81)
• Aalbertje van Roekel (77), Elst,, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aart van 't Hul (76), Oldebroek, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adrianus Franciscus van Herpen (29), Oploo, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Antonetta van den Heuvel (88), Schijndel
• Adriaantje Klip (41)

• 1951 » Lindy Morrison, Australian rock drummer
• 1951 » Thomas Mallon, American novelist, essayist, and critic
• 1952 » Maxine Nightingale, English R&B/soul singer
• 1954 » Pat Croce, American businessman and author
• 1955 » Chris Burnett, American saxophonist and composer
• 1955 » Thomas Grunenberg, German footballer and manager
• 1956 » Dale Brown, American author and pilot
• 1957 » Carter Beauford, American drummer and composer
• 1958 » Willie McGee, American baseball player and manager
• 1959 » Peter Mullan, Scottish actor, director, and screenwriter

• 1949 » Jerome F. Donovan, American lawyer and politician (b. 1872)
• 1950 » George Bernard Shaw, Irish author, playwright, and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1856)
• 1952 » Mehmet Esat Bülkat, Greek-Turkish general (b. 1862)
• 1958 » Jean Couzy, French mountaineer and engineer (b. 1923)
• 1959 » Michael Considine, Irish-Australian trade union leader and politician (b. 1885)
• 1960 » Dimitri Mitropoulos, Greek conductor and composer (b. 1896)
• 1961 » James Thurber, American humorist and cartoonist (b. 1894)
• 1961 » Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa I, Hakim of Bahrain (b. 1894)
• 1963 » Ngô Đình Diệm, Vietnamese politician, 1st President of the Republic of Vietnam (b. 1901)
• 1963 » Ngô Đình Nhu, Vietnamese activist, archivist, politician, and tactical strategist (b. 1910)

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.
• February 18 » Operation Teapot: Teapot test shot "Wasp" is successfully detonated at the Nevada Test Site with a yield of 1.2 kilotons. Wasp is the first of fourteen shots in the Teapot series.
• March 2 » Norodom Sihanouk, king of Cambodia, abdicates the throne in favor of his father, Norodom Suramarit.
• April 3 » The American Civil Liberties Union announces it will defend Allen Ginsberg's book Howl against obscenity charges.
• 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 7 » Lux Radio Theatre signs off the air permanently. The show launched in New York in 1934, and featured radio adaptations of Broadway shows and popular films.
• December 14 » Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Ceylon, Finland, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Laos, Libya, Nepal, Portugal, Romania and Spain join the United Nations through United Nations Security Council Resolution 109.

The temperature on November 2, 1955 was between -3.9 °C and 5.5 °C and averaged 0.9 °C. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (69%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.