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• Alex Otter, Koekange, De Wijk, Drenthe, Nederland († 2020)
• Jan Visscher, Den Ham, Overijssel, Nederland
• Frank M Weber Jr, Sheboygan Falls, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, VS († 2003)
• Bruce Jay de Groot († 1973)
• Okko Zonneveld, Castricum († 1998)
• Roger Leon Beall, Sauk Centre, Minnesota († 1999)
• Jon Alan Fischer, Grundy Center, Grundy County, Iowa († 2018)
• Rob Eijpe, Bussum († 2018)
• Alex Otter, Koekange, De Wijk († 2020)
• Frank Michael Weber, Sheboygan Falls (USA) († 2003)

• Adriana Soeteman (92), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• CHRISTINA LOUISA LANGE (61), EDE
• Christiaan Weren (89), Beugen, Boxmeer, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Adolf Louis Bos (81), Winschoten (gem. Oldambt)
• Albert van DIJK (63), Haarlem
• Anje Rozeboom (74), Appingedam
• Adolph Louis Bos (81), Winschoten, Oldambt, Groningen, Nederland
• Adriana van Berkel (84), Vlaardingen
• Catharina Janna Dieleman (70), Terneuzen (Terneuzen), Zeeland, Nederland
• Ariaan Jofriet (87), Middelie, Edam-Volendam, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1953 » Dana Key, American singer, guitarist, and producer († 2010)
• 1953 » Daniel T. Barry, American engineer and astronaut
• 1953 » Graham Vick, English director and producer
• 1953 » Meredith Vieira, American journalist and game show host
• 1954 » Barry Greenstein, American poker player and philanthropist
• 1956 » Ingus Baušķenieks, Latvian singer-songwriter and producer
• 1956 » Patricia Kalember, American actress
• 1956 » Sheryl Lee Ralph, American actress and singer
• 1956 » Suzy Bogguss, American country singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1957 » Matt Lauer, American television journalist and anchor

• 1940 » Childe Wills, American engineer (b. 1878)
• 1941 » El Lissitzky, Russian photographer and architect (b. 1890)
• 1944 » Romain Rolland, French author and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1866)
• 1945 » Song Jin-woo, South Korean journalist and politician (b. 1889)
• 1947 » Alfred North Whitehead, English-American mathematician and philosopher (b. 1861)
• 1947 » Han van Meegeren, Dutch painter (b. 1889)
• 1954 » Archduke Eugen of Austria (b. 1863)
• 1955 » Rex Ingamells, Australian poet and author (b. 1913)
• 1967 » Vincent Massey, Canadian lawyer and politician, 18th Governor General of Canada (b. 1887)
• 1968 » Trygve Lie, Norwegian journalist and politician, 1st Secretary-General of the United Nations (b. 1896)

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. 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.
• May 14 » Cold War: Eight Communist bloc countries, including the Soviet Union, sign a mutual defense treaty called the Warsaw Pact.
• May 25 » First ascent of Mount Kangchenjunga: A British expedition led by Charles Evans, Joe Brown and George Band reaches the summit of the third-highest mountain in the world (8,586 meters); Norman Hardie and Tony Streather join them the following day.
• June 2 » The USSR and Yugoslavia sign the Belgrade declaration and thus normalize relations between both countries, discontinued since 1948.
• August 17 » Hurricane Diane made landfall near Wilmington, North Carolina, and it went on to cause major floods and kill more than 184 people.
• September 16 » The military coup to unseat President Juan Perón of Argentina is launched at midnight.
• October 29 » The Soviet battleshipNovorossiysk strikes a World War II mine in the harbor at Sevastopol.

The temperature on December 30, 1955 was between -0.2 °C and 6.7 °C and averaged 2.9 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (40%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.