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• Hendrik Wijma, Sebaldaburen († 1962)
• Ger+ van Weersch+, Schin op Geul, Limburg, Netherlands († 2007)
• Debra Pearl Beard, Monte Vista, Rio Grande, Colorado, Verenigde Staten († 2016)
• Bernardus Johannes Antonius Braam († 2012)
• maria elisabeth ornelia (ria) reinders, helden-panningen
• Steven Paul Jobs (born Jandali) DNA2 TBC, San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, United States († 2011)
• Minke Amicia Jillings, Sneek († 2018)
• Helena Koster, Groningen († 1959)
• Hennie Snikkers, Rotterdam († 2011)
• Margareth Hall († 1984)

• Berend VOS (75), Hoogeveen
• Antje Van Der Klok (79), Kent, Michigan, United States
• Aaltje de Weerd (62), Harderwijk, GD-NL
• * Josephus van Doremalen (49), Eindhoven
• Alida Maria Roobol (87), Winterswijk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Adriana Helena Cornelia van Reijen (52), Bergen op Zoom, N-Br, NL
• Bertje Wester (7)
• Berend Hendriks Vos (75), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anthony Cornelis van Son (70), Culemborg, Nederland
• Aaltje Edelenbosch + (63), Diemen, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1954 » Aurora Levins Morales, Puerto Rican Jewish writer and activist
• 1954 » Judith Ortiz Cofer, Puerto Rican American award-winning author († 2016)
• 1954 » Mike Pickering, English DJ and saxophonist
• 1954 » Plastic Bertrand, Belgian singer-songwriter and producer
• 1954 » Sid Meier, Canadian-American game designer and programmer, created the Civilization series
• 1955 » Alain Prost, French race car driver
• 1955 » Eddie Johnson, American basketball player
• 1955 » Steve Jobs, American businessman, co-founded Apple Inc. and Pixar († 2011)
• 1956 » Eddie Murray, American baseball player and coach
• 1956 » Judith Butler, American philosopher, theorist, and author

• 1929 » André Messager, French pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1853)
• 1930 » Hermann von Ihering, German-Brazilian zoologist (b. 1850)
• 1953 » Gerd von Rundstedt, German field marshal (b. 1875)
• 1953 » Robert La Follette Jr., American politician, senator of Wisconsin (b. 1895)
• 1967 » Mir Osman Ali Khan, Last Nizam of Hyderabad State (b. 1886)
• 1970 » Conrad Nagel, American actor (b. 1897)
• 1974 » Margaret Leech, American historian and author (b. 1895)
• 1975 » Hans Bellmer, German artist (b. 1902)
• 1975 » Nikolai Bulganin, Russian marshal and politician, 6th Premier of the Soviet Union (b. 1895)
• 1978 » Alma Thomas, American painter and educator (b.1891)

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. 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 2 » Tennessee Williams wins the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
• May 18 » Operation Passage to Freedom, the evacuation of 310,000 Vietnamese civilians, soldiers and non-Vietnamese members of the French Army from communist North Vietnam to South Vietnam following the end of the First Indochina War, ends.
• May 25 » In the United States, a night-time F5 tornado strikes the small city of Udall, Kansas, killing 80 and injuring 273. It is the deadliest tornado to ever occur in the state and the 23rd deadliest in the U.S.
• November 5 » After being destroyed in World War II, the rebuilt Vienna State Opera reopens with a performance of Beethoven's Fidelio.
• November 19 » National Review publishes its first issue.
• December 8 » The Flag of Europe is adopted by Council of Europe.

The temperature on February 24, 1955 was between -5.0 °C and 0.9 °C and averaged -2.2 °C. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (7%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.