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• Johannes Cornelis Steltenpohl, Zaandam († 1955)
• Albert Marten Ekkel († 2021)
• Geertje van der Heiden, Leerdam, Utrecht, Nederland († 2009)
• Hermanus Johannes Huis In 'T Veld, Geesteren († 2022)
• Thomas Jacobus Maria den Boer, Dongen († 1992)
• Jacoba Ensing, Emmen († 2001)
• Adriaan UIJL, Vlissingen († 2020)
• Krister Bernt Laitinen († 1972)
• Jan Harm Borger († 2018)
• Helene LIEFTINK († 1991)

• Arie Brommer (80), Dirkshorn
• Anna Catharina Paffen (82), Maastricht
• Albertus Schöppink (91), Enschede, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Anne Bloo (34)
• Berndina Bloemberg (81), Duiven, Gelderland, Nederland
• Arie Bal (76), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriana Johanna Maria Laurijsen (53), Dongen
• Berndina Bloemberg (81), Duiven, Nederland
• anna catharina peeters (73), maasbree
• Anna Elizabeth Beam (81), North Canton, Ohio

• 1952 » Avital Ronell, Czech-American philosopher and academic
• 1952 » Brian Muir, English sculptor and set designer
• 1952 » Kym Gyngell, Australian actor, comedian, and screenwriter
• 1955 » Dodi Fayed, Egyptian film producer († 1997)
• 1955 » Joice Mujuru, Zimbabwean politician
• 1956 » Michael Cooper, American basketball player and coach
• 1957 » Evelyn Ashford, American runner and coach
• 1958 » John Bracewell, New Zealand cricketer
• 1958 » Keith Acton, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1958 » Memos Ioannou, Greek basketball player and coach

• 1943 » Aristarkh Lentulov, Russian painter and set designer (b. 1882)
• 1944 » Nikolai Fyodorovich Vatutin, Russian general (b. 1901)
• 1945 » Hermann Florstedt, German SS officer (b. 1895)
• 1948 » Radola Gajda, Montenegrin-Czech general and politician (b. 1892)
• 1949 » Wallace Beery, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1885)
• 1962 » Arsenio Lacson, Filipino journalist and politician, Mayor of Manila (b. 1912)
• 1962 » Clara Blandick, American actress (b. 1880)
• 1963 » Edward Greeves, Jr., Australian footballer (b. 1903)
• 1966 » Habibullah Bahar Chowdhury, Bengali politician, writer, journalist, first health minister of East Pakistan
• 1967 » Totò, Italian comedian (b. 1898)

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 8 » The Government of Sindh, Pakistan, abolishes the Jagirdari system in the province. One million acres (4000km) of land thus acquired is to be distributed among the landless peasants.
• 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.
• August 19 » In the Northeast United States, severe flooding caused by Hurricane Diane, claims 200 lives.
• 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.
• December 1 » American Civil Rights Movement: In Montgomery, Alabama, seamstress Rosa Parks refuses to give up her bus seat to a white man and is arrested for violating the city's racial segregation laws, an incident which leads to that city's bus boycott.

The temperature on April 15, 1955 was between 2.4 °C and 11.5 °C and averaged 6.8 °C. There was 12.3 hours of sunshine (89%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.