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• XX Vuurens, Meerkerk, Netherlands († 1955)
• Maria Christina Vlasboom, Hillegersberg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis Gijsbertus Joseph van Dam, Noordwijkerhout († 1959)
• Annemieke van der Hofstad, Den Dungen († 1964)
• Allie Hoving, Schuilingsoord, Zuidlaren, Tynaarlo, Drenthe, Nederland († 2016)
• Zeger van Harten, Rotterdam, Nederland († 2003)
• Sjouke Hoogstra († 2013)
• Hendricus Johannes Antonius Maria (Henk) Sandkuijl, Den Helder, Nederland
• Cok Peeren († 2009)
• Eduardus Alexander Cornelis Maria Bogers, Bergen op Zoom († 2003)

• Abraham Querido (73), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alberdina Edse (77), Alkmaar,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Austin Halbrook (54)
• Child Romijn (0), Raamsdonk, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Bernardina Catharina Pijnenborgh (66), Tilburg
• Achiel Victoor Delaruelle (95), Scheldewindeke
• Fred S. Mendenhall (66)
• Augusta Geertruida Maria MULDER (79), Amsterdam, Noord Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje Heus (82), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anthonius Hermanus Maria Bijlholt (6), Sneek, 8607, Nederland

• 1953 » Juan Muñoz, Spanish sculptor and storyteller († 2001)
• 1953 » Vernon Coaker, English educator and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Defence
• 1954 » Mark Linn-Baker, American actor and director
• 1955 » Bob Sauvé, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1955 » Cem Hakko, Turkish fashion designer and businessman
• 1955 » Mati Laur, Estonian historian, author, and academic
• 1956 » Iain Milne, Scottish rugby player
• 1957 » Martin Dillon, American tenor and educator († 2005)
• 1957 » Philip Chevron, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2013)
• 1957 » Uģis Prauliņš, Latvian composer

• 1942 » Charles Fitzpatrick, Canadian lawyer and politician, 5th Chief Justice of Canada (b. 1853)
• 1952 » Jack Parsons, American chemist and engineer (b. 1914)
• 1954 » Danny Cedrone, American guitarist and bandleader (b. 1920)
• 1956 » Bob Sweikert, American race car driver (b. 1926)
• 1956 » Paul Rostock, German surgeon and academic (b. 1892)
• 1956 » Percival Perry, 1st Baron Perry, English businessman (b. 1878)
• 1957 » Dorothy Richardson, English journalist and author (b. 1873)
• 1957 » J. R. Williams, Canadian-American cartoonist (b. 1888)
• 1961 » Jeff Chandler, American actor (b. 1918)
• 1963 » Aleksander Kesküla, Estonian politician (b. 1882)

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.
• January 2 » Following the assassination of the Panamanian president José Antonio Remón Cantera, his deputy, José Ramón Guizado, takes power, but is quickly deposed after his involvement in Cantera's death is discovered.
• August 17 » Hurricane Diane made landfall near Wilmington, North Carolina, and it went on to cause major floods and kill more than 184 people.
• October 1 » The Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region is established.
• November 15 » The first part of Saint Petersburg Metro is opened.
• 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.
• December 31 » General Motors becomes the first U.S. corporation to make over US$1 billion in a year.

The temperature on June 17, 1955 was between 7.7 °C and 15.1 °C and averaged 11.9 °C. There was 11.6 hours of sunshine (69%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.