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• Jan-Teun ( Tim ) Mulder († 2019)
• Johannes Antonius M. John Vork, Noorden († 2022)
• Ivan VANDENBERGHE, Zottegem, 9620, Oost-Vlaanderen, Vlaanderen, België
• NN Jong
• Josina Maria Dinkeloo, Amsterdam
• Gene Arlen Yackley, Canby, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, Verenigde Staten († 2010)
• Albert Vanhove, Sint-Truiden, België († 2009)
• Alexander Albertus Maria Ebbe, Amsterdam,Amsterdam,Noord Holland,Nederland
• Margrietha Kerstholt, Groningen, Nederland († 1963)
• Adriaan Split, Rotterdam († 2016)

• Cornelia Zwart (54), Egmond aan Zee
• Alice Alvina Menck (63), Kalamazoo, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Carolina AVONDS (91), Turnhout,Antwerpen,Belgium
• Andreas Bernardus Gerhardus ter Pelle (45), Enschede
• Berendina Winkelman (73), Doetinchem
• Antje Doornbos (58), Groningen
• Arthur Harrington Crandall (49), Cincinnatus, Cortland County, New York, Verenigde Staten
• Adriaan van Nordennen (78), Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan van Nordennen (78), Gouda, Nederland
• Akke Lameris (81), Arnhem, Gelderland, Nederland

• 1953 » Dolores Keane, Irish singer and actress
• 1953 » Douglas A. Melton, American biologist and academic
• 1953 » Paul Stephenson, English police officer
• 1954 » Cesar Rosas, Mexican-American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1954 » Craig Chaquico, American guitarist
• 1954 » Kevin Kennedy, American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster
• 1956 » Linda Hamilton, American actress
• 1956 » Steve Butler, American race car driver and engineer
• 1957 » Bob Staake, American author and illustrator
• 1957 » Klaus Augenthaler, German footballer and manager

• 1946 » William Strunk, Jr., American author and educator (b. 1869)
• 1947 » Hugh Lofting, English-American author and poet (b. 1886)
• 1951 » Hans Cloos, German geologist and academic (b. 1885)
• 1952 » George Santayana, Spanish philosopher, novelist, and poet (b. 1863)
• 1953 » Xu Beihong, Chinese painter and educator (b. 1895)
• 1954 » Ellen Roosevelt, American tennis player (b. 1868)
• 1957 » Arthur Powell Davies, American minister and author (b. 1902)
• 1959 » Leslie Morshead, Australian general (b. 1889)
• 1959 » S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (b. 1899)
• 1959 » Teodor Ussisoo, Estonian furniture designer and educator (b. 1878)

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.
• 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.
• February 13 » Israel obtains four of the seven Dead Sea Scrolls.
• April 1 » The EOKA rebellion against the British Empire begins in Cyprus, with the goal of unifying with Greece.
• 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.
• July 9 » The Russell–Einstein Manifesto calls for a reduction of the risk of nuclear warfare.
• August 19 » In the Northeast United States, severe flooding caused by Hurricane Diane, claims 200 lives.

The temperature on September 26, 1955 was between 7.6 °C and 17.9 °C and averaged 13.2 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 5.5 hours of sunshine (46%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.