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• Hilligje Hulst, Staphorst († 1953)
• Monique Vandeputte, Waregem († 2002)
• Wilfred Kivit († 2014)
• Martien Goudswaard, Sittard († 2011)
• Michael (Mike) HEYBOER († 2012)
• Johannes Pfann, Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2015)
• Nomen Nescio PETERS († 1953)
• Johannes Carolus Lambregts, Roosendaal en Nispen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2019)
• Arlyn Eugene Dirksen, Hartley, O´Brien County, Iowa († 2012)
• Robertus Adrianus Maria Barendse, Honselersdijk (Z-H), Nederland († 1971)

• Christiaan Pieter Ernst Bonnet (62), Amsterdam
• Barbera de Jonge (72), Goes, Zeeland, Nederland
• Abraham Goedbloed, Vlissingen, Walcheren, Zeeland, Nederland
• Antonie Botermans (81), Tilburg
• Anna Margaret Schmidt (74), Portsmouth Portsmouth
• Burgina Konijnendijk (76), Nieuw Helvoet, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Benjamin Thomas Nunn (67), Kingswood, Gloucestershire, England
• Antonie Botermans (81), Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg
• Aartje SCHIMMEL (82)
• Barbera de Jonge (72), Goes

• 1950 » Ioan P. Culianu, Romanian historian, philosopher, and author († 1991)
• 1950 » John Manley, Canadian lawyer and politician, 8th Deputy Prime Minister of Canada
• 1950 » Peter Goldsmith, Baron Goldsmith, English lawyer and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales
• 1952 » Uli Hoeneß, German footballer and manager
• 1953 » George Tenet, American civil servant and academic, 18th Director of Central Intelligence
• 1953 » Mike Rann, English-Australian journalist and politician, 44th Premier of South Australia
• 1953 » Pamela Sue Martin, American actress
• 1954 » Alex English, American basketball player and coach
• 1954 » László Krasznahorkai, Hungarian author and screenwriter
• 1955 » Mamata Banerjee, Indian lawyer and politician, Chief Minister of West Bengal

• 1942 » Tina Modotti, Italian photographer, model, actress, and activist (b. 1896)
• 1943 » George Washington Carver, American botanist, educator, and inventor (b. 1864)
• 1951 » Andrei Platonov, Russian journalist and author (b. 1899)
• 1951 » Soh Jaipil, South Korean-American journalist and activist (b. 1864)
• 1952 » Hristo Tatarchev, Bulgarian-Italian physician and activist (b. 1869)
• 1952 » Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow, Scottish colonel and politician, 46th Governor-General of India (b. 1887)
• 1954 » Rabbit Maranville, American baseball player and manager (b. 1891)
• 1956 » Mistinguett, French actress and singer (b. 1875)
• 1963 » Rogers Hornsby, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1896)
• 1970 » Max Born, German physicist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1882)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Willem
5. Hendrik
6. Gerrit
7. Robert
8. Peter
9. Pieter
10. Petrus
11. Adrianus
12. Jacobus
13. Dirk
14. John
15. Wilhelmus
16. Gerardus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Hendrika
8. Catharina
9. Adriana
10. Yvonne
11. Margaretha
12. Petronella
13. Geertruida
14. Linda
15. Alida
16. Jacoba

• 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 10.4 million citizens.
• January 5 » The play Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett receives its première in Paris.
• January 14 » Josip Broz Tito is inaugurated as the first President of Yugoslavia.
• April 13 » CIA director Allen Dulles launches the mind-control program Project MKUltra.
• August 19 » Cold War: The CIA and MI6 help to overthrow the government of Mohammad Mosaddegh in Iran and reinstate the Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.
• November 23 » Pilot Felix Moncla and Lieutenant Robert Wilson disappear while in pursuit of a mysterious craft over Lake Superior.
• December 8 » U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers his "Atoms for Peace" speech, which leads to an American program to supply equipment and information on nuclear power to schools, hospitals, and research institutions around the world.

The temperature on January 5, 1953 was between -3.9 °C and -1.2 °C and averaged -2.9 °C. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast.