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• Donna Faye GRAHAM, Pulaski County, Missouri, Verenigde Staten († 2012)
• Jan Gerrit Zeijl, Dokkum († 1998)
• Piet Langendijk († 2012)
• Mijni van den Toorn
• Arthur Reisig († 2022)
• wilhelmus cornelis theodorus (wiel) thiesen, helden-beringe († 1994)
• Marie-Josée Ilsbroux, Sint-Truiden, België († 1988)
• Marianne Buijs († 2007)
• jacobus joseph conrardus (jac) thiesen, helden-beringe
• Jack Schilder († 1984)

• Aloïsius Antonius van Amelsvoort (77), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Adriaantje van der Linden (91), Utrecht
• Ariën Pieter Hoogcarspel (57)
• Adriana Hendrika Kargel (72), Zutphen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Aloisius Antonius van Amelsvoort (76), 's-Hertogenbosch
• Adriaan Lobbezoo (73), Bergen op Zoom
• Andries+ Liedekerken+ (83), Klimmen, Voerendaal, Limburg, Niederlande
• Albertus Johannes Snoek (78), Naarden, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Annegien Maris (76), Groningen
• Adriaantje van der Linden (91), Utrecht, Nederland

• 1951 » Rodney Hogg, Australian cricketer and coach
• 1952 » Mike Squires, American baseball player and scout
• 1952 » Petar Borota, Serbian footballer and coach († 2010)
• 1953 » Katarina Frostenson, Swedish poet and author
• 1953 » Michael J. Sandel, American philosopher and academic
• 1953 » Tokyo Sexwale, South African businessman and politician, 1st Premier of Gauteng
• 1954 » João Lourenço, Angolan president
• 1954 » Marsha Warfield, American actress
• 1955 » Penn Jillette, American magician, actor, and author
• 1956 » Teena Marie, American singer-songwriter and producer († 2010)

• 1944 » Max Jacob, French poet and author (b. 1876)
• 1945 » Lena Baker, African American maid and murderer (b. 1900)
• 1947 » Alfredo Casella, Italian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1883)
• 1950 » Edgar Lee Masters, American poet, author, and playwright (b. 1868)
• 1950 » Roman Shukhevych, Ukrainian general and politician (b. 1907)
• 1953 » Herman J. Mankiewicz, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1897)
• 1953 » Joseph Stalin, Soviet dictator and politician of Georgian descent, 2nd leader of the Soviet Union (b. 1878)
• 1953 » Sergei Prokofiev, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1891)
• 1955 » Antanas Merkys, Lithuanian lawyer and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Lithuania (b. 1888)
• 1963 » Patsy Cline, American singer-songwriter (b. 1932)

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. John
14. Dirk
15. Wilhelmus
16. Gerardus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Hendrika
8. Catharina
9. Adriana
10. Margaretha
11. Yvonne
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.
• April 25 » Francis Crick and James Watson publish "Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids: A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid" describing the double helix structure of DNA.
• May 25 » Nuclear weapons testing: At the Nevada Test Site, the United States conducts its first and only nuclear artillery test.
• June 9 » The Flint–Worcester tornado outbreak sequence kills 94 people in Massachusetts.
• July 26 » Soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment repel a number of Chinese assaults against a key position known as The Hook during the Battle of the Samichon River, just hours before the Armistice Agreement is signed, ending the Korean War.
• December 9 » Red Scare: General Electric announces that all communist employees will be discharged from the company.
• December 10 » British Prime Minister Winston Churchill receives the Nobel Prize in literature.

The temperature on March 5, 1953 was between 2.9 °C and 7.0 °C and averaged 5.1 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 2.0 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north.