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• Marianne Jager, Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2023)
• Theodorus Frans Jozef (Theo) Oberjé († 2013)
• Levenloos geboren kind Hilhorst, Hoogland, Utrecht, Nederland
• N.N. Oosterman, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1953)
• Hans Casper Stroink, Soest
• Martin van Olden, Soerabaija (Ned Indie) († 2021)
• Marcel Verkade († 1992)
• Charles (Chuckie) Joseph Congdon Jr., Camden, Camden CO, New Jersey († 1976)
• levenloos geboren kind († 1953)
• Brenda Dayhoff, Maryland

• Beert Hup (79)
• Aleida Maria van den Berg (55), Amsterdam,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Augusta Long Lange (101), Portland, Clackamas, Oregon, Verenigde Staten
• * Willempje Honkoop (93), Streefkerk
• Antonius Joannes Cornelis van Gorp (68), Tilburg
• Arnoldina Wilhelmina Maria van Riggelen (60), Zwolle
• Adriana Maria (Maria) Ermen (80), Utrecht, Utrecht, NL
• Albert Veurink (68), Hardenberg
• Adriaan Jan van Staalen (54), Bennebroek, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Joannes Cornelis van Gorp (68), Tilburg

• 1950 » Teddy Pendergrass, American singer-songwriter († 2010)
• 1951 » Željko Pavličević, Croatian professional basketball coach and former professional player
• 1951 » Carl Wieman, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1952 » Didier Pironi, French racing driver († 1987)
• 1953 » Elaine Chao, Taiwanese-American banker and politician, 24th United States Secretary of Labor
• 1953 » Lincoln Chafee, American academic and politician, 74th Governor of Rhode Island
• 1953 » Tatyana Providokhina, Russian runner
• 1954 » Clive Palmer, Australian businessman and politician
• 1954 » Curtis Sliwa, American talk show host and activist, founded Guardian Angels
• 1954 » Dorothy Porter, Australian poet and playwright († 2008)

• 1940 » Spyridon Louis, Greek runner (b. 1873)
• 1940 » Wilhelm Anderson, German-Estonian astrophysicist (b. 1880)
• 1942 » Carolyn Wells, American novelist and poet (b. 1862)
• 1942 » Jimmy Burke, American baseball player and manager (b. 1874)
• 1945 » David Lloyd George, English-Welsh lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1863)
• 1951 » James F. Hinkle, American banker and politician, 6th Governor of New Mexico (b. 1864)
• 1954 » Charles Perrin, French rower (b. 1875)
• 1957 » Édouard Herriot, French politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1872)
• 1958 » Phil Mead, English cricketer and footballer (b. 1887)
• 1959 » Raymond Chandler, American crime novelist and screenwriter (b. 1888)

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. 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 10.4 million citizens.
• January 3 » Frances P. Bolton and her son, Oliver from Ohio, become the first mother and son to serve simultaneously in the U.S. Congress.
• July 26 » Arizona Governor John Howard Pyle orders an anti-polygamy law enforcement crackdown on residents of Short Creek, Arizona, which becomes known as the Short Creek raid.
• 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.
• July 27 » Cessation of hostilities is achieved in the Korean War when the United States, China, and North Korea sign an armistice agreement. Syngman Rhee, President of South Korea, refuses to sign but pledges to observe the armistice.
• November 9 » Cambodia gains independence from France.
• November 17 » The remaining human inhabitants of the Blasket Islands, Kerry, Ireland, are evacuated to the mainland.

The temperature on March 26, 1953 was between 1.7 °C and 18.6 °C and averaged 9.4 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 1.6 hours. There was 8.3 hours of sunshine (66%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west.