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• Francois De Lauw, Mechelen († 2003)
• Wilhelmus Helsloot, Amsterdam († 2007)
• Peter SABIA († 2011)
• Oosterhuis, Leiden, Nederland († 1953)
• Ali Post († 2009)
• Bertie Floors, Winterswijk († 2022)
• Ferko de Moet, Goes († 1953)
• Janny Dieterman, Nieuwolda, Nieuwolda, Groningen, Nederland
• Ali Post († 2009)
• Arend Jan de Weger, Amsterdam († 2015)

• Adriana Ippel (85)
• Bertha Volmer (84), Kortenhoef, Nederland
• Albertus van den Hoeven (49), Zeist, Nederland
• Adriana de Smit (86), Wissenkerke
• Adriana Ippel (85), Waspik (NL)
• Albertje Gruppen (0), Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Anna Francisca Douven (62), Sittard
• Anna Heilina van der Woude (64), Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonio Norberto Mittelmann (0), São Pedro de Alcântara, Santa Catarina, Brasil
• Antje Visman (86), Catricum

• 1951 » Ioan Mihai Cochinescu, Romanian author and photographer
• 1952 » Bill Belichick, American football player and coach
• 1952 » Billy West, American voice actor, singer-songwriter, and comedian
• 1952 » Esther Roth-Shahamorov, Israeli sprinter and hurdler
• 1952 » Michel Blanc, French actor and director
• 1953 » Jay O. Sanders, American actor
• 1953 » Peter Garrett, Australian singer-songwriter and politician
• 1954 » Ellen Barkin, American actress
• 1954 » John Bowe, Australian racing driver
• 1954 » Mike Zuke, Canadian ice hockey player

• 1942 » Denis St. George Daly, Irish polo player (b. 1862)
• 1942 » Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (b. 1878)
• 1946 » Arthur Chevrolet, Swiss-American race car driver and engineer (b. 1884)
• 1947 » Rudolf Höss, German SS officer (b. 1900)
• 1950 » Anders Peter Nielsen, Danish target shooter (b. 1867)
• 1950 » Eduard Oja, Estonian composer, conductor, and critic (b. 1905)
• 1955 » David Kirkwood, Scottish engineer and politician (b. 1872)
• 1958 » Rosalind Franklin, English biophysicist and academic (b. 1920)
• 1960 » Mihály Fekete, Hungarian actor, screenwriter and film director (b. 1884)
• 1961 » Carl Hovland, American psychologist and academic (b. 1912)

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 19 » Almost 72 percent of all television sets in the United States are tuned into I Love Lucy to watch Lucy give birth.
• January 20 » Dwight D. Eisenhower is inaugurated as the 34th President of the United States of America.
• May 25 » The first public television station in the United States officially begins broadcasting as KUHT from the campus of the University of Houston.
• June 18 » The Egyptian revolution of 1952 ends with the overthrow of the Muhammad Ali dynasty and the declaration of the Republic of Egypt.
• October 30 » President Eisenhower approves the top-secret document NSC 162/2 concerning the maintenance of a strong nuclear deterrent force against the Soviet Union.

The temperature on April 16, 1953 was between 5.1 °C and 10.8 °C and averaged 7.5 °C. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (17%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the ??.