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• Nn van den Born, Arnhem
• Jack Ballijns, Amsterdam († 2019)
• Margaretha Catharina Nibourg († 2006)
• Marlies Claassens († 2007)
• Levenloos geboren kind Kuijer, Beverwijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Mary Ellen Shaver, Independence, Buchanan, Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 2013)
• Joke LUKASSEN, Vianen († 2009)
• Joke Lukassen, Vianen, Utrecht, Nederland († 2009)
• Gerrit Willem Lensink († 1984)
• Jan van Mil, Heerewaarden (GL) († 2018)

• Albert Johan Kristiansen (79), Ryeng, Vestvatn, Misvær, Bodø, Nordland, Norway
• van osch (82), orthen
• Cornelia Maria Schols (67), 's-Gravenhage
• Alida Lehman (89), Amstelveen
• Aagje Zwemmer (59), Schagen, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• aartje LEEUWENBURGH (87), berkel en rodenrijs(ZH)
• Barbara de Graaf (80), Prinsenbeek, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Maria Petronella HELDERS (63), Bloemendaal, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Hubertina Manderveld (69), Maastricht
• Alida Henrietta Göbbels (89), Sittard

• 1950 » Alexander Lebed, Russian general and politician († 2002)
• 1950 » N. Chandrababu Naidu, Indian politician, 13th Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh
• 1950 » Steve Erickson, American author and critic
• 1951 » Louise Jameson, English actress
• 1951 » Luther Vandross, American singer-songwriter and producer († 2005)
• 1952 » Božidar Maljković, Serbian basketball player and coach
• 1952 » Eric Pickles, English politician, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
• 1952 » Louka Katseli, Greek economist and politician
• 1953 » Sebastian Faulks, English journalist and author
• 1955 » Donald Pettit, American engineer and astronaut

• 1942 » Jüri Jaakson, Estonian businessman and politician, 6th State Elder of Estonia (b. 1870)
• 1944 » Elmer Gedeon, American baseball player and pilot (b. 1917)
• 1945 » Erwin Bumke, Polish-German jurist and politician (b. 1874)
• 1946 » Mae Busch, Australian actress (b. 1891)
• 1947 » Christian X of Denmark (b. 1870)
• 1951 » Ivanoe Bonomi, Italian politician, 25th Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1873)
• 1961 » Ado Vabbe, Estonian painter (b. 1892)
• 1967 » Léo-Paul Desrosiers, Canadian journalist and author (b. 1896)
• 1968 » Rudolph Dirks, German-American illustrator (b. 1877)
• 1969 » Vjekoslav Luburić, Croatian Ustaše official and concentration camp administrator (b. 1914)

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. 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.
• 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.
• June 30 » The first Chevrolet Corvette rolls off the assembly line in Flint, Michigan.
• 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.
• August 17 » Addiction: First meeting of Narcotics Anonymous takes place, in Southern California.
• December 24 » Tangiwai disaster: In New Zealand's North Island, at Tangiwai, a railway bridge is damaged by a lahar and collapses beneath a passenger train, killing 151 people.

The temperature on April 20, 1953 was between 1.6 °C and 15.7 °C and averaged 9.4 °C. There was 13.2 hours of sunshine (93%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.