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• Peter Hans Fekkers († 2004)
• Hermien Elsje ten Cate, Kampen († 2000)
• Cor Zonneveld, Castricum († 2010)
• Ria Maan († 2009)
• Maria de Kok, Albasserdam, Nederland († 2002)
• Bruce Allen Potgeter, Allendale (Ottawa), Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 1971)
• Leslie ROWLINGS, St Mary's, Tasmania, Australia († 1953)
• Adrianus Augustinus Petrus Klaassen, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Jacob Teyes Travaille, Tzummarum († 2019)
• Marian Dorreen Schindler, Monterey, California, Verenigde Staten († 2010)

• Adriana van den Heuvel (68), Schiedam
• Andre MARTENS (38), Rieme, Provincie Oost-Vlaanderen, Flanders, Belgie
• Andries Janssen (79), Tegelen
• Anna Margrieta Kolker (70), Hoensbroek
• Arie Hartman (83), Hilversum
• Barthenia Owens (77), Rockcastle County, Kentucky
• Anna Timmer (72), Sliedrecht
• Adele Lichtenstein Reiss (34), Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, Verenigde Staten
• Bernardus Johannes de Bruijn (64), Enschede, Overijssel, The Netherlands
• Barend Wallet (85), Putten

• 1949 » Eppie Bleeker, Dutch speed skater
• 1950 » Maggie MacNeal, Dutch singer
• 1950 » Rex Caldwell, American golfer
• 1951 » Rudolf Finsterer, German rugby player and coach
• 1951 » Toomas Vilosius, Estonian physician and politician, 2nd Minister of Social Affairs of Estonia
• 1952 » Ed Lee, American politician and attorney, 43rd Mayor of San Francisco († 2017)
• 1952 » Jorge Llopart, Spanish race walker
• 1952 » Willem Witteveen, Dutch scholar and politician († 2014)
• 1955 » Jon Butcher, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and freelance multimedia producer
• 1956 » Steve Scott, American runner and coach

• 1931 » Glen Kidston, English pilot and race car driver (b. 1899)
• 1942 » Qemal Stafa, Albanian politician (b. 1920)
• 1947 » Ty LaForest, Canadian-American baseball player (b. 1917)
• 1957 » Leopold Löwenheim, German mathematician and logician (b. 1878)
• 1959 » Carlos Saavedra Lamas, Argentinian academic and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1878)
• 1962 » Ernest Tyldesley, English cricketer (b. 1889)
• 1965 » John Waters, American director and screenwriter (b. 1893)
• 1965 » Nikos Gounaris, Greek tenor and composer (b. 1915)
• 1971 » Violet Jessop, Argentinean-English nurse (b. 1887)
• 1973 » Zekai Özger, Turkish poet and academic (b. 1948)

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 14 » Josip Broz Tito is inaugurated as the first President of Yugoslavia.
• February 11 » The Soviet Union breaks off diplomatic relations with Israel.
• June 18 » A United States Air Force C-124 crashes and burns near Tachikawa, Japan, killing 129.
• August 22 » The penal colony on Devil's Island is permanently closed.
• November 9 » Cambodia gains independence from France.
• November 21 » The Natural History Museum, London announces that the "Piltdown Man" skull, initially believed to be one of the most important fossilized hominid skulls ever found, is a hoax.

The temperature on May 5, 1953 was between 8.2 °C and 15.9 °C and averaged 10.9 °C. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (48%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.