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• johannes SCHIPPER, oud-beijerland († 2019)
• Cornelis Hendrik Berkenpeis, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2006)
• Michael Dale Kortum, Pocatello, Bannock Co., Idaho (USA) († 1953)
• Wietske Bakker, Barsingerhorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Annelies van den Broucke, Hulst,, Zeeland, Nederland († 1981)
• Suzanne Motte († 1998)
• Hendrik Zoer († 1953)
• Jan Jacobs Brals, Wolvega, Weststellingwerf, Friesland, Nederland († 1972)
• Gerritje Maria Dooper, Sneek († 2008)
• Suzanne Derrez, Sittard,, Limburg, Nederland († 2002)

• Dingenerus Nicolaas Hoogma (61), Breda
• Anna Westendorf (55), Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
• Cornelis Van Donk (68), Alphen aan den Rijn, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Benjamin Levin (54)
• Andries Louis Cornelis Koudijs (46), 's-Gravenhage
• Antonio Antoine Paquin (53), Sainte-Cécile-de-Lévrard, Centre-du-Québec, Québec, CANADA
• Christina Johanna de Bruin (74), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Alida Haller (81)
• Cornelia Hendrika Veldkamp (0), Amsterdam, Gemeente Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Aline Pieternella Van der Meij, Den Haag,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1947 » Caroline B. Cooney, American author
• 1949 » Miuccia Prada, Italian fashion designer
• 1952 » Sly Dunbar, Jamaican drummer
• 1955 » Mark David Chapman, American murderer
• 1956 » Vladislav Listyev, Russian journalist († 1995)
• 1957 » Sid Vicious, English singer and bass player († 1979)
• 1958 » Gaétan Boucher, Canadian speed skater
• 1958 » Rick Santorum, American lawyer and politician, United States Senator from Pennsylvania
• 1959 » Danny Schayes, American basketball player
• 1959 » Victoria Rowell, American actress

• 1945 » Konrad Henlein, Czech soldier and politician (b. 1898)
• 1945 » Richard Glücks, German SS officer (b. 1889)
• 1950 » Belle da Costa Greene, American librarian and bibliographer (b. 1883)
• 1960 » Yury Olesha, Russian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1899)
• 1964 » Mikhail Larionov, Russian painter, illustrator, and set designer (b. 1881)
• 1965 » Hubertus van Mook, Dutch politician, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (b. 1894)
• 1968 » Scotty Beckett, American actor and singer (b. 1929)
• 1974 » Hal Mohr, American director and cinematographer (b. 1894)
• 1977 » Joan Crawford, American actress (year of birth disputed)
• 1982 » Peter Weiss, German playwright and painter (b. 1916)

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. Helena
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 20 » Dwight D. Eisenhower is inaugurated as the 34th President of the United States of America.
• February 19 » Book censorship in the United States: The Georgia Literature Commission is established.
• April 8 » Mau Mau leader Jomo Kenyatta is convicted by British Kenya's rulers.
• June 8 » An F5 tornado hits Beecher, Michigan, killing 116, injuring 844, and destroying 340 homes.
• July 26 » Cold War: Fidel Castro leads an unsuccessful attack on the Moncada Barracks, thus beginning the Cuban Revolution. The movement took the name of the date: 26th of July Movement
• November 30 » Edward Mutesa II, the kabaka (king) of Buganda is deposed and exiled to London by Sir Andrew Cohen, Governor of Uganda.

The temperature on May 10, 1953 was between 1.1 °C and 12.4 °C and averaged 7.1 °C. There was 14.4 hours of sunshine (94%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast.