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• Paul Wauters, Sas van Gent († 2019)
• Andreas Gertrudis Maria Oomes, Breda (Noord-Brabant, Nederland) († 1965)
• Leo Maria Claassen, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1954)
• Mathieu Baeten, Genk († 2000)
• Adriana Petronella Maria van Adrichem, Schipluiden († 2017)
• Anita Mary van der Gronden, V�ster�s, Zweden († 2017)
• Cornelis de Pee, Rotterdam († 2011)
• Myron Mulder, Hawarden, Sioux County, Iowa († 2014)
• Klaasje Maria Frankema, Urk († 2003)
• Jesus Humberto Jr. Garza, Premont, Jim Wells, Texas, United States († 2009)

• Cornelia Schoups (73), Hasselt
• Dirk Antonie van der Meijden (84), Waddinxveen
• Adrianus Kleijn (61), Alphen aan den Rijn, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Abram Boer (57)
• Alida Johanna Maria Antonia Wolters (7), Weert, Limburg, Nederland
• Columbus "Lum" Staton Harrell (78), Pitt Co. N.Carolina (Oak City)
• Aldert Helder (75), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland
• Aaltje van Heun (72), Hellendoorn
• Antonius Johannes Gerardus van Warmerdam (76), Amsterdam
• Cornelis van de Kamp (63), Putten

• 1951 » John Alexander, Australian tennis player and politician
• 1951 » Ralph Johnson, American R&B drummer and percussionist
• 1952 » Álvaro Uribe, Colombian lawyer and politician, 39th President of Colombia
• 1952 » Carol MacReady, English actress
• 1952 » John Waite, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1952 » Paul Rogat Loeb, American author and activist
• 1953 » Francis Maude, English lawyer and politician, Minister for the Cabinet Office
• 1954 » Devendra Kumar Joshi, 21st Chief of Naval Staff of the Indian Navy
• 1954 » Jim Beattie, American baseball player, coach, and manager
• 1954 » Morganna, American model, actress, and dancer

• 1938 » Otto Bauer, Austrian philosopher and politician, Austrian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1881)
• 1941 » Antoni Łomnicki, Polish mathematician and academic (b. 1881)
• 1943 » Władysław Sikorski, Polish general and politician, 9th Prime Minister of the Second Republic of Poland (b. 1881)
• 1946 » Taffy O'Callaghan, Welsh footballer and coach (b. 1906)
• 1948 » Monteiro Lobato, Brazilian journalist and author (b. 1882)
• 1949 » François Brandt, Dutch rower and engineer (b. 1874)
• 1963 » Bernard Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg, New Zealand general and politician, 7th Governor-General of New Zealand (b. 1889)
• 1963 » Clyde Kennard, American activist and martyr (b. 1927)
• 1963 » Pingali Venkayya, Indian activist, designed the Flag of India (b. 1876)
• 1964 » Gaby Morlay, French actress and singer (b. 1893)

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.
• March 18 » An earthquake hits western Turkey, killing 265 people.
• May 4 » Ernest Hemingway wins the Pulitzer Prize for The Old Man and the Sea.
• June 19 » Cold War: Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are executed at Sing Sing, in New York.
• August 12 » The 7.2 M_s  Ionian earthquake shakes the southern Ionian Islands with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). Between 445 and 800 people are killed.
• August 17 » Addiction: First meeting of Narcotics Anonymous takes place, in Southern California.
• October 1 » Andhra State is formed, consisting of a Telugu-speaking area carved out of India's Madras State.

The temperature on July 4, 1953 was between 12.0 °C and 22.6 °C and averaged 18.5 °C. There was 7.8 hours of sunshine (47%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.