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• Herman Johan Wittendorp, Emmen († 1983)
• Anthony Cornelis Voorhaar, Hilversum
• Laurent Vermeersch, Hooglede († 2018)
• N.N. Bouma († 1953)
• Jacob Ras, Urk († 2020)
• Imelda McKenna († 1996)
• Pieter Boot, Kortgene († 1975)
• Hans van Herwaarden, Goirle, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2011)
• Luit Zwaneveld
• Kenneth Robert JAGER, Kalamazoo, Michigan, Verenigde Staten († 2020)

• Abraham Franken (68), Rotterdam
• Anna Klazes Graansma (47), Noordwijk, Groningen, Nederland
• Anna Marie van Erp Taalman Kip (82), Blaricum,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Martinus Dirk van Os (94), AMSTERDAM, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Josephina Maria Pijnenburg (39), Tilburg
• Arnoldus Johannes Philippus Ridder (76), Barneveld, Gelderland, Nederland
• Willem Speerstra (43), Heeg
• Antonette Christina Maria Hodes (52), Den Haag,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Adam Zalm (60), Rotterdam
• Charles Alford (74), Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, Verenigde Staten

• 1951 » Andrew Gold, American singer-songwriter and producer († 2011)
• 1951 » Joe Lynn Turner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1951 » Per Westerberg, Swedish businessman and politician, Speaker of the Parliament of Sweden
• 1951 » Steve Hillage, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1952 » Alain Giresse, French footballer and manager
• 1953 » Anthony Seldon, English historian and author
• 1953 » Butch Patrick, American actor
• 1953 » Donnie Munro, Scottish singer and guitarist
• 1954 » Sammy McIlroy, Northern Irish footballer and manager
• 1955 » Caleb Carr, American historian and author

• 1934 » Paul von Hindenburg, German field marshal and politician, 2nd President of Germany (b. 1847)
• 1937 » Artur Sirk, Estonian soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1900)
• 1939 » Harvey Spencer Lewis, American mystic and author (b. 1883)
• 1945 » Pietro Mascagni, Italian composer and educator (b. 1863)
• 1955 » Alfred Lépine, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1901)
• 1955 » Wallace Stevens, American poet and educator (b. 1879)
• 1963 » Oliver La Farge, American anthropologist and author (b. 1901)
• 1967 » Walter Terence Stace, English-American epistemologist, philosopher, and academic (b. 1886)
• 1970 » Angus MacFarlane-Grieve, English academic, mathematician, rower, and soldier (b. 1891)
• 1972 » Brian Cole, American bass player (b. 1942)

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.
• June 17 » Cold War: East Germany Workers Uprising: In East Germany, the Soviet Union orders a division of troops into East Berlin to quell a rebellion.
• June 19 » Cold War: Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are executed at Sing Sing, in New York.
• July 17 » The largest number of United States midshipman casualties in a single event results from an aircraft crash in Florida, killing 44.
• August 10 » First Indochina War: The French Union withdraws its forces from Operation Camargue against the Viet Minh in central Vietnam.
• November 23 » Pilot Felix Moncla and Lieutenant Robert Wilson disappear while in pursuit of a mysterious craft over Lake Superior.
• December 9 » Red Scare: General Electric announces that all communist employees will be discharged from the company.

The temperature on August 2, 1953 was between 8.1 °C and 20.2 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 13.4 hours of sunshine (87%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest.