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• Nn Aitink, Amersfoort
• Francisco Maduro († 1983)
• Martina van 't Spijker († 2008)
• Lois Jean Westerhof, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States († 2022)
• William John Mantel, Langley, British Columbia, Canada († 2004)
• NN Bremmers, Roermond, Limburg, Nedeland († 1953)
• Leonardus Petrus, Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 2006)
• Micheline Martens, Ronse, België († 2019)
• Anneliese Neumann, Halle an der Saale, Halle, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany († 2015)
• Jerry Dale Hulstein, USA († 1954)

• Christiaan Hubertus Frenken (74), Arnhem
• Bregtje Bijlsma (63), Workum, 8711, Nederland
• Augustus Riems (79)
• Anton Jansen (61), Bergen
• Aart van Vuuren (54), utrecht
• Bastiaantje Pietertje Van GELDER (85), 's-Gravenhage
• Annie Martha Smith (69), Pickens, South Carolina, United States
• Aaltje Jans Knol (73), Oosterwolde
• Alois Ampe (96), Zarren
• Aartje Hopman (79), Bunschoten, Nederland

• 1950 » Daniel Benzali, Brazilian-American actor
• 1950 » Mahamane Ousmane, Nigerien politician, President of Niger
• 1950 » William Mgimwa, Tanzanian banker and politician, 13th Tanzanian Minister of Finance († 2014)
• 1951 » Iván Fischer, Hungarian conductor and composer
• 1952 » John Witherow, South African-English journalist and author
• 1952 » Nikos Sideris, Greek psychiatrist and poet
• 1952 » Paul Stanley, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1953 » Jeffrey Epstein, American financier and convicted sex offender († 2019)
• 1954 » Alison Seabeck, English lawyer and politician
• 1955 » McKeeva Bush, Caymanian politician, Premier of the Cayman Islands

• 1936 » George V of the United Kingdom (b. 1865)
• 1940 » Omar Bundy, American general (b. 1861)
• 1944 » James McKeen Cattell, American psychologist and academic (b. 1860)
• 1947 » Andrew Volstead, American member of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1860)
• 1947 » Josh Gibson, American baseball player (b. 1911)
• 1954 » Fred Root, English cricketer and umpire (b. 1890)
• 1954 » Warren Bardsley, Australian cricketer (b. 1882)
• 1955 » Robert P. T. Coffin, American author and poet (b. 1892)
• 1962 » Robinson Jeffers, American poet and philosopher (b. 1887)
• 1965 » Alan Freed, American radio host (b. 1922)

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 31 » A North Sea flood causes over 1,800 deaths in the Netherlands and over 300 in the United Kingdom.
• June 8 » An F5 tornado hits Beecher, Michigan, killing 116, injuring 844, and destroying 340 homes.
• June 8 » The United States Supreme Court rules in District of Columbia v. John R. Thompson Co. that restaurants in Washington, D.C., cannot refuse to serve black patrons.
• 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.
• September 12 » U.S. Senator and future President John Fitzgerald Kennedy marries Jacqueline Lee Bouvier at St. Mary's Church in Newport, Rhode Island.
• December 6 » Vladimir Nabokov completes his controversial novel Lolita.

The temperature on January 20, 1953 was between -1.0 °C and 7.5 °C and averaged 3.9 °C. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.