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• Marinus Hemelop, Rotterdam († 2005)
• Anke Jagersma, Heerenveen, 8448, Nederland († 1984)
• Pieter-Herre Robijn, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands († 2016)
• Leigh Elizabeth Prince, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada († 2017)
• Rina Eijkenboom, Sittard († 1991)
• Frank Jansen, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2003)
• Johannes Roger Lea Achiel Van Tiggelen, Antwerpen († 1999)
• Willem Vijl, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1990)
• Pieter Herre Robijn, Leeuwarden († 2016)
• Pieter Herre Robijn, Leeuwarden († 2016)

• Alexander Jefferson Stephens (75), Phoenix az
• Alettinus Cornelis van den Heuvel (76), Beverwijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Alberdina Smit (69), Amerongen
• Antonius Huijbregts (80), Breda
• catharina maria hubertina timmermans (47), weert
• Albert Gerhard Wilmink, Enschede
• Antonia Maria Johanna Petronella van Prooijen (67), Wateringen, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Carl Hilding PERSSON (75), Östra Broby 5:137 Kristianstad Län
• Anna van Ham (80), Poortugaal, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aagtje Weertman (93), Assen, Drenthe, Netherlands

• 1951 » Eric Holder, American lawyer, judge, and politician, 82nd United States Attorney General
• 1952 » Marco Camenisch, Swiss activist and murderer
• 1952 » Mikhail Umansky, Russian chess player († 2010)
• 1952 » Werner Grissmann, Austrian alpine skier
• 1953 » Felipe Yáñez, Spanish cyclist
• 1953 » Paul Allen, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Microsoft († 2018)
• 1954 » Idrissa Ouedraogo, Burkinabé director, producer, and screenwriter († 2018)
• 1954 » Phil Thompson, English footballer and coach
• 1954 » Thomas de Maizière, German politician of the Christian Democratic Union
• 1955 » Peter Fleming, American tennis player

• 1945 » Rash Behari Bose, Indian soldier and engineer (b. 1886)
• 1948 » Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Italian composer and educator (b. 1876)
• 1950 » George Orwell, British novelist, essayist, and critic (b. 1903)
• 1955 » Archie Hahn, German-American runner and coach (b. 1880)
• 1956 » Sam Langford, Canadian-American boxer (b. 1883)
• 1959 » Carl Switzer, American child actor and hunting guide (b. 1927)
• 1959 » Cecil B. DeMille, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1881)
• 1959 » Frances Gertrude McGill, pioneering Canadian forensic pathologist (b. 1882)
• 1960 » Matt Moore, Irish-American actor and director (b. 1888)
• 1961 » Blaise Cendrars, Swiss author and poet (b. 1887)

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.
• January 19 » Almost 72 percent of all television sets in the United States are tuned into I Love Lucy to watch Lucy give birth.
• January 31 » A North Sea flood causes over 1,800 deaths in the Netherlands and over 300 in the United Kingdom.
• 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.
• August 22 » The penal colony on Devil's Island is permanently closed.
• December 8 » U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers his "Atoms for Peace" speech, which leads to an American program to supply equipment and information on nuclear power to schools, hospitals, and research institutions around the world.

The temperature on January 21, 1953 was between -1.0 °C and 5.1 °C and averaged 2.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.