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• Hendrikje Kattouw, Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1967)
• Karl Kristian Dahle († 2007)
• Cornelis Hildering († 1954)
• Klaas Mantel, Andijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Joan Marie Lilian Dojan, Ely, Minnesota († 2013)
• NN van der Zande, Elspeet (Ermelo) († 1953)
• doodgeboren zoon Roodenburg, Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1953)
• NN van Thiel, Oss († 1953)
• Bé Goeree († 2009)
• Herman Jan Antonia Voet, Geel, België († 2010)

• Albert Geert van Lenning (48), Winschoten
• Benjamin Franklin Lobb (88), Gladstone, Manitoba, Canada
• Bontje Harms Moes (78), Emmen
• Clarence Oscar Gore (78), Columbus County, North Carolina
• Charles Adolphis Simpson (60)
• Bontje Moes (78), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Christiaan Diepeveen (54), Arnhem
• Barney Deletter Bennett (76), Brunswick County, North Carolina
• Bontje Moes (78), Emmen
• Catharina Maria Louisa Holtzer (57), Halsteren, Bergen Op Zoom, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands

• 1949 » Jonathan Carroll, American author
• 1950 » Jörg Haider, Austrian lawyer and politician, Governor of Carinthia († 2008)
• 1951 » Andy Hummel, American singer-songwriter and bass player († 2010)
• 1951 » Anne Mills, English economist and academic
• 1951 » David Briggs, Australian guitarist, songwriter, and producer
• 1953 » Alik L. Alik, Micronesian politician, 7th Vice President of the Federated States of Micronesia
• 1953 » Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Danish politician and diplomat, 39th Prime Minister of Denmark
• 1953 » Lucinda Williams, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1954 » Kim Hughes, Australian cricketer
• 1955 » Eddie Van Halen, Dutch-American guitarist, songwriter, and producer

• 1946 » Adriaan van Maanen, Dutch-American astronomer and academic (b. 1884)
• 1946 » Oskar Kallas, Estonian linguist and diplomat (b. 1868)
• 1947 » Grace Moore, American soprano and actress (b. 1898)
• 1948 » Fred Conrad Koch, American biochemist and endocrinologist (born 1876)
• 1948 » John Lomax, American musicologist and academic (b. 1867)
• 1948 » Kâzım Karabekir, Turkish general and politician, 5th Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (b. 1882)
• 1952 » Khorloogiin Choibalsan, Mongolian general and politician, 12th Prime Minister of Mongolia (b. 1895)
• 1953 » Athanase David, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1882)
• 1957 » Helene Costello, American actress (b. 1906)
• 1962 » Lucky Luciano, Italian-American mob boss (b. 1897)

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 3 » Frances P. Bolton and her son, Oliver from Ohio, become the first mother and son to serve simultaneously in the U.S. Congress.
• January 19 » Almost 72 percent of all television sets in the United States are tuned into I Love Lucy to watch Lucy give birth.
• March 5 » Joseph Stalin, the longest serving leader of the Soviet Union, dies at his Volynskoe dacha in Moscow after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage four days earlier.
• July 7 » Ernesto "Che" Guevara sets out on a trip through Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, and El Salvador.
• July 26 » Soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment repel a number of Chinese assaults against a key position known as The Hook during the Battle of the Samichon River, just hours before the Armistice Agreement is signed, ending the Korean War.
• October 29 » BCPA Flight 304 DC-6 crashes near San Francisco.

The temperature on January 26, 1953 was between 0.3 °C and 3.1 °C and averaged 1.8 °C. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.