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• Gerrit Aufderhaar, Ommen († 2020)
• Rob Veltmeijer, Amsterdam († 1987)
• James Allan Grover, Illinois, VS († 1980)
• Peter J. Woodard, Windsor, Berkshire. England († 2012)
• John Riley Rennard, Pottstown, Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States of America († 2012)
• Antje Agatha Littooij, Utrecht († 2011)
• Henricus Wilhelmus Marie (Hay) Smolders, Panningen,, Limburg, Nederland († 2008)
• henricus wilhelmus marie (hay) smolders, helden-panningen († 2008)
• Cornelia Geertruda Woutera Maria Thijssen, Gilze
• Frank Petrus De Keijzer, Clinge (NL)

• Anna Jacoba van Heusden (61), Arnhem
• Adrianus Kijkuit (80), Krimpen aan de Lek
• Anna Haft (73)
• adriana TIMMERS (91), Vught
• Aafje Boekel (84), Alkmaar
• Achiel Lodewijk Vandenbussche (53)
• Clarence Edward Rivett (54), Saginaw, Michigan (USA)
• Bastiaan de Bruijn (49), Aalsmeer, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands
• Anna Mary Reinhart (74), Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• Aagje Boekel (84), Alkmaar

• 1952 » Allen Hoey, American poet and author
• 1952 » Brent Mydland, German-American keyboard player († 1990)
• 1952 » Patti Davis, American actress and author
• 1953 » Charlotte Caffey, American guitarist and songwriter
• 1953 » Eric Faulkner, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1953 » Keith Green, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and minister († 1982)
• 1953 » Marc Johnson, American bassist, composer, and bandleader
• 1953 » Peter Mandelson, English journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
• 1954 » Brian Tobin, Canadian journalist and politician, 6th Premier of Newfoundland
• 1955 » Dick DeVos, American businessman

• 1938 » Dorothy Hale, American actress (b. 1905)
• 1940 » William G. Conley, American journalist, lawyer, and politician, 18th Governor of West Virginia (b. 1866)
• 1941 » Alexander Greenlaw Hamilton, Australian biologist (b. 1852)
• 1944 » Alois Kayser, German-French missionary (b. 1877)
• 1952 » Hans Merensky, South African geologist and philanthropist (b. 1871)
• 1963 » Józef Franczak, Polish sergeant (b. 1918)
• 1965 » Bill Black, American bass player and bandleader (b. 1926)
• 1969 » Jack Kerouac, American novelist and poet (b. 1922)
• 1969 » Wacław Sierpiński, Polish mathematician and academic (b. 1882)
• 1970 » Li Linsi, Chinese educator and diplomat (b. 1896)

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 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 13 » An article appears in Pravda accusing some of the most prestigious and prominent doctors, mostly Jews, in the Soviet Union of taking part in a vast plot to poison members of the top Soviet political and military leadership.
• July 26 » Cold War: Fidel Castro leads an unsuccessful attack on the Moncada Barracks, thus beginning the Cuban Revolution. The movement took the name of the date: 26th of July Movement
• July 27 » Cessation of hostilities is achieved in the Korean War when the United States, China, and North Korea sign an armistice agreement. Syngman Rhee, President of South Korea, refuses to sign but pledges to observe the armistice.
• December 9 » Red Scare: General Electric announces that all communist employees will be discharged from the company.
• December 24 » Tangiwai disaster: In New Zealand's North Island, at Tangiwai, a railway bridge is damaged by a lahar and collapses beneath a passenger train, killing 151 people.

The temperature on October 21, 1953 was between 12.3 °C and 14.2 °C and averaged 13.0 °C. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.