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• Roelfina Rath, Slochteren (gem. Midden-Groningen) († 2002)
• Aaltje van Duijn, Katwijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2001)
• Anne Marie Gertruda Adriana van Uden, Oss, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2017)
• Wilhelmus Petrus Maria Maas, Dongen
• Geeske Spinder, Drogeham (Droegeham), Achtkarspelen, Frysl�n, Nederland († 1976)
• Geeske (Pieters) Spinder († 1976)
• Mia Vermeulen, Maasbommel,, Gelderland, Nederland († 1995)
• Joseph Wisniski, Jamaica, Queens, New York, Verenigde Staten († 2010)
• Jeannine Emilienne Maes, Torhout († 1992)
• Robert Ivens, Sint-Niklaas, België († 1982)

• Anthonius Franciscus Meijer (80), Zijpe
• Berendina Johanna Budde (85), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Bouwe van der Meer (56), Grand Rapids-Kent Cty-MI-U.S.A
• Albert Johannes de Vries (69), Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland
• Albert de Vries (69), Emmen
• Adriana de Graaf (75), Wijk bij Duurstede
• Adrianus Visser (66), Heukelum, Lingewaal, Gelderland, Nederland
• Carel Herman van den Brandeler (59), Soest,Gemeente Soest,Utrecht,Netherlands
• Adrianus Hoogewerf (72), Wognum, Medemblik, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anne Maria Wilhelmina Sophia Berendina (Anna Bernardina) de Kok (63), Schiedam

• 1952 » Andrew Motion, English poet and author
• 1952 » Bobby Bandiera, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1952 » David Was, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1952 » Edward Garnier, English lawyer and politician, Solicitor General for England and Wales
• 1953 » Joe Meriweather, American basketball player and coach († 2013)
• 1953 » Keith Strickland, American guitarist and songwriter
• 1953 » Roger Allam, British actor
• 1953 » Tim Hely Hutchinson, English publisher
• 1954 » Adam Mars-Jones, English author and critic
• 1954 » Vasilis Hatzipanagis, Greek footballer

• 1945 » Aleksey Krylov, Russian mathematician and engineer (b. 1863)
• 1945 » Paul Pelliot, French sinologist and explorer (b. 1878)
• 1946 » Ioannis Rallis, Greek lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1878)
• 1947 » Edwin Savage, English priest and author (b. 1862)
• 1949 » Lionel Halsey, English admiral and courtier (b. 1872)
• 1952 » Hattie McDaniel, American actress and singer (b. 1895)
• 1956 » Walter Gieseking, French-German pianist and composer (b. 1895)
• 1957 » Gerty Cori, Czech-American biochemist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1896)
• 1957 » Nikos Kazantzakis, Greek philosopher, author, and playwright (b. 1883)
• 1960 » Toshizō Nishio, Japanese general (b. 1881)

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 5 » The play Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett receives its première in Paris.
• March 18 » An earthquake hits western Turkey, killing 265 people.
• 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 18 » The Egyptian revolution of 1952 ends with the overthrow of the Muhammad Ali dynasty and the declaration of the Republic of Egypt.
• June 19 » Cold War: Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are executed at Sing Sing, in New York.
• September 12 » U.S. Senator and future President John Fitzgerald Kennedy marries Jacqueline Lee Bouvier at St. Mary's Church in Newport, Rhode Island.

The temperature on October 26, 1953 was between 6.2 °C and 13.0 °C and averaged 9.4 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 2.4 hours. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (11%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.