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• Augustinus Omere Alice de Moor, Terneuzen, Zeeland, Netherlands († 1955)
• Thane Sanford TURNER, Delta, Millard County, Utah, United States of America († 1989)
• Willem de Pijper, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1988)
• Cornelius Ludovicus Meurs, Lommel († 2003)
• Theodora Leonora Antonia Pietersen, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 2008)
• Titia Roet, Israël
• Tom Reijntjes († 2021)
• Christiane Irene Vanthuyne, Oostende,West-Vlaanderen,België († 2023)
• Judy May, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, United States of America († 2002)
• Harry Elwood BRUMLEVE († 1953)

• Cornelia Gerritsen (80), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Bernardus Cornelis Coppens (57), Tilburg
• Anna Elisabeth Matje Lanclé (81), Jutphaas
• * Gerardus Engelen (82), Venlo
• Baartje Hilgeman (71), Zeist, Nederland
• Beatrice Irene Temperance Warren (66), Hyde Park, South Australia, Australia
• Cornelis Castricum (66), Castricum, Nederland
• Antonie Lemmens (76), Reusel
• Antje Slot (84), Castricum
• Alida Maria Kessens (75), Haarlem

• 1951 » Joe R. Lansdale, American martial artist and author
• 1951 » Peter Hitchens, English journalist and author
• 1952 » Annie Potts, American actress
• 1952 » Tuck Andress, American jazz guitarist
• 1953 » Desmond Child, American songwriter and producer
• 1953 » Pierre Boivin, Canadian businessman
• 1955 » Bill Gates, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Microsoft
• 1955 » Digby Jones, Baron Jones of Birmingham, English businessman, lawyer, and politician, Minister of State for Trade
• 1955 » Indra Nooyi, Indian-American businesswoman
• 1955 » Ronnie Bass, American football player and sportscaster

• 1936 » Newton Moore, Australian soldier and politician, 8th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1870)
• 1939 » Alice Brady, American actress (b. 1892)
• 1941 » Filipp Goloshchyokin, Soviet politician (b. 1876)
• 1945 » Kesago Nakajima, Japanese general (b. 1881)
• 1952 » Billy Hughes, English-Australian politician, 7th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1862)
• 1957 » Ernst Gräfenberg, German-American physician and gynecologist (b. 1881)
• 1959 » Camilo Cienfuegos, Cuban soldier (b. 1932)
• 1963 » Mart Saar, Estonian organist and composer (b. 1882)
• 1965 » Thomas Graham Brown, Scottish mountaineer and physiologist (b. 1882)
• 1969 » Constance Dowling, American model and actress (b. 1920)

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.
• June 9 » The Flint–Worcester tornado outbreak sequence kills 94 people in Massachusetts.
• June 18 » A United States Air Force C-124 crashes and burns near Tachikawa, Japan, killing 129.
• August 12 » The 7.2 M_s  Ionian earthquake shakes the southern Ionian Islands with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). Between 445 and 800 people are killed.
• December 6 » Vladimir Nabokov completes his controversial novel Lolita.
• 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 October 28, 1953 was between 8.6 °C and 14.2 °C and averaged 11.6 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (4%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.