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• Mart Sanders, Beek (l) († 2013)
• Willem Hoeve, Wanneperveen, Overijssel, Nederland († 2003)
• Crystal Joy Hinkel, Dearborn Way, Michigan, United States of America († 2003)
• Allen Joseph Stephen, Daviess Co., Kentucky, Verenigde Staten († 2005)
• Paulina Maria Anthonia Clasquin, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1953)
• Elisabeth Alida van den Aakster († 1970)
• Wim Mielekamp
• Gerritje Bernarda Smeijers, willemstad/Curacao († 2009)
• Jacobus WALRAVEN, Bodegraven, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands († 2018)
• Louise van der Horst, Utrecht († 2008)

• Daniel Meijers (68), Amsterdam, Nederland
• Agnita Elisabeth Artz (59), Arnhem, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Andries Willem Vis (67), Utrecht, Nederland
• Cornelis (Casey) Versteegt (79), Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa, Verenigde Staten
• Albert Bos (61), Vlagtwedde, Groningen, Netherlands
• Douwe Pieters Douma (74), Zeist, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adriana Johannesdr van Oosten (86), Delft
• Alberdina de Vries (89), Groningen
• Catharina Jenetta LEDEBOER (72), Renkum
• Anna Maria Geurts (74), Utrecht

• 1951 » Harry Hamlin, American actor
• 1951 » Poncho Sanchez, American singer and conga player
• 1951 » Tony Bettenhausen, Jr., American race car driver and businessman († 2000)
• 1951 » Trilok Gurtu, Indian drummer and songwriter
• 1953 » Charles Martin Smith, American actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1953 » Pete Hoekstra, Dutch-American lawyer and politician
• 1954 » Mahmoud El Khatib, Egyptian footballer
• 1954 » Mario Testino, Peruvian-English photographer
• 1954 » T. Graham Brown, American country singer-songwriter
• 1954 » Jeannie Kendall, American country singer-songwriter

• 1942 » Walter Buckmaster, English polo player and stockbroker, co-founder of Buckmaster & Moore (b. 1872)
• 1943 » Max Reinhardt, Austrian-born American actor and director (b. 1873)
• 1957 » Fred Beebe, American baseball player and coach (b. 1880)
• 1961 » Luigi Einaudi, Italian economist and politician, 2nd President of the Italian Republic (b. 1874)
• 1963 » U. Muthuramalingam Thevar, Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1908)
• 1965 » Arthur M. Schlesinger, Sr., American historian and author (b. 1888)
• 1966 » Yiorgos Theotokas, Greek author and playwright (b. 1906)
• 1968 » Conrad Richter, American journalist and novelist (b. 1890)
• 1968 » Ramon Novarro, Mexican-American actor, singer, and director (b. 1899)
• 1968 » Rose Wilder Lane, American journalist and author (b. 1886)

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.
• February 28 » James Watson and Francis Crick announce to friends that they have determined the chemical structure of DNA; the formal announcement takes place on April 25 following publication in April's Nature (pub. April 2).
• May 4 » Ernest Hemingway wins the Pulitzer Prize for The Old Man and the Sea.
• May 25 » The first public television station in the United States officially begins broadcasting as KUHT from the campus of the University of Houston.
• November 21 » The Natural History Museum, London announces that the "Piltdown Man" skull, initially believed to be one of the most important fossilized hominid skulls ever found, is a hoax.
• November 30 » Edward Mutesa II, the kabaka (king) of Buganda is deposed and exiled to London by Sir Andrew Cohen, Governor of Uganda.
• December 9 » Red Scare: General Electric announces that all communist employees will be discharged from the company.

The temperature on October 30, 1953 was between 4.6 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 6.9 °C. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south.