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• Beatrice Marie Struyf, Etterbeek, 1040, Brussels Hoofdst. Gewest, Belgium († 1953)
• louisa petra maria (wies) krekels, helden-grashoek († 2016)
• Cornelia Maria Snoek († 1955)
• Alexandre Antonio Palha de Melo, Recife, Pernambuco, Brasil († 2008)
• Thomas Patrick Broughton, New London, Catan (USA) († 2016)
• Anna Maria Goossens, Elsloo (Stein), Limburg, Nederland († 2017)
• Günter Lüttig, Osnabrück, Osnabruck, Niedersachsen, Germany († 2004)
• Jantje C. van Veen, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2001)
• Hendrika Jacoba Raat, Paramaribo († 2003)
• Sietske Horjus, Sneek,Sudwest-Frysl√¢n,Friesland,Nederland

• Anna van den Heuvel (84), Koudekerke, Zeeland, Nederland
• Cornelia Maria Geerlings (47), Amsterdam
• Charles Enoch Clark (78), Lehi, Utah, Utah, Verenigde Staten
• Albertje van Oosten (76)
• Adrianus Cornelis van de Goorbergh (65), Bergen op Zoom
• Benedita Maria Isabel Thompson (74), Itatiba, São Paulo, Brasil
• BENJAMIN BOERS (56), 'S-GRAVENZANDE
• Camillus Bosman (78), SINT JANSTEEN (NL)
• Catharina Helena Jonker (77), Amsterdam, Nederland
• Adriana Cornelia Koreman (49), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• 1951 » Bakhytzhan Kanapyanov, Kazakh poet and author
• 1952 » Anita DeFrantz, American rower and sports administrator
• 1952 » Jody Stephens, American rock drummer
• 1952 » Zinha Vaz, Bissau-Guinean women's rights activist and politician
• 1953 » Andreas Vollenweider, Swiss harp player
• 1953 » Gil Moore, Canadian singer-songwriter, drummer, and producer
• 1955 » John Rutherford, Scottish rugby player
• 1955 » Jorge Valdano, Argentinian footballer, coach, and manager
• 1956 » Charlie Leibrandt, American baseball player
• 1956 » Lesley Glaister, English author and playwright

• 1943 » Irena Iłłakowicz, German-Polish lieutenant (b. 1906)
• 1944 » Al Smith, American lawyer and politician, 42nd Governor of New York (b. 1873)
• 1946 » Barney Oldfield, American race car driver and actor (b. 1878)
• 1947 » Max Planck, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1858)
• 1951 » Henrietta Lacks, American medical patient (b. 1920)
• 1955 » Alexander Papagos, Greek general and politician, 152nd Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1883)
• 1958 » Ida Wüst, German actress and screenwriter (b. 1884)
• 1961 » Benjamin, Russian metropolitan (b. 1880)
• 1963 » Alar Kotli, Estonian architect (b. 1904)
• 1970 » Janis Joplin, American singer-songwriter (b. 1943)

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 5 » The play Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett receives its première in Paris.
• 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).
• June 19 » Cold War: Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are executed at Sing Sing, in New York.
• 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.
• August 17 » Addiction: First meeting of Narcotics Anonymous takes place, in Southern California.
• August 22 » The penal colony on Devil's Island is permanently closed.

The temperature on October 4, 1953 was between 6.7 °C and 14.9 °C and averaged 10.1 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (15%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.