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• Deborah Carol JOHNSTON († 1987)
• NN Kusters, Tiel († 1953)
• Antonia Maria Steenbergen
• Nancy Bray, Pittsburg-California (USA) († 1996)
• Hilly Zeegers, Meppel, Drenthe, Nederland († 2010)
• Petrus Marinus van Westing († 1953)
• Hendrik Koppenol, Rotterdam († 2011)
• Margarita Maria (Marga) Pompe, Schiedam († 2014)
• Johannes Albertus Antonius Sluiter, Zwolle († 2005)
• MARTINUS MAARTEN MOSTERD, MAASSLUIS († 2008)

• Alfred Francis Dees (51), Ohio, Ohio, Verenigde Staten
• Achiel Cyriel VANHOUTTE (65), Ledegem
• Albert Marcel Van Elverdinge (23), Beernem
• Andries Pieters Hiemstra (77), Kollum
• Alvira Victoria "Vera" Wilson (83), Columbus, Franklin, Ohio
• Akke Boersma (69)
• Albert Johannes Plug (71), Hilvarenbeek, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Bertha MAHON (78), Beaver, Pennsylvania, Verenigde Staten
• Augusta DEMAERTELAERE (75), Baarle Drongen,Flandre Occidentale,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Andries Hiemstra (77), Kollum, gem. Kollumerland c.a., Friesland, Nederland

• 1951 » Butch Davis, American football player and coach
• 1951 » Dean Paul Martin, American singer, actor, and pilot († 1987)
• 1951 » Stephen Root, American actor
• 1951 » Werner Hoyer, German economist and politician
• 1952 » Cyril Ramaphosa, South African businessman and politician, 7th Deputy President of South Africa
• 1952 » David Emanuel, Welsh fashion designer
• 1952 » Runa Laila, Bangladeshi singer
• 1952 » Ties Kruize, Dutch field hockey player
• 1953 » Babis Tennes, Greek footballer and manager
• 1954 » Chopper Read, Australian criminal and author († 2013)

• 1937 » Jack Worrall, Australian footballer, cricketer, and coach (b. 1860)
• 1938 » Ante Trumbić, Croatian lawyer and politician, 20th Mayor of Split (b. 1864)
• 1940 » Eric Gill, English sculptor and typeface designer (b. 1882)
• 1940 » Raymond Pearl, American biologist and academic (b. 1879)
• 1947 » Victor Serge, Russian historian and author (b. 1890)
• 1954 » Yitzhak Lamdan, Russian-Israeli poet and journalist (b. 1899)
• 1955 » James P. Johnson, American pianist and composer (b. 1894)
• 1958 » Mort Cooper, American baseball player (b. 1913)
• 1959 » Heitor Villa-Lobos, Brazilian guitarist and composer (b. 1887)
• 1968 » Mervyn Peake, English poet, author, and illustrator (b. 1911)

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 11 » Cold War: U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower denies all appeals for clemency for Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.
• March 1 » Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin suffers a stroke and collapses; he dies four days later.
• May 29 » Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay become the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest, on Tenzing Norgay's (adopted) 39th birthday.
• July 26 » Soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment repel a number of Chinese assaults against a key position known as The Hook during the Battle of the Samichon River, just hours before the Armistice Agreement is signed, ending the Korean War.
• October 30 » President Eisenhower approves the top-secret document NSC 162/2 concerning the maintenance of a strong nuclear deterrent force against the Soviet Union.
• November 30 » Edward Mutesa II, the kabaka (king) of Buganda is deposed and exiled to London by Sir Andrew Cohen, Governor of Uganda.

The temperature on November 17, 1953 was between 3.5 °C and 11.4 °C and averaged 7.8 °C. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.