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• Johannes Veenhof, Zeist († 2014)
• Engelbertus (Engel Bertus) Kooman, Delft († 1987)
• Meiske Kort, Odoorn († 1955)
• Frieda Kröner, Gemeente Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2014)
• Kristiaan Hendrikus Kroezen, Beilen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1954)
• Baby Boy Velting, Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, Verenigde Staten († 1953)
• Theodorus (Dorus) Rijsdijk, Dordrecht († 2008)
• Terry Higgs, Aberdeen, SD
• Brigitte (Kitty) Oehring
• Jacob ten Hove († 1985)

• Charles Edwin Stout M. MARSHALL (85), Glenville, Gilmer, West Virginia, United States
• Catharina Maria Bruin (76), Amsterdam, Nederland
• Bodil Thompson Henry (70), San Francisco, California
• Bert Snyder (59), Alice, Ohio
• Adriana Larooij (77), Scherpenisse, Tholen, Zeeland, Netherlands
• Andries Sweitzes Gall (78), Opende
• Adrianus Hendrikus Ariese (64)
• Catharina Maria Bruin (76), Amsterdam
• Charlotte Wilhelmine Leukfeldt (82), Arnhem, Gelderland, The Netherlands
• Anne Marie Joséphine "Berthe" de Saint-Exupéry (81), Avignon, Vaucluse, France

• 1950 » Graham Parker, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1951 » Justin Raimondo, American journalist and author
• 1951 » Pete Morelli, American businessman
• 1952 » Delroy Lindo, English actor and director
• 1952 » John Parr, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1952 » Peter Beattie, Australian lawyer and politician, 36th Premier of Queensland
• 1953 » Alan Moore, English author and illustrator
• 1953 » Jan Kuehnemund, American rock guitarist († 2013)
• 1953 » Kevin Nealon, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter
• 1955 » Carter Burwell, American composer and conductor

• 1936 » V. O. Chidambaram Pillai, Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1872)
• 1940 » Ivane Javakhishvili, Georgian historian and academic (b. 1876)
• 1941 » Émile Nelligan, Canadian poet and author (b. 1879)
• 1941 » Chris Watson, Chilean-Australian journalist and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1867)
• 1941 » Walther Nernst, German chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1864)
• 1952 » Paul Éluard, French poet and author (b. 1895)
• 1962 » Niels Bohr, Danish footballer, physicist, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1885)
• 1965 » Henry A. Wallace, American agronomist and bureaucrat, 33rd Vice President of the United States, 11th US Secretary of Agriculture (b. 1888)
• 1969 » Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., American businessman and diplomat, 44th United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom (b. 1888)
• 1969 » Ted Heath, English trombonist and bandleader (b. 1902)

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.
• March 1 » Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin suffers a stroke and collapses; he dies four days later.
• May 25 » The first public television station in the United States officially begins broadcasting as KUHT from the campus of the University of Houston.
• June 18 » A United States Air Force C-124 crashes and burns near Tachikawa, Japan, killing 129.
• August 19 » Cold War: The CIA and MI6 help to overthrow the government of Mohammad Mosaddegh in Iran and reinstate the Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.
• October 1 » Andhra State is formed, consisting of a Telugu-speaking area carved out of India's Madras State.
• 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 November 18, 1953 was between 3.7 °C and 7.0 °C and averaged 5.6 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.