About the day » Saturday December 12, 1953Calender converter

• Harold Ernest Streets, Roseville, Placer Co. California († 1983)
• Rene Huisman, Nederland († 2019)
• Elisabeth Petronella (Elly) van der Lubbe († 2010)
• Diane Marina Mcmanus, Jefferson County, Texas, Verenigde Staten († 1993)
• Daan Wesseling († 2016)
• Jannij Brouwer († 1975)
• Johannes Heuschen, Schiedam († 2016)
• Hendrik van de Wal († 1970)
• Cornelia Petronella Henrica de Roo, Maastricht († 1999)
• Hennie Pelders, Kaatsheuvel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1982)

• Carolina Johanna Wijsbeek (65), Utrecht
• Adriana van Papeveld (83), Rockanje
• Adriana Platschorre (82), Kortgene
• Aaltje van Viegen (85), Amerongen, Utrecht, Netherlands
• Anna Hoekstra (61), Beecher, Will County, Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• Charles Helm Crawford (74), Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, United States of America
• Visser (72), Den Haag
• Benoni Oscar Reyntjens (82), Kluisbergen (België)
• Anna Margaretha Amarentia Seilberger (82), Scheveningen, den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
• Anna de Vos (0), Kortgene

• 1950 » Heiner Flassbeck, German economist and academic
• 1950 » Pedro Ferriz de Con, Mexican journalist
• 1951 » Mildred Bailey, American singer (b. 1907)
• 1951 » Rehman Malik, Pakistani politician, Pakistani Minister of Interior
• 1952 » Bedřich Hrozný, Czech orientalist and linguist (b. 1879)
• 1952 » Cathy Rigby, American gymnast
• 1953 » Martin Ferguson, Australian lawyer and politician
• 1953 » Rafael Septién, Mexican-American football player
• 1955 » Eddy Schepers, Belgian cyclist
• 1955 » Stephen Smith, Australian lawyer and politician, 53rd Australian Minister of Defence

• 1939 » Douglas Fairbanks, Sr., American actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1883)
• 1941 » César Basa, Filipino lieutenant and pilot (b. 1915)
• 1951 » Mildred Bailey, American singer (b. 1907)
• 1952 » Bedřich Hrozný, Czech orientalist and linguist (b. 1879)
• 1958 » Albert Walsh, Canadian lawyer and politician, 1st Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland (b. 1900)
• 1963 » Yasujirō Ozu, Japanese director and screenwriter (b. 1903)
• 1964 » Maithili Sharan Gupt, Indian poet and playwright (b. 1866)
• 1964 » William Rootes, 1st Baron Rootes, English businessman, founded Rootes Group (b. 1894)
• 1966 » Karl Ruberl, Austrian-American swimmer (b. 1880)
• 1968 » Tallulah Bankhead, American actress (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.
• 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.
• January 20 » Dwight D. Eisenhower is inaugurated as the 34th President of the United States of America.
• February 11 » Cold War: U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower denies all appeals for clemency for Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.
• 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 » Arizona Governor John Howard Pyle orders an anti-polygamy law enforcement crackdown on residents of Short Creek, Arizona, which becomes known as the Short Creek raid.
• 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.

The temperature on December 12, 1953 was between 4.3 °C and 7.0 °C and averaged 6.1 °C. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.