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• François Eylenbosch, Sint-Truiden, België († 1968)
• Carola Johanna Maria Vrolijk, Noordwijkerhout († 2022)
• Henderikus Hettema († 2021)
• Durk Poelstra, Ee († 2012)
• Greta May Roorda, Bellingham-Washington (USA) († 1991)
• Agnes Janssen, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 2004)
• Shea Webster Parker († 1953)
• Linda Sue New, McCreary, Kentucky, Verenigde Staten († 2012)
• Elly Schoffelen, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Maria Westgeest († 1997)

• anna maria sibilla giesen (75), beesel
• Anna Cornelia Jansen (81), Rotterdam
• Cornelia Rijke, de (67), Oosterland gem. Schouwen Duiveland Zld. NL
• ADRIANUS VAN DAALEN (63), NAALDWIJK
• Adrianus van de Ven (75), Schijndel (Schijndel) (Noord Brabant)
• Antonia van der Heijden (74), Asten
• van Schaik (66)
• Adam POELMAN (79), Odoorn
• Alijda Muller (86), Oudenrijn, Utrecht, Nederland
• Anna Musolf (65)

• 1951 » George Donikian, Australian journalist
• 1952 » Allan Simonsen, Danish footballer and manager
• 1952 » Julie Taymor, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1952 » Rudi Protrudi, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1953 » J. M. DeMatteis, American author
• 1953 » John R. Allen, American general and diplomat
• 1953 » Robert Charles Wilson, American-Canadian author
• 1954 » Alex Cox, English film director, screenwriter, nonfiction author, broadcaster and sometime actor
• 1954 » Mark Warner, American businessman and politician, 69th Governor of Virginia
• 1954 » Oliver Heald, English lawyer and politician, Solicitor General for England and Wales

• 1943 » Fats Waller, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1904)
• 1944 » Glenn Miller, American bandleader and composer (b. 1904)
• 1947 » Arthur Machen, Welsh journalist and author (b. 1863)
• 1947 » Crawford Vaughan, Australian politician, 27th Premier of South Australia (b. 1874)
• 1950 » Vallabhbhai Patel, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Deputy Prime Minister of India (b. 1875)
• 1958 » Wolfgang Pauli, Austrian-Swiss physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1900)
• 1962 » Charles Laughton, English-American actor, director, and producer (b. 1899)
• 1965 » M. Balasundaram, Sri Lankan journalist, lawyer, and politician (b. 1903)
• 1966 » Keith Arbuthnott, 15th Viscount of Arbuthnott, Indian-Scottish general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Kincardineshire (b. 1897)
• 1966 » Walt Disney, American animator, director, producer, and screenwriter, co-founded The Walt Disney Company (b. 1901)

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.
• March 3 » A De Havilland Comet (Canadian Pacific Air Lines) crashes in Karachi, Pakistan, killing 11.
• June 19 » Cold War: Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are executed at Sing Sing, in New York.
• June 30 » The first Chevrolet Corvette rolls off the assembly line in Flint, Michigan.
• November 30 » Edward Mutesa II, the kabaka (king) of Buganda is deposed and exiled to London by Sir Andrew Cohen, Governor of Uganda.
• December 10 » British Prime Minister Winston Churchill receives the Nobel Prize in literature.
• December 24 » Tangiwai disaster: In New Zealand's North Island, at Tangiwai, a railway bridge is damaged by a lahar and collapses beneath a passenger train, killing 151 people.

The temperature on December 15, 1953 was between 5.9 °C and 10.4 °C and averaged 8.4 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 2.4 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.