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• C.W.M. (Thea) Sombroek († 2019)
• Gerrit Veltink, Hardenberg († 1959)
• Maria Marigje de Bruin, Rotterdam († 2009)
• Michel van Bree, Schiedam († 2014)
• Doodgeboren kind Bressers, Best († 1953)
• Annelies Terschegget († 1994)
• Robbert Gerritsen, Rheden († 2021)
• Rudolf Remeeus, Amsterdam († 1978)
• Jannigje Adriana Kwint, Maurik, Gelderland, Nederland († 1954)
• Thea SOMBROEK († 2019)

• Albertus Schoenmakers (81), Asten
• aldegonda houtappels (78), deurne
• Bertha Hendrica Remmé (66), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Albert Frank Rachel (71), USA-MN-Carver County-Waconia
• Ann Eliza Dawes (85), W. Irvine, Estill Co., KY
• Boudewijn Pieter KNOOP (15), Australia
• Andries van Dolder (91), Alphen aan den Rijn, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Nauta (71), Bolsward, Friesland, Nederland
• Antonius (Antoon) Wolsing (78), Heerlen,Gemeente Heerlen,Limburg,Nederland
• Aimery de Froissard de Brossia (68)

• 1950 » Gillian Armstrong, Australian director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1950 » Randy Castillo, American drummer and songwriter († 2002)
• 1951 » Bobby Jones, American basketball player
• 1952 » John Leventhal, American songwriter and producer
• 1953 » Elliot Easton, American guitarist and singer
• 1954 » John Booth, English race car driver
• 1954 » Ray Liotta, American actor
• 1954 » Willi Wülbeck, German runner
• 1955 » Bogusław Mamiński, Polish runner
• 1955 » Vijay Mallya, Indian businessman and politician

• 1932 » Eduard Bernstein, German theorist and politician (b. 1850)
• 1936 » Andrija Mohorovičić, Croatian meteorologist and seismologist (b. 1857)
• 1939 » Ernest Lawson, Canadian-American painter (b. 1873)
• 1961 » Leo Reisman, American violinist and bandleader (b. 1897)
• 1969 » Charles Dvorak, American pole vaulter and coach (b. 1878)
• 1971 » Bobby Jones, American golfer and lawyer (b. 1902)
• 1971 » Diana Lynn, American actress (b. 1926)
• 1973 » Allamah Rasheed Turabi, Indian-Pakistani religious leader and philosopher (b. 1908)
• 1974 » Harry Hooper, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1887)
• 1975 » Theodosius Dobzhansky, Ukrainian geneticist and biologist (b. 1900)

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. John
14. Dirk
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. Helena

• 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.
• March 5 » Joseph Stalin, the longest serving leader of the Soviet Union, dies at his Volynskoe dacha in Moscow after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage four days earlier.
• June 2 » The coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, who is crowned Queen of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Her Other Realms and Territories & Head of the Commonwealth, the first major international event to be televised.
• June 19 » Cold War: Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are executed at Sing Sing, in New York.
• July 26 » Cold War: Fidel Castro leads an unsuccessful attack on the Moncada Barracks, thus beginning the Cuban Revolution. The movement took the name of the date: 26th of July Movement
• October 1 » Andhra State is formed, consisting of a Telugu-speaking area carved out of India's Madras State.

The temperature on December 18, 1953 was between 1.7 °C and 6.7 °C and averaged 3.4 °C. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (9%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.