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• Antoine Moens († 2010)
• Victoria Ann Stone, Los Angeles, California, Verenigde Staten († 1955)
• Peter Hijman († 2015)
• Jan Joseph Arnaud Marie Jaegers, Maastricht († 2008)
• Maria Magdalena Valerie Kamiel Vermeir, Baasrode († 1954)
• Martinus Johannes Croijmans, Helmond († 2020)
• Doodgeboren kind van Heesch, Tilburg († 1953)
• Robert Richard Schmitt († 2013)
• Ans Peters, Arnhem
• Tjitske Ottes Verbeek, Blija, Friesland Netherlands († 1970)

• Catherine Keating (32)
• Anna Maria van Hoorn (60), Zeist, Utrecht, Nederland
• Adriaan van der Wekken (82), Kortgene
• Anna Huijgens (70), Westwoud, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Annechina KROON (81), Veendam Groningen Netherlands
• Berendina Dreuning (68), Sittard
• Berend Lente (87), De Wijk
• Antonia van Nuland (74), Rosmalen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• ALOIJSIUS VAN DEN BERGEN (83), HULST,ZEELAND,NEDERLAND
• Anna Cornelia Vervaart (79), Maastricht

• 1950 » Mario Mendoza, Mexican baseball player and manager
• 1950 » Raja Pervaiz Ashraf, Pakistani businessman and politician, 17th Prime Minister of Pakistan
• 1953 » Henning Schmitz, German drummer
• 1953 » Leonel Fernández, Dominican lawyer and politician, 51st President of the Dominican Republic
• 1953 » Makis Katsavakis, Greek footballer and manager
• 1953 » Toomas Hendrik Ilves, Swedish-Estonian journalist and politician, 4th President of Estonia
• 1954 » Ozzie Smith, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1954 » Peter Hillary, New Zealand mountaineer and philanthropist
• 1955 » Evan Bayh, American lawyer and politician, 46th Governor of Indiana
• 1956 » David Sedaris, American comedian, author, and radio host

• 1933 » Anatoly Lunacharsky, Russian journalist and politician (b. 1875)
• 1959 » Jack Tresadern, English footballer and manager (b. 1890)
• 1960 » Tetsuro Watsuji, Japanese historian and philosopher (b. 1889)
• 1963 » Gorgeous George, American wrestler (b. 1915)
• 1966 » Guillermo Stábile, Argentinian footballer and manager (b. 1905)
• 1966 » Herbert Otto Gille, German general (b. 1897)
• 1966 » Ina Boudier-Bakker, Dutch author (b. 1875)
• 1968 » Weegee, Ukrainian-American photographer and journalist (b. 1898)
• 1970 » Lillian Board, South African-English runner (b. 1948)
• 1972 » Harry S. Truman, American colonel and politician, 33rd President of the United States (b. 1884)

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 3 » The Batepá massacre occurred in São Tomé when the colonial administration and Portuguese landowners unleashed a wave of violence against the native creoles known as forros.
• 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.
• June 17 » Cold War: East Germany Workers Uprising: In East Germany, the Soviet Union orders a division of troops into East Berlin to quell a rebellion.
• June 18 » A United States Air Force C-124 crashes and burns near Tachikawa, Japan, killing 129.
• 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.
• December 6 » Vladimir Nabokov completes his controversial novel Lolita.

The temperature on December 26, 1953 was between -3.1 °C and 6.5 °C and averaged 2.2 °C. There was 4.9 mm of rain during 2.4 hours. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (35%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.