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• Nettie Kooiman
• Teuntje Sala, Alblasserwaard († 2018)
• Judith Carol Regan, New York, Verenigde Staten († 1954)
• Riekele Melgert, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland († 1955)
• Gerald Oltman, Sumner, Iowa, Verenigde Staten († 1978)
• Wilhelmina Huiberdina Lucia VERMEER, Tilburg († 1959)
• Dries Tijssen († 2015)
• James Johannes Maria (Jim) Mesters, Maastricht (Limburg)
• Wilhelmina A.M. Broeders, Gilze en Rijen († 1968)
• NN Gulikers, Heerlen († 1953)

• Anna Goossen (64), Stein, Limburg, Nederland
• Aagje Willemina Simon (127), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
• Anne van Netten (56), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Hubertus de Negro (72), Eindhoven
• Baby Son Wilbrink (0), Toronto (Ontario, Canada)
• Alida Catharina Helena Nobels (74), Haarlem
• Berdina Benstz (78), Rhenen
• Anthonie van Chastelet (88), Dordrecht
• Baukje van der Velde (61), Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland
• Albert Toorneman (89), Deventer

• 1951 » Yvonne Elliman, American singer-songwriter and actress
• 1952 » Gelsey Kirkland, American ballerina and choreographer
• 1953 » Alan Rusbridger, Zambia-born English journalist and academic
• 1953 » Charlayne Woodard, American actress and playwright
• 1953 » Kate Schmidt, American javelin thrower and coach
• 1953 » Stanley Williams, American gang leader, co-founded the Crips († 2005)
• 1953 » Thomas Bach, German fencer, lawyer and sports administrator; 9th President of the International Olympic Committee
• 1954 » Albrecht Böttcher, German mathematician and author
• 1954 » Roger Voudouris, American singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2003)
• 1955 » Donald D. Hoffman, American quantitative psychologist and popular science writer

• 1937 » Don Marquis, American journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1878)
• 1941 » Tullio Levi-Civita, Italian mathematician and scholar (b. 1873)
• 1944 » Khasan Israilov, Chechen rebel (b. 1910)
• 1949 » Tyler Dennett, American historian and author (b. 1883)
• 1952 » Fletcher Henderson, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1897)
• 1959 » Robin Milford, English soldier and composer (b. 1903)
• 1960 » Eden Phillpotts, English author and poet (b. 1862)
• 1967 » Paul Whiteman, American violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1890)
• 1968 » Austin Farrer, English theologian and philosopher (b. 1904)
• 1970 » Marie Menken, American director and painter (b. 1909)

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.
• June 9 » The Flint–Worcester tornado outbreak sequence kills 94 people in Massachusetts.
• June 30 » The first Chevrolet Corvette rolls off the assembly line in Flint, Michigan.
• July 7 » Ernesto "Che" Guevara sets out on a trip through Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, and El Salvador.
• 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.
• October 1 » A Mutual Defense Treaty Between the United States and the Republic of Korea is concluded in Washington, D.C.
• October 1 » Andhra State is formed, consisting of a Telugu-speaking area carved out of India's Madras State.

The temperature on December 29, 1953 was between -0.7 °C and 6.9 °C and averaged 3.5 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain during 2.9 hours. There was 5.0 hours of sunshine (64%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.