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• Pieter Tjaart VAN HOORN, Wierhuizen (Eenrum) Groningen Netherlands († 1975)
• Johanna Maria Elisabeth Quarles van Ufford, Utrecht,Gemeente Utrecht,Utrecht,Netherlands († 1973)
• Sudarwati
• NN Rozeboom, Doornspijk († 1953)
• Lambertus Jacobus Maria van de Ven, Eersel, Eersel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2009)
• Dirkje Veldhuizen, Maarsbergen, Nederland († 2010)
• Catharina Theodora Elisabeth van Zuijlen, Veldhuizen, Utrecht, Nederland († 2021)
• Gerda van Veen († 1970)
• Hans-Joachim Pfaff († 2015)
• Petronella A. Maria Baars, Zaandam, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• Berendina Johanna Maria Lieve (70)
• Auke Jager (76), Drachten, Smallingerland, Friesland, Netherlands
• Anthonius Petrus Versteeg (64), Utrecht
• Arnoldus Kornelus VAN ZUIJLEN (73), Nuland
• Antonius Martinus van Gils (86), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Auke Jogchums Jager (76), Drachten, Smallingerland, Friesland, Netherlands
• Albert Ages de Jong (72), Dinteloord
• Arnoldus Kornelus van Zuijlen (72), Nuland, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Bertha van RIEK (69), Haarlem
• Charles Louis Zeghers (95)

• 1950 » Timothy Mo, Chinese-English author
• 1951 » Chris Jasper, American musician, singer-songwriter, and producer
• 1951 » Doug Allder, English footballer and coach
• 1951 » Nick Rose, English runner
• 1952 » June Anderson, American soprano and actress
• 1953 » Dana Key, American singer, guitarist, and producer († 2010)
• 1953 » Daniel T. Barry, American engineer and astronaut
• 1953 » Graham Vick, English director and producer
• 1953 » Meredith Vieira, American journalist and game show host
• 1954 » Barry Greenstein, American poker player and philanthropist

• 1940 » Childe Wills, American engineer (b. 1878)
• 1941 » El Lissitzky, Russian photographer and architect (b. 1890)
• 1944 » Romain Rolland, French author and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1866)
• 1945 » Song Jin-woo, South Korean journalist and politician (b. 1889)
• 1947 » Alfred North Whitehead, English-American mathematician and philosopher (b. 1861)
• 1947 » Han van Meegeren, Dutch painter (b. 1889)
• 1954 » Archduke Eugen of Austria (b. 1863)
• 1955 » Rex Ingamells, Australian poet and author (b. 1913)
• 1967 » Vincent Massey, Canadian lawyer and politician, 18th Governor General of Canada (b. 1887)
• 1968 » Trygve Lie, Norwegian journalist and politician, 1st Secretary-General of the United Nations (b. 1896)

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.
• March 18 » An earthquake hits western Turkey, killing 265 people.
• 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
• July 27 » Cessation of hostilities is achieved in the Korean War when the United States, China, and North Korea sign an armistice agreement. Syngman Rhee, President of South Korea, refuses to sign but pledges to observe the armistice.
• November 30 » Edward Mutesa II, the kabaka (king) of Buganda is deposed and exiled to London by Sir Andrew Cohen, Governor of Uganda.
• December 8 » U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers his "Atoms for Peace" speech, which leads to an American program to supply equipment and information on nuclear power to schools, hospitals, and research institutions around the world.
• December 9 » Red Scare: General Electric announces that all communist employees will be discharged from the company.

The temperature on December 30, 1953 was between -3.4 °C and 1.7 °C and averaged -1.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (46%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east.